hardcover, 272 pages
Published March 2, 2021 by Bloomsbury Publishing.
We Are Bellingcat: Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News is a 2021 autobiographical account of open source investigative journalism by Eliot Higgins.
The book focuses on the career of Higgins, his role in founding Bellingcat and the organisation's use of social media data to investigate of criminal acts, frequently undertaken by the Russian state forces.
Belliingcat and open source intelligence is something some of heard of but the book makes clear how much positive influence they have had over the last decade. Good read and a reminder of the importance of activists
Book had amazing examples how they developed methods of OSINT at Bellingcat and how a people by coming and working together can achieve amazing stuff and even solve some war crimes. Quick read and inspiring!
