Melissa Zhu @melzxy.bsky.social Editor at Bellingcat.
Mongabay @mongabay.com Award-winning nonprofit media outlet publishing global environmental science & news in 8 languages via bureaus in India, Brazil, Africa, Latin America, Indonesia & US: https://mongabay.com
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Sebastian Vandermeersch @sebkilli.bsky.social Investigative journalist at Bellingcat focused on conflict & human rights.
Formerly: BBC Verify and CIR. Views are my own.
Stéphanie LADEL @stephanieladel.bsky.social OSINT, IMINT, GEOINT ; the rest is just a double task.
Trevor Ball @easybakeovensz.bsky.social Previously Bellingcat, ARES, US Army EOD.
Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com Radically collaborative journalism. Working with the world’s leading media on deeply reported, public interest investigations. http://bit.ly/LHR-newsletter
Christian Panton @pa.nton.cx OSINT Specialist @ DR Verificerer
Prefers Signal over DM/chat: panton.01
Personal, long form, seldom updated: https://christian.panton.org/
All posts and views are my own, and might contain traces of nuts.
Arthur Brand @artdetective.bsky.social Art Detective丨Book 'Hitler's Horses' (18 languages)丨'Art detective will forever be a cool job title.' (Dan Brown after my recovery of the 'Blood of Jesus')
Fogo Cruzado @fogocruzado.org.br Contamos tiros e somos o maior banco de dados abertos sobre a violência armada da América Latina.
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Cecília Olliveira @cecillia.com.br Co-Founder @intercept.com.br | Founder/Exec. Director, @fogocruzado.org.br (Open data on armed violence in 🇧🇷) | Caixa Postal 11599 CEP: 22.020-959
📩 contato@ceciliaolliveira.com
Gyula Csák @gycsak.bsky.social Journalist, editor @bellingcat.com
Connor Plunkett @conplnk.bsky.social Investigator @bellingcat.com
Signal username: conp.123
paper trail media @papertrailmedia.de investigative newsroom :: partner of @spiegel.de : @zdfde.bsky.social : @derstandard.at : @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social :: www.papertrailmedia.de
Evident @evidentmedia.org Evident is an Emmy-winning nonprofit news organization for investigative visual journalism. We combine evidence-based research with on-the-ground reporting to shed light on conflict, technology, corruption, and other global issues. | evidentmedia.org
Charley @charleymaher.bsky.social Social Editor at Bellingcat. Prev investigative reporter for BBC, TBIJ, Seen & many others...
Professional account, working class journo.
Thoughts are my own. Like discussing representation, accessibility, new tech , social impact and tackling disinfo.
GTMO Watch @gtmowatch.bsky.social Aircraft landing at and leaving the US navy base and detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Data from public ADS-B signals that military planes don't always send. Most flights are routine cargo/troop transport. False positives possible. By @bellingcat.com
Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social Creative Director at the Financial Times. I lead visual journalism strategy and oversee visual investigations, visual stories, design and pictures.
Peter Andringa @peter.andringa.me Journalist/technologist, @financialtimes.com Visual Investigations
📍London
✉️ peter.andringa@ft.com
🔏 Signal: @peterandringa.01
ft.com/news-tips
Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social JD PhD Co-Director, Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley + Co-Founder, Investigations Lab #BerkeleyProtocol
Recovered Performer, Eternal Optimist
Forthcoming books: Digital Witness 2 and At the Intersection
picture thx: Jason Madara for The Resistance
Allegra Goodwin @allegragoodwin.bsky.social Investigative journo @cnn.com specialising in #osint
went into journalism after watching the devil wears prada, now mostly write about bombs
allegra.goodwin@cnn.com
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer.
https://craigsilverman.ca
OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social PAI enjoyer, OSINT guy @truth.bsky.social , my views/freezing cold takes are my own. Standard spiel about not endorsing retweets, likes, and comments.
Muyi Xiao @muyixiao.bsky.social Reporter at The New York Times Visual Investigations team. Mostly covering China.
Previously with ChinaFile, Tencent, Reuters.
Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social Every day I write about #osint (Open Source Intelligence) tools and techniques. Also little bit about forensics and other cybersecurity related themes
Natalia Antonova🇺🇸🇺🇦 @nataliaantonova.bsky.social Ukrainian-American. Writer. President, Concerned MILFs for America. Safer Dating Now creator. OSINT, but making it girly. Advocate for the glorious Normie Restoration ☀️
Chris Cook @chriscook.news ft reporter. south london nationalist. articles with my byline get posted automagically on @cook.report
Andy Carvin @acarv.in Director of investigations, @weareoversight.bsky.social. Former managing editor and current nonresident senior fellow, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
Meg Kelly @megkelly.bsky.social senior visual forensics reporter
@washingtonpost
tips/ ideas: meg.kelly@washpost.com
usual caveats, dm for whatsapp, signal
Imogen Piper @imogenpiper.bsky.social Visual Forensics Reporter, The Washington Post
Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas
Conspirador Norteño @conspirator0.bsky.social Data Scientist/Musician/Participant in the General Confusion.
Oppose autocracy and research/counter disinformation. I serve the realm.
Caution: frequent cat photos.
https://conspirator0.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ItrZiqTLw
Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social Reporting on tech and conflict for NBC News.
Previously WSJ, Harvard Shorenstein Center, BuzzFeed News.
Email: jane.lytvynenko@nbcuni.com
Signal: janelytv.74
Currently based in New York.
Chris Dehghanpoor @ckd.sh OSINT reporter, Washington Post investigations • @chrisd9r on twitter • https://ckd.sh
Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social Washington Post investigations reporter
Co-host of Schlock and Awe: https://schlockandawe.substack.com/
Executive Council, Washington-Baltimore News Guild
Nathan Ruser @nrg8000.bsky.social @Nrg8000 on twitter. Will fill this out when twitter inevitably burns.
Dutch_OsintGuy @dutchosintguy.bsky.social Dutch guy with Open Source Intelligence & Analysis skills • OSINT • Certified Instructor @SANSInstitute • SVP of Engineering& Chief Innovator @ shadowdragon.io
Lock Down Your Life @lockdownyourlife.com Privacy Architect/Online Safety Strategist/#OSINT Investigator • 🔞 21+NSFW 🌶 She/Her
All My Links: https://beacons.ai/lockdownyourlife
Paylinks, wishlist, Spicy 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/lockdownyourlife
Baptiste Robert @fs0c131y.com CEO @ Predicta Lab | French Security Researcher, Ethical Hacking, OSINT
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT
lokman tsui @lokman.org writer, (recovering) academic, amateur activist. teach at graduate institute of journalism, national taiwan university. fellow @citizenlab.ca.
he/him. writing a personal history of home and authoritarianism.
Sector035 @sector035.bsky.social Doing #OSINT before it was cool 😎 Just arrived, slowly settling on here.
Nixintel @nixintel.bsky.social Steven Harris | OSINT & Cyber Security Specialist | Investigator | Teach OSINT @SANS
Blog: www.nixintel.info
Katie Polglase @katiepolglase.bsky.social Investigative reporter @CNN. Specialist in OSINT and visual investigations.
katie.polglase@cnn.com
IG: @katiepolglase
DM for Signal
https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/katie-polglase
mwosint @plosint.com
Micah Hoffman @webbreacher.com Maker of WhatsMyName OSINT tool | Co-owner @ myosint.training | Finder of things and knower of secrets (IYKYK) | Always #OSINTCurious
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social Journalist, doing OSINT at Sky News.
Technisette @technisette.bsky.social OSINT maniac * technisette.com * Trainer @ MyOsintTraining * The OSINTcurious Project
Riley Mellen @rileymellen.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter for NYT. Let's chat: riley.mellen@nytimes.com, Signal, DMs, etc.
@christogrozev.bsky.social @christogrozev.bsky.social
Abraxas Spa @abraxasspa.bsky.social All-Source Analyst
Saving the spot here
Justin Seitz @justinseitz.bsky.social Bullshit Hunter. Misidentified beet farmer. Fiery advocate. Neurospicy. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan prairie dweller. He/Him.
Find my work at bullshithunting.com
Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social visual investigations @nytimes / sanjana.varghese@nytimes.com
Fiete Stegers @fstegers.bsky.social rein dienstlich hier
#recherche #osint #medien #nachrichtenkompetenz #factchecking
https://netzjournalismus.de
https://mastodon.social/@fiete
Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social Researcher on info ops, narratives, security-related topics, and hybrid warfare from Syria to Eurasia.
