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Rachael Kennedy

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Senior News Journalist @Storyful, Script Reader @BlueCatPictures & former News Editor @Demotix

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The collateral damage of social newsgathering

Storyful's Rachael Kennedy explains how, in the race to name suspects in breaking news situations, journalists have falsely accused innocent people

Consider the source: The importance of the eyewitness in real-time news coverage

Eyewitnesses are key to many of the biggest stories happening around the world, so why don’t journalists care more about them?

Charleston, SC shooting: Finding Dylann Roof

As news broke of the Charleston, South Carolina church shooting in June 2015, Storyful journalists Derek Bowler and Rachael Kennedy began working to verify social content around the incident, including looking for updates on the identity of the shooter, who had seemingly escaped