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Derek Bowler

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As seen in: European Broadcasting Union, LinkedIn, Medium, Substack, That Was The Week (Podcast), TheJournal.ie, Sveriges Radio, Limerick Leader, First Draft, Storyful
Covers:  Breaking news, Social Newsgathering, Eyewitness media/UGC visual verification | #OSINT #SOCMINT

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Derek Bowler’s Biography

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Derek Bowler is the Head of Social Newsgathering at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), where he leads a global team of digital verification journalists and OSINT investigations specialists. He has over 10 years of experience in discovering, verifying, and clearing eyewitness media for the EBU membership and other media organisations.

Bowler is passionate about ethical and innovative journalism, and has co-produced documentaries, investigations, and projects using eyewitness media and visual…

Derek Bowler’s Journalist Portfolio

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The Battle for Ukraine

The Battle for Ukraine

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The missing children of Ukraine

The missing children of Ukraine

When shells started raining down in Mariupol, just under a year ago, Oleksander was hit by shrapnel under his…

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Fact-check: Did Tom Hanks wear an anti-Trump t-shirt?

Fact-check: Did Tom Hanks wear an anti-Trump t-shirt?

Fact-check: Did Tom Hanks wear an anti-Trump t-shirt? In recent weeks a picture of actor Tom Hanks wearing a …

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Death of Mahsa Amini sparks protests across Iran

Death of Mahsa Amini sparks protests across Iran

The death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman in the custody of the "morality police" in Tehran on Se…

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Fact-check: Does Volodymyr Zelenskyy's name mean evil?

Fact-check: Does Volodymyr Zelenskyy's name mean evil?

In past weeks a video emerged on social media purporting to show a Google translation of Ukrainian President …

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FACT-CHECKED: Video purporting to show naked man escaping Buckingham Palace is cut from TV show

FACT-CHECKED: Video purporting to show naked man escaping Buckingham Palace is cut from TV show

A video circulating online purporting to show a naked man escaping from Buckingham Palace through a window us…

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Articles

Financial OSINT: Guide to tracing corporate assets & networks

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Amid rising geopolitical tensions and the increasing sophistication of financial crime, monitoring financial flows, assets, and company networks in the public domain is key to accountability. Open-source documentation and infrastructure can provide journalists with a legal and ethical way to uncover sanction evasion, determine who really owns companies hidden behind shell structures, and report on global procurement fraud.
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The OSINT prompt for AI-powered image geolocation

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Has Cuba no paracetamol and thus 'virtually no autism', as Trump claims?

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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

For the better

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