"OSINT and the Future of Investigative Journalism" with Dr. Manisha Ganguly

Stage Talks with Bellingcat

This talk delves into the consequences of automation and Open-Source Intelligence on investigative journalism, using a political economy lens. It explores the impact of OSINT implementation in investigative newsrooms, such as changing modes of work, stress, overwork, vicarious trauma and PTSD. It also focuses on alienation, how structural imbalances of race, class and gender are replicated in the OSINT space which is a majority white middle-class male-dominated profession from the Global North, often investigating the Global South, replicating colonial power dynamics.Dr. Manisha Ganguly is Investigations Correspondent at the Guardian, focusing on OSINT and human rights. Her international investigations for the BBC have won numerous awards and been broadcast to over 300 million worldwide. Manisha is a Forbes Under 30 media honouree, and was named Journalist of the Year 2022 by One Young World. She holds a PhD in the future of investigative journalism from the University of Westminster.This is a recording of a Discord Server Stage Talk that took place in the Bellingcat Discord server on November 28, 2022. To join the server, download Discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcatMusic courtesy of Epidemic Sound.