Past Events
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Sep 17Good News/Bad News: The Current (and Future) Media LandscapeTomás Dodds, Manu Raju
Elvehjem Building, Room L140, 800 University Ave. More Information
A Civics Lab Conversation with Manu Raju and Tomás Dodds Journalism has often been referred to as the “Fourth Estate” for its vital watchdog role and for providing us with the information we need to make informed decisions and fully participate in civic life. How can we protect the borders of that estate in an …
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Sep 8Reporting from the Margins: Journalism, Trust, and Information Integrity in the Global South
Marcelle Chagas do Monte
Space D, La Caixa Forum, Barcelona Full Programme
Workshop Reporting from the Margins: Journalism, Trust, and Information Integrity in the Global South – Marcelle Chagas do Monte Gontijo Space D, La Caixa Forum Journalism is facing a growing crisis of trust, made even more complex by the rise of AI-generated content, platform dependency, and widening information inequalities. Yet many conversations about journalism innovation …
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Jul 24WG OSINV – Jonas NyaborJonas Nyabor, Tomás Dodds, Guillén Torres
Presentation: While OSINV tools are generally praised for their universality and accessibility, the reality on the ground tells a different story. For some practitioners in the Global North, these tools are not always accessible, for reasons including prohibitive costs and limited local data that are contextually unfit in regions such as West Africa. There’s therefore …
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Apr 24WG OSINV – Matt LawrenceMatt Lawrence, Tomás Dodds, Guillén Torres
Title: OSINT – Disparity and Consensus Description: Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) should not be hard to define; we understand the origins of the term, and we know how the practice it describes relates to other related terms. However, as the reliability, availability, and diversity of open sources grow, and as the general public takes that power …
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Apr 23WG Critical Platform Studies – Alberto AcerbiAlberto Acerbi, Justin Yeung
Abstract: Most research on social media considers them as supports for transmission of information, explaining online success (and pathologies) by focusing on consumers’ biases and interests. In my talk I will present a different perspective, applying ideas from an ecological approach to culture to social media informational dynamics. I will argue that success online depends …
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Mar 27WG OSINV – Isabella ReganIsabella Regan, Tomás Dodds, Guillén Torres
Open-source investigations for justice and accountability: Navigating hybrid practices and disciplinary in-betweenness: Open-source investigations (OSI) have become an increasingly important tool in documenting and analyzing atrocity crimes, bringing together journalists, legal practitioners, activists, and technologists. Drawing on qualitative research, including interviews with OSI practitioners and field observations, this talk explores how multidisciplinary collaboration shapes OSI …
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Feb 27WG OSINV – Georgia EdwardsGeorgia Edwards, Tomas Dodds, Guillen Torres
Abstract: WITNESS has identified how unintended consequences of the institutionalisation of OSINV – to leverage its use for criminal and legal institutions for accountability – have shifted increased agency from those directly affected, to those investigating from a distance, often Global North institutions. And whilst the proliferation of smartphone cameras, social media, and new technologies …
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Jan 23WG OSINV – Johana KotisovaJohana Kotisova, Tomás Dodds, Guillén Torres
Journalists vs. War Crimes: War reporting is currently undergoing profound transformation. Two of the most important and mutually intertwined phenomena are the integration of open-source investigations in war and investigative reporting and the involvement of journalists in war crime investigations. These phenomena bring about potential points of frictions, new ethical questions, and mental pressure. Based …
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Dec 15WG OSINV – Philip Di SalvoPhilip Di Salvo, Tomás Dodds, Guillén Torres
Title: Turning OSINV Inward: Investigating Datafication and AI Misuse Abstract: Open-source investigative methods (OSINV) have become central to journalism, enabling reporting from conflict zones, foreign contexts, and disaster areas through the analysis of social media footage, satellite imagery, and other digital traces. These from above techniques have expanded journalism’s watchdog capacity by providing forms of …
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Nov 28WG OSINV – Anna-Theresa MayerAnna-Theresa Mayer, Tomas Dodds, Guillen Torres
Title: Networked intermediaries: Exploring the role of OSINT communities in verifying public knowledge on digital platforms Abstract: During Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, new actors beyond journalism, such as open-source intelligence and investigation (OSINT) communities, mobilized to verify and produce public knowledge on digital platforms. Drawing on the Dynamic Intermediary Model (D[X]IM; Ohme et …