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Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest

NYT team Erika Solomon, @sanammahoozi.bsky.social @sanjanamv.bsky.social interviewed Iranians and collected witness videos to capture the unrest that led to widespread protests this weekend. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...

10.01.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis YouTube video by The New York Times

Video analysis clearly contradicts what Noem and Trump claim about the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. By @devonlum.bsky.social @robinsteinnyt.bsky.social Ainara Tiefenthaler Courtney Brooks for @nytimes.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...

08.01.2026 12:18 πŸ‘ 353 πŸ” 165 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 30
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How Online Crypto Casinos Use Celebrities and Livestreamers to Recruit Gamblers Using exploitative marketing strategies, the illicit gambling websites have profited and lured in a young generation of gamblers.

Crypto casinos have become a multi-billion dollar industry. One of the ways they've grown is with an unusual marketing strategy: paying millions to internet celebrities to livestream themselves gambling for hours.
New from me, @neilbedi.bsky.social, and Jenny Vrentas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

10.12.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 230 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 28
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Video Journalist, UGC News Verification | The New York Times Company

We have a job going on our team in London πŸ—žοΈ

www.nytco.com/careers/job-...

03.11.2025 12:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

08.10.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 1851 πŸ” 824 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 182
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Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack The strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 20 people. A Times visual analysis calls into question what the Israeli military was initially targeting there, and why its troops attacked a sec...

New video piece on the Israeli double-tap strike on Nasser Hospital that killed six journalists.
From @ckoettl.bsky.social, @sanjanamv.bsky.social, and Natalie Reneau
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

31.08.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜These are traps set for the people’: the story of a mother shot dead searching for food in Gaza A family is reeling from the killing of a woman who walked for hours to an Israeli-backed distribution point with her son and daughter

Abhorrent. β€œThe soldiers film people fighting over the aid, and once it’s finished, they throw teargas to disperse the crowd. I saw displaced people who couldn’t get any aid picking pasta from the sand.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

07.06.2025 07:00 πŸ‘ 152 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5
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Motion Designer, Video London, UK

We're hiring for a motion designer on our video team in London. Come work with us! job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...

21.05.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Truly impressive investigative work.

Indeed difficult, but vital to watch.

In addition to @janinadill.bsky.social's analysis, a few LOAC notes:

--no claim of warning prior to firing on ambulances
--commander's failure to punish can also be war crime
--IDF personnel may face universal jx abroad

02.05.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Video: Six Deadly Minutes: How Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Rescue Workers in Gaza Israel’s military said it was reacting to an immediate threat when it killed 15 medics and first responders in Gaza in March. But eyewitness accounts and an analysis of videos, audio and autopsy repor...

Critical @nytimes.com visual Investigation of the IDF attack against three Red Crescent Vehicles. This is hard to watch, but we mustn't look away. With all available information I struggle to see how the attacks analysed here could be anything but a war crime.

www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

02.05.2025 13:46 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Video: Six Deadly Minutes: How Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Rescue Workers in Gaza Israel’s military said it was reacting to an immediate threat when it killed 15 medics and first responders in Gaza in March. But eyewitness accounts and an analysis of videos, audio and autopsy repor...

Latest: The IDF investigated itself, but questions remain about how Israeli soldiers closed around on and fired for over six minutes at rescue workers who were unarmed, in uniform and praying, killing all of them. Our video investigation reconstructs what happened.

www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

02.05.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 220 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 14

Reported from Gaza, Israel, West Bank, Egypt, London and Ireland by Bilal Shbair, @sanjanamv.bsky.social, @ckoettl.bsky.social, Vivian Yee