SOCMINT · DATA JOURNALISM
· GIJN
Social-media reach in GIJN’s latest data journalism roundup
A roundup featuring reporting on German far-right TikTok reach, alongside mapping and other data investigations.
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Connect
the evidence.
CaseWeave is an investigative app concept built around open-source intelligence (OSINT)—connecting research, people, places, and events while keeping the evidence in context.
CASE OVERVIEWILLUSTRATIVE CONCEPT
Sources → context → connections → understanding
OSINT & SOCMINTConnected contextIndividual investigators & agencies
The CaseWeave approach
From scattered details
to a story you can follow.
01 / GATHER
Start with the source.
Useful research begins with knowing where a detail came from, when it was found, and why it matters.
02 / CONNECT
Keep the context.
Look at people, organizations, events, and observations in relation to one another.
03 / UNDERSTAND
Make your reasoning clear.
Distinguish what you know from what you suspect, and keep the open questions visible.
Your investigation. Your way of working.
Independent focus.
For individual investigators managing their own research and following leads across sources.
CaseWeave for individuals →A shared perspective.
For agencies considering how research, context, and investigative reasoning move across a team.
CaseWeave for agencies →From the journal
Research that informs
the investigation.
Recent reading on OSINT, social-media intelligence, and verification.
OSINT · CASE STUDY
· Bellingcat
Public records bring new context to a cold case
An investigation combining records requests, newspaper archives, and interviews to revisit a decades-old unsolved murder.
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