Derek Bowler

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

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

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

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

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

Social newsgathering journalists are playing catchup after TikTok emerged as the social media platform of cho…

California's Sierra National Forest has been left devastated after the Creek Fire burned more than three hund…

A statement circulating online purporting to be written by former U.S. President Donald Trump claims he is re…

In the past week an image showing influential rightwinger and newly appointed British Home Sectary Suella Bra…

A video purporting to show an elephant seal shuffling through a Florida street emerged on social media as Hur…

In the wake of country-wide protests across Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amin in police custody e…

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The campaign was preceded by a prolon…

A dramatic video shared on Twitter claims to show the deadly eruption at Indonesia's Mount Semeru on Sunday, …

Over the past decade, trust in the media has been tested like never before. Once lauded for their factual and…

California's Sierra National Forest has been left devastated after the Creek Fire burned more than three hund…

With over two billion smartphones in pockets all over the world, the use of user-generated content has become…

Journalists at Storyful witness some of the most graphic and disturbing content emerging from social media on…

Produced and presented by Derek BowlerTwitter: @BowlerDerekThis piece was produced as part of a Final Year Pr…

Discovery and verification of social media content is playing an ever-increasing role for news organisations …

A single image can be decisive in the telling of a story. Alan Kurdi's tragic death raised awareness of the S…

A gunman opened fire at a Bible study meeting inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in …