The Verification Handbook Vol 2 || 'A guide to online search and research techniques for using UGC and open source information in investigations.'

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'A guide to online search and research techniques for using User Generated Content and open source information in investigations.' from The European Journalism Centre (EJC) 

The new book about online research techniques, authored by leading journalists from the BBC, Storyful, ABC, Digital First Media and other verification experts, the Verification Handbook is a groundbreaking new resource for journalists and aid providers. 

Aims to help journalists sort facts from hearsay when using search engines, social media and publicly-available data to research their stories

Content

• 1. The opportunity for using open source information and user-generated content in investigative work
• 2. Using online research methods to investigate the Who, Where and When of a person
• 3. Online research tools and investigation techniques
• 4. Corporate Veils, Unveiled: Using databases, domain records and other publicly available material to investigate companies
• 5. Investigating with databases: Verifying data quality
• 6. Building expertise through UGC verification
• 7. Using UGC in human rights and war crimes investigations
• 8. Applying ethical principles to digital age investigation
• 9. Presenting UGC in investigative reporting
• 10. Organizing the newsroom for better and accurate investigative reporting
• Case Study 1: Combing through 324,000 frames of cellphone video to help prove the innocence of an activist in Rio
• Case Study 2: Tracking back the origin of a critical piece of evidence from the #OttawaShooting
• Case Study 3: Navigating multiple languages (and spellings) to search for companies in the Middle East

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