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Maxim Edwards is an editor at Bellingcat. His work as a journalist has focused on central and eastern European politics, nationalism and migration. He previously worked at openDemocracy (oDR), OCCRP and GlobalVoices. Twitter: @MaximEdwards
View Full profileEliot Higgins is the founder of Bellingcat and the Brown Moses Blog. Eliot focuses on the weapons used in the conflict in Syria, and open source investigation tools and techniques.
View Full profileAric Toler was a researcher and trainer at Bellingcat from 2015 to 2023, and the organisation's first Director of Training & Research. He is currently a reporter at the New York Times.
View Full profileLogan Williams is a data scientist for Bellingcat, with a background in cartography and data visualization.
View Full profileEoghan Macguire is lead editor at Bellingcat. He previously worked at CNN, NBC News and Storyful. Twitter: @eoghanmacguire.
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Michael Sheldon is a researcher for Bellingcat. He has a background in open source research and verification on the conflict in the Donbas. Prior to joining Bellingcat, Michael worked at the DFRLab.
View Full profileThe Bellingcat Investigation Team is an award winning group of volunteers and full time investigators who make up the core of the Bellingcat's investigative efforts.
View Full profileOllie is a Lecturer in Geocomputation at University College London’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (@oballinger).
View Full profileChristopher Giles is an open-source reporter who covers conflict, climate and online harm using remote sensing and network mapping. His work has been featured on the BBC, the Stanford Internet Observatory and CNN International.
View Full profileChristo Grozev is a member of Bellingcat Productions, which looks to translate Bellingcat investigations into a range of new media products. He was the Lead Russia Researcher at Bellingcat until February 2023. His investigations into the identity of
View Full profileBenjamin Strick is a digital investigator with a background in law, military and technology and is the Director of Investigations for the Centre for Information Resilience. He specialises in open source intelligence (OSINT), satellite imagery, influe
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