Editor, Security and Defense, Capital.
Non-Resident Fellow at DFRLab.
DRM Journal co-founder.
https://bio.link/ruslantrad
Henk van Ess @henkvaness.bsky.social #osint #ai
Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social Senior Investigator, Graphika.
Cape Town, South Africa.
Jake Creps @jakecreps.bsky.social OSINT researcher
tlmn @tlmn.eurosky.social Journalistic Researcher, Trainer, OSINT/Verification-Expert @ DW Innovation. Also into GenerativeAI for media (focus on fighting disinformation).
Doublethink Lab @doublethinklab.bsky.social A Taipei-based CSO investigating disinformation and information operations in order to safeguard democracy globally. Follow us for our latest reports!
Intel_Inquirer @intelinquirer.bsky.social I use the internet to find things, and I analyse them (OSINT/SOCMINT)
https://linktr.ee/intel_inquirer
From Syd AU
Rawan Shaif @rawanssa18.bsky.social Ex @Amnesty @UN @TheSentry_Org @Bellingcat | Sudan, Syria, Iraq and Yemen | Open-source and IHL/Human Rights | views my own
Christo Buschek @christobuschek.net Data, computations and investigations | Pulitzer Prize 2021 | Der SPIEGEL | Mozilla Senior Fellow 2025 | https://christobuschek.net | christo.buschek@proton.me
Alexanders @frenchie-osint.bsky.social CCI, OSINT, Threat Intelligence, Investigations; Got on my dead man's suit and my smilin' skull ring
Research lead at Cyble
Talks about Hacktivism and OSINT
Hamsini H @hamsini.bsky.social Now: micro-retired and looking for my next work home.
Previous Avatars: China Expert @LogicallyAI, Consultant at Indian MEA, Yenching Fellow, Thinktanker.
Views all mine.
Tamara Qiblawi تمارا قبلاوي @tqiblawi.bsky.social Senior investigations writer at CNN international. Aspiring cook of all food Levantine.
Jillian Stampher @jillianstampher.bsky.social Head of news, Factal. Formerly HuffPost, GeekWire, BreakingNews. Fan of dogs.
Bashar Deeb / بشار ديب @bdeeb.bsky.social Digital investigations @lhreports.bsky.social
Free Syria
He\him
Linh-Lan DAO @linhlandao.bsky.social Journaliste fact-checking spé #OSINT
Retrouvez #VraiOuFaux sur Franceinfo
@AJARacisees
ex-#CJamy ex-RevelateursFTV
Deepak Adhikari @deepakadk.bsky.social Collector of anecdotes, teller of tales and interpreter of social maladies.
Freelance Journalist | Former Editor: South Asia Check | Former reporter: AFP, Anadolu Agency, DPA | Fact-checking and OSINT | https://muckrack.com/DeepakAdk
Tom Mukhwana @tommukhwana.bsky.social Investigative journalist at Africa Uncensored. Part time coach potato.
Nairobi, Kenya.
Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social Open Source Investigator. Jack of all trades. Wife guy. She/her.
Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social Investigations editor @lighthousereports.com, focus on global food systems.
Tools: #OSINT #Data #TalkingToPeople
Board of @ajaracisees.bsky.social
Side gig: www.dictatoralert.org
Awards: Peabody, Frontline Club, EU Press Prize...
Home: #Kenya #France
0x786d @0x786d.bsky.social Pentesting, malware analysis, threat hunting & intelligence, OSINT, AI & ML
Olive Enokido-Lineham @oliveelineham.bsky.social Investigative journalist at Sky News doing OSINT things. On Signal: oe_39.73
auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social Every system is a sensor if you hold it right.
Main arena, Baltics. 🇸🇪
mastodon.world/@auonsson , x.com/auonsson backup 🇸🇪
Cate Brown @catebrown.bsky.social political investigations at @TheGuardian. formerly @WashingtonPost. power over/power to
tips: cate.brown@theguardian.com
Jerome @jeromegill.com I build tech for charities and NGOs and the private sector, usually in the sustainability/environmental space
Interested in tech, modern propaganda, and cleaning up information spaces
INPACT - Investigations with Impact @aeowinpact.bsky.social Cyber and analytical investigations
Investigations with Impact.
