Digital Tools for Investigations is a two-hour workshop looking specifically at tools and methodologies that can be used for investigations with digital sources.

Group size: max 12 people.
Class duration: 2hrs x 1 day
Level of participation: very high. Hands-on, screenshares, regular Q&As and participant contributions.

Newsrooms of any size, universities and other communities can greatly benefit from this introductory workshop to open-source intelligence, public record searches and a range of other digital tools that will make your investigations both quicker and more effective.

You will be taught a range of investigative tools, shortcuts and tips/hacks to enhance your research skills and help you develop a methodology for building your stories.

As a practical hands-on training, you will learn how to:

• research more effectively using search operators
• investigate using social media
• make the most of geolocated data
• run verification checks for images, video footage & websites
• use public registries and other administrative online data sources