28 Sep 2019

Bellingcat founder on the power of citizen journalism

From Saturday Morning, 11:04 am on 28 September 2019
Elliot Higgins

Elliot Higgins Photo: supplied

Eliot Higgins is the founder of investigative journalism website Bellingcat which specializes in fact-checking and open-source intelligence gathered from social media.

The site has grown from a 2012 one-man blog written under the pseudonym Brown Moses to an investigative powerhouse best known for its macro coverage of the Syrian civil war and the crash of Flight MH17, which is also the subject of a podcast.

The wrecked cockpit of MH17 was  exhibited during the presentation of the final report on the cause of its crash at the Gilze-Rijen Air Base.

The wrecked cockpit of MH17 was exhibited during the presentation of the final report on the cause of its crash at the Gilze-Rijen Air Base. Photo: AFP