OSINT Investigator’s Guide to Self-Care and Resilience
Talking about Mental Health preservation during Investigative work.
For many people, the face of warfare and investigative work has changed significantly. With the uptake in technology comes options around remote work and citizen journalism paired with social media brings instant news, analysis and connection delivered straight to our device of choice.
The development of Open Source Intelligence skill sets means that there’s plenty of skilled “hobby” analysts who hone their skills by developing and cultivating strategies around collecting and analyzing open source intelligence. While it’s fair to say a single civilian analyst can do some serious damage with a single laptop and an internet connection, it’s also fair to say that depending on your lines of inquiry, there’s a good chance of being damaged back.
While managing mental health has been covered by others previously, including this great article by Bellingcat, today we’ll put our own spin on it and look at and discuss strategies for managing mental health during open source investigations.
