One of the authors of the Verification Handbook(s) and the driving force in dealing with UGC verification at Amnesty International. He is the best person who can talk about investigating human rights abuse on UGC. Also founded: http://citizenevidence.org/ https://twitter.com/ckoettl
| 09:30 - 13:30 | Sun Room : Workshop 1: Using Open Source Information and User-Generated ContentUsing Open Source Information and User-Generated Content (USG) in Investigative Reporting is crucial to find out who is behind wrong-doing. In this session, Gavin Sheridan, one of the key verification trainers in the world and Christoph Koettl, one of the authors of the Verification Handbooks and the driving force in dealing with USG at Amnesty International, will take you through the latest manual on fact-checking for “accountability journalism”. They will be assisted by Hamoud Almahmoud, ARIJ’s senior researcher, who authored a chapter for this manual on how to find Arab companies using different spellings. The trainers will offer practical tips on how to use the latest tools and techniques to verify misleading content on social media. This is the one course that every investigative reporter must take. Trainers
Christoph KoettlOne of the authors of the Verification Handbook(s) and the driving force in dealing with UGC verification at Amnesty International. He is the best person who can talk about investigating human rights abuse on UGC. Also founded: http://citizenevidence.org/ https://twitter.com/ckoettl 
Gavin SheridanGavin Sheridan is an investigative journalist, access to information expert, and former Director of Innovation at Storyful. At Storyful he developed the techniques and methodologies for user generated content (UGC) discovery and verification, and also worked with the software development team to build unique event detection and content discovery technology. |