All Eyes On Wagner: Project on #Wagner mercenaries & GRU upcoming ops in Africa |Tips: tips.aeow@proton.me | Media: contact@investig-impact.org
Kai Greet @kaigreet.bsky.social Photographer, plane nerd, history geek.
Contributor for @theaviationist.com.
Based in Cornwall, UK.
Opinions my own.
they/them
www.kaigreet.co.uk
Sylke Gruhnwald @sylkegruhnwald.bsky.social Reporter and author. To reach me in confidence, write to sylke.gruhnwald@protonmail.com or Signal, other platforms available. Please get in touch!
ms noor @afosint.bsky.social OSINT | Afghanistan | Politics and Security
Investigator515 @investigator515.bsky.social Investigator turned OSINT Analyst | Author | Follow for #OSINT #Defense #Infosec | Memes | NAFO ✅ | Ukraine ✅ | Disinformation 🚫 | investigator515.substack.com | 🐕🦺 > 🐈 | 🐧 > 🪟 and always, 🍍 on 🍕
Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social Researching on #digitalmethods #osint #fimi #influenceoperations #disinformation.
Christina Lekati @christinalekati.bsky.social #SocialEngineering, #Psychology, #HUMINT & #OSINT intertwined for the sake of security.
Wondersmith_rae @raebaker.net OSINT Analyst | Maritime OSINT SME 🚢 | AI-Augmented Intel 🤖 | Speaker | Author of Deep Dive | Co-owner @KaseScenarios | Order: raebaker.net/book
OSINT Techniques @osinttechniques.bsky.social https://www.forensicosint.com/
Jana Tauschinski @janatausch.bsky.social graphics editor @FT | prev @BBCNews @the_young_fdn | data viz @LCCLondon
https://www.ft.com/jana-tauschinski
antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social Exposing troll farms: 🇷🇺🇺🇦 and beyond
Cited by: @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @financialtimes.com @CNN.com @Wired.com @afpfactuel.bsky.social @LeMonde.fr @SZde.bsky.social @TheTimes.com @NBCnews.com @EFE.com
𝕏 / 🐦: antibot4navalny
Layla Mashkoor @laylam.bsky.social Deputy Director of Research, @dfrlab.bsky.social.
Emma Smith @ameliairheart.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ she/her
dOsint-er ^Laura^ @lautie.bsky.social Osint | I click on things | I find stuff | Nerdy | Socmint | Opsec | Digital Investigator | Social media | Infosec | Geek | dOsint
@lautyb on twitter
Shayoni Lynn @shayonislynn.bsky.social CEO @ lynn.global #BehaviouralScience & fighting #Misinformation. Chair, Co-founder Asian Communications Network. PowerBook; Most Influential Women in UK PR; Top 10 Agency Leaders outside London; Mark Mellor; #innovator25 EMEA; Global 15; IoD #DOTYA
Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social Borders, osint, & digital investigations / investigations @lighthousereports.com , sometimes more
Cat Rainsford @cat-rainsford.bsky.social Transition minerals investigator for Global Witness | Formerly InSight Crime | Views my own.
Covers crime, corruption and environment, focus on LatAm and West Africa.
Sam Rad 🔮 @samradofficial.bsky.social 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧 & 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧
• Technology, Society, Geopolitics
• Keynote Speaker & Author
• Student of Humanity ✨
🌐 http://Sam-Rad.com
Pallabi Munsi @pallabimunsi.bsky.social Investigative Reporter, CNN. Previously: Asia Reporter, CNN As Equals. DEL-CCU girl at heart; in London.
Email: pallabi.munsi@cnn.com
DM for Signal.
Fadah Jassem / فداء جاسم @fadahjassem.bsky.social Head of Data Visualisation 📊@TheNationalNews.com in #AbuDhabi. Recent UK expat. Syrian/Iraqi
#Journalist #Technologist #data, #AI, #OSINT & information integrity. A journalism polymath of sorts (if such a thing exists)
(Ex-Twitter Head of Curation MENA)
Xavier Greenwood @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social Senior editor at The Observer. I edit The Sensemaker and report across print and digital. Previously made podcasts for Tortoise.