GETTING STARTED

The Kit
You Are Already an Investigator
Safety First!

INVESTIGATION ESSENTIALS

What Makes an Investigation
Evaluating Evidence and Information Sources
Get Your Facts Straight: The Basics of Fact-Checking
Navigating Libraries and Archives for Investigations
Investigation is Collaboration: How to Make It Work
Crowdsourcing Evidence for Investigations

INVESTIGATION METHODS

OSINT – Diving into an ‘Ocean’ of Information
Search Smarter by Dorking
Retrieving and Archiving Information from Websites
How to See What’s Behind a Website
Using Maps to See Beyond the Obvious
Data Acquisition for Beginners
Geolocation Methods: A step by step guide

IN THE FIELD

Away From Your Screen, Out in the Field
Interviews: the Human Element of Your Investigation
How to Manage Your Sources
Bio-investigations in the field
Gathering Visual Evidence

DIVING DEEPER

Supply Chain and Product Investigations
Signs, Symbols and Other Visual Clues
What’s in a Company?
Thinking Critically About Maps: Researching, Resisting and Re-imagining the World
Investigating Climate Change Adaptation
How to Track Online Disinformation Networks

COMMUNICATING INVESTIGATIONS

All the World’s a Story: Tales From Invisible Populations
Eight Breakable Rules of Investigative Writing
The Making of an Anti-biometric Mass Surveillance Campaign

CASES

Extracting Information From Social Apps: A case of exposed financial data
Exploring Connections Between Political Parties and Personal Data Brokers in the UK
ad.watch - Investigating Political Advertisements on Facebook

ABOUT THE KIT

The Kit
Credits and Licensing
Data Use Policy

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