February 5, 2015
Gigaom highlights the work of Eliot Higgins and Bellingcat
Matthew Ingram recently wrote about Eliot Higgins and Bellingcat for Gigaom. Bellingcat has utilized crowdsourcing to track, identify, and record the movements of military equipment and troops in Ukraine. In doing so, Belllingcat has created a database that grows everytime a user adds a new piece of verified information. Bellingcat, a site for and by citizen journalists, was launched after a successful Kickstarter campaign, which was managed by Vann Alexandra. The full article can be read at gigaom.