Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
When soldiers on European bases forget to set privacy in a flashcard app, secret information about nuclear weapons can appear on the internet. That is how one of the cases worked on by Eoghan Macguire, editor-in-chief of the server Bellingcat, began.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Events that brought Eoghan to journalism
04:38 What “Bellingcat” even means
06:40 Investigating U.S. airstrikes in Syria
07:36 Reporting without people on the ground
09:11 Investigating the assassination of an Al Jazeera journalist
15:10 The effect of watching disturbing content (on vs off the job)
17:17 How journalists decide if exposing someone serves the public interest
20:05 Tracking the world’s most wanted men in Dubai
26:30 Finding classified info about U.S. military bases via Google
35:55 Can Bellingcat “nerds” tell a story?
44:17 We're “never enough” — how do you deal with it?
Eoghan explains how Bellingcat is reshaping journalistic practice: without people in the field, but with an analytical team that combines public data, satellite imagery, social networks, and detailed geolocation. In the interview, you will learn how they found the online trail of wanted cartel boss Christopher Kinahan, why they had to inform NATO before publishing an article about nuclear bases—and what it means to do investigative work when you are constantly one step ahead of those you are exposing.
The episode shows the power of digital journalism that crosses borders while requiring neither a passport nor a visa. What is it like to analyze a video of a journalist's murder? Where does the line lie between truth in the public interest and responsibility for its impact? And how to work with data when you know that those who would prefer none of this ever be heard are also reading you?
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When soldiers on European bases forget to set privacy in a flashcard app, secret information about nuclear weapons can appear on the internet. That is how one of the cases worked on by Eoghan Macguire, editor-in-chief of the server Bellingcat, began.
Subscribe to OCCRP on YouTube ► https://shorturl.at/BSzsh
Timestamps:
00:00 Events that brought Eoghan to journalism
04:38 What “Bellingcat” even means
06:40 Investigating U.S. airstrikes in Syria
07:36 Reporting without people on the ground
09:11 Investigating the assassination of an Al Jazeera journalist
15:10 The effect of watching disturbing content (on vs off the job)
17:17 How journalists decide if exposing someone serves the public interest
20:05 Tracking the world’s most wanted men in Dubai
26:30 Finding classified info about U.S. military bases via Google
35:55 Can Bellingcat “nerds” tell a story?
44:17 We're “never enough” — how do you deal with it?
Eoghan explains how Bellingcat is reshaping journalistic practice: without people in the field, but with an analytical team that combines public data, satellite imagery, social networks, and detailed geolocation. In the interview, you will learn how they found the online trail of wanted cartel boss Christopher Kinahan, why they had to inform NATO before publishing an article about nuclear bases—and what it means to do investigative work when you are constantly one step ahead of those you are exposing.
The episode shows the power of digital journalism that crosses borders while requiring neither a passport nor a visa. What is it like to analyze a video of a journalist's murder? Where does the line lie between truth in the public interest and responsibility for its impact? And how to work with data when you know that those who would prefer none of this ever be heard are also reading you?
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#podcast #osint #bellingcat
