Open-source investigations : using Internet for citizen journalism

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[ Session Name ] Open-source investigations : using Internet for citizen journalism [ Primary Space ] Web Literacy [ Secondary Space ] Openness

[ Submitter's Name ] Grégoire Pouget [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Nothing2Hide [ Submitter's GitHub ] @barbayellow

[ Other Facilitator 1's Name ] Grégoire Pouget

[ Other Facilitator 2's Name ] Etienne Maynier

[ Other Facilitator 3's Name ] Jean-Marc Bourguignon [ Other Facilitator 3's GitHub ] @fo0naikens

What will happen in your session?

Investigation based on open-source information available online has largely increased over the past years. It is now possible to crowd-source investigation work. We think it is a great opportunity to develop citizen journalism, independently or in collaboration with professional journalists..

In this session, participants will do online investigation on a real-life investigation shared by a partner journalist. The session will start with an introduction about tools and methods for open-source investigation and a presentation of the case. Then participants will break off into groups and investigate on the case, brainstorm their findings within the group and share them with everyone through a collective pad.

What is the goal or outcome of your session?

The first goal of this session is to have participants being part of an actual journalist investigation with online research. We hope that participants can learn new skills but also leave the session knowing that they can be citizen journalists and keep in mind this experience. In a time where less and less people trust journalists, we think that such session can help to bridge the gap between citizens and professional journalists and show the importance of journalism and how collaboration between citizens and journalist can create a healthier society.

The second goal is to help our partner journalist gather data on a investigation through a crowd of citizen journalists.

If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.

• Projector
• Computer
• White board

Time needed

90 mins