From data to impact: visualising open source investigations
Sat 12 April 2025
12:05 - 13:00
Free
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This presentation takes journalists, researchers and creators through the range of tools and methods available to visualise open-source investigations, demonstrating how these techniques transform data into impactful narratives for audiences. Through a series of case studies on human rights from across the world, we’ll explore ways to present open-source investigations across different formats, from quick, engaging social media videos to complex data visualisations and fully-produced investigative videos.
The main subjects attendees will learn in this session are:
> How to find the story that is hiding in your data. Exploring questions and techniques to use to simplify complex investigations and turn them into engaging visual products.
> Which data visualisation tools and mapping techniques can be used to organise your investigation to allow you to create interactive, in-depth narratives.
> How advanced video editing techniques can be applied to create polished, high-impact videos for resource-heavy projects.
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Benjamin Strick
Benjamin Strick is a digital investigator with a background in law, military and technology, specialising in open source intelligence (OSINT), investigations, information warfare, data and maps. He has applied these skills to document human rights abuses, war crimes and influence operations across the world working with international media to create multi-award-winning investigative documentaries and assist civil society. He shares his passion for open source investigations through free YouTube tutorials to democratise these skills. Ben is the Director of Investigations at the Centre for Information Resilience and was previously an open source investigator with BBC Africa Eye, is a Bellingcat contributor and co-founder of Ocelli Project. In 2021 he was awarded Open Source Intelligence Champion of the Year for investment, commitment and contribution to the field. Ben is known for investigating Cameroonian executions, taking down influence operations targeting human rights, working...
Suzanne Vanhooymissen
Suzanne Vanhooymissen is a documentary film-maker at the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR). She specialises in the visual storytelling of open-source investigations and is heading up a new video production team at CIR producing OSINT-based documentaries and short-form social videos (watch this space!). Suzanne has more than 12 years of experience working as a video journalist for BBC News. She was a BBC foreign newsgathering producer/reporter/camera person covering Europe and West Africa for several years. For five years she worked as a documentary producer/director at BBC Africa Eye where she produced, edited and directed several highly impactful and award-winning open-source documentaries and was in charge of the digital video and social media output across the programme. The newly established CIR Open-Source Film Awards are part of Suzanne’s remit, set up to support the creative community of OSINT-focused journalists. She hopes the awards will be an opportunity to highlig...