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The Verification Handbook: A Definitive Guide to Verifying Digital Content for Emergency Coverage. Edited by Craig Silverman.

The Verification Handbook for Investigative Reporting: A Guide to Online Search and Research Techniques for using UGC and Open Source Information in Investigations Social. Edited by Craig Silverman.

Social Newsgathering: A Collection of Storyful Blog Posts. Edited by Claire Wardle.

Bellingcat, Bellingcat’s Digital Forensic Tools.

Iain Martin, Storyful’s Coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombing. Storyful Blog.

Markham Nolan, How to Separate Fact and Fiction Online, TED Talk.

Malachy Brown, Natalie Reneau and Mark Scheffler, How Syria and Russia Spun a Chemical Attack, New York Times.

Daniel Victor, Amateur Sleuths Aim to Identify Charlottesville Marchers, but Sometimes Misfire, New York Times.

Ashley Feinberg, This is Almost Certainly James Comey’s Twitter Account, Gizmodo.

Sam Dubberley, Turkish nightclub attack raises more issues of mistaken identity and social media, First Draft News.

Simon Ostrovsky, Selfie Sodiers: Russia Checks into Ukraine.

Andrew Katz, The Story Behind the Viral Photo of the Officer and the KKK, Time.

Hank van Ess, Inside the Trenches of an Information War, Medium.

Jenni Sargent, Piecing Together Visual Clues for Verification, First Draft News.

Hank Van Ess, How to Put Men on the Map: Google Maps on Steroids, Medium.

Malachy Browne, Blood money: How your 401k profits from bombing Yemen.

Andrew Haggard, Geolocating the Walter Scott Shooting, Bellingcat.

Veli-Pekka Kivimäki, Geolocating the MH17 Buk Convoy in Russia, Bellingcat.

Eliot Higgins, How to get started in online investigations with open-source information, First Draft News.

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