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Getting news right from the source: A collection of articles and case studies offering best practice advice and guidance for handling eyewitness media
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Getting it right from the source: A collection of articles and case studies offering best practice advice and guidance for handling eyewitness media.

Editors
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First Draft
A coalition of experts sharing top tips and training in handling eyewitness media. Find out how to discover, verify and publish powerful news content.
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Eyewitness Media Hub
Setting standards for the creation, discovery, verification and publication of eyewitness media.
Writers
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Eliot Higgins
Founder of Bellingcat. Research fellow at CENTRIC. Visiting research associate at King’s College London’s Department of War Studies.
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Andy Carvin
Editor-in-chief at reported.ly. Real-time news DJ and occasional journalist, but not a social media guru. Author of the book, Distant Witness. NPR alum.
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Fergus Bell
Journalist | News Consultant @digdeepermedia | Co-founder @ONA UGC Ethics Initiative | Past: Social Media & UGC Editor @AP, Partnerships & Innovation @SAM_Desk
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Meedan
Meedan builds digital tools for global journalism and translation. Currently working on @checkdesk and @speakbridge.
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Josh Stearns
Director, Journalism & Sustainability for @GRDodge Foundation. Building local news rooted in community engagement. Formerly Press Freedom Director @freepress.
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Craig Silverman
Fellow @TowCenter researching debunking & misinformation. Founder of Emergent.info. Adjunct Faculty @Poynter. Edited this: VerificationHandbook.com.
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Tom Trewinnard
New media junkie, Arabic addict, coffee fiend and flâneur. I work with the awesome team at @Meedan.
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ed bice
working every day to make the web a bit wider and more worldly with colleagues @meedan
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Lawrence Alexander
Bellingcat and RuNet Echo contributor focusing on the political use of social media.
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Chris Blow
Peacenik interaction designer at @Meedan. Journalism, nonprofits, usability, disasters, poverty, civics, translation, scifi, CSS, ruby, conspiracy theories
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Asteris Masouras
Freelance journo/global newsfilter @reportedly, @globalvoices editor, human rights, film/games/scifi geek. Social justice/stay human
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P. Kim Bui
Social + Reporting + Journalism for First Look Media. Co-founder #wjchat. Is almost always freezing.