Mark Schoofs
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Teaching the next generation of journalists at @USCAnnenberg. Former @BuzzFeedNews @WSJ @propublica @villagevoice. Co-founded The Beacon Project. DMs open.
Joined November 2013
A keynote will be given by @christogrozev, an expert on investigating authoritarian regimes and the lead reporter on the team that identified the Russian agents who poisoned Alexei Navalny. https://t.co/BcYYdSrXOs We’ll announce other speakers soon:
bellingcat.com
A joint investigation between Bellingcat and The Insider, in cooperation with Der Spiegel and CNN, has discovered voluminous telecom and travel data that implicates Russia’s Federal Security Service...
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I am low-key super-excited my kids convinced me to launch M4Studio - a YouTube channel to share the behind the scenes of some of my team's most insane investigations over the years -- how we've burned hundreds of spies, exposed implausible government plots and conspiracies, and
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Your conference hosts are @USCAnnenberg and @hrcberkeley. A huge thank you to our lead sponsor @GoogleNewsInit and to our co-sponsors @CNN, Crankstart, and the Western Wind Foundation. More info here: https://t.co/WPhAuqzCKX Register now: https://t.co/g5hxfWmAJJ
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Worried you can’t afford to travel to LA? We have a limited number of travel stipends for students and working journalists from smaller outlets or those catering to underserved communities. Apply here: https://t.co/AJE7ZrLVvB
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Thrilled to announce the inaugural Open Source Journalism Conference on February 7 & 8 at USC Annenberg in Los Angeles! The conference is free — but *space is limited* so register now: https://t.co/g5hxfWmAJJ
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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 We’re hiring a part-time program assistant! Work with great people for a great cause — helping @USCAnnenberg enhance its outstanding investigative reporting program. Learn more and apply here:
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A key part of the genocide in Xinjiang is the erasure of Uyghur culture and the targeting of the people who study and preserve it. This profile of Rahile Dawut, a famous Uyghur academic, is well worth your time. A disappearance in Xinjiang via @FT
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NEW: In 2022 Russia destroyed half of Mariupol. Now Moscow wants to show it is rebuilding the city. But the reality is very different. Residents live in dangerous, half-built, leaking homes, while Russian companies profit from contracts worth millions. https://t.co/6nCQvxTKBd
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ICYMI -- only a few spots left, so sign up now!
🚨 Southern California journalists! Want to boost your investigative chops? Come to a dynamite training — with a half day on OSINT — sponsored by @IBWellsSociety and hosted by @USCAnnenberg Feb 16-17. 🧵 https://t.co/wiFeERCJWM
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Just finished taping the final promos for “Chameleon: The Michigan Plot” – the brand new podcast I’m hosting with @jvgarrison about the notorious conspiracy to kidnap Gov. Whitmer. Episode 1 is out tomorrow so there’s plenty of time to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!
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You won’t want to miss this training at USC’s gorgeous campus (in-person only, no Zoom). Attendance is limited to 25, so sign up now! Here’s the link: https://t.co/wiFeERCJWM 7/7
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Along with those classic skills, USC Annenberg’s ace OSINT instructor @KevinDReyes will immerse you in the most cutting-edge kind of investigative journalism, OSINT, helping you find out everything from who owns a website to exactly where a photograph was taken. 6/7
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We’ll take a deep dive into investigating immigration with @msanchezMIA, who often focuses on the lives and struggles of immigrants once they’re in the US. I’ll offer tips on interviewing and getting sources to open up. 5/7
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How do you pursue an investigation while covering your beat? @abene_writes & @SamTLevin got you covered. Wondering how to source up for an investigation? Nobody does it better than @rmac, whose Facebook exposés earned him & @CraigSilverman a Polk. 4/7
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Legendary investigative editor (and @IBWellsSociety cofounder) @nixonron will explain what editors are really looking for, and how to impress them. @JasonLeopold — the FOIA GOAT or, as the FBI dubbed him, a “FOIA terrorist” — will share the secrets of his success. 3/7
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The trainers are amazing. They hail from @nytimes, @GuardianUS, @AP, @ProPublica, @business (Bloomberg), and they include winners of the Pulitzer, Polk, and other top prizes. 🏆 2/7
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🚨 Southern California journalists! Want to boost your investigative chops? Come to a dynamite training — with a half day on OSINT — sponsored by @IBWellsSociety and hosted by @USCAnnenberg Feb 16-17. 🧵 https://t.co/wiFeERCJWM
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Exciting announcement today from USC. There's no question of the value of OSINT. Annenberg is training a new generation of reporters with invaluable skills.
annenberg.usc.edu
Open-source investigative journalism uses publicly available information — from satellite imagery and social media networks to online databases — to reveal powerful untold stories. It often requires
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We're proud to announce our partnership with @USCAnnenberg to teach college students open-source investigative #journalism, a powerful method harnessing publicly available information for groundbreaking stories. Read more about our initiative: https://t.co/kKqROINbT9
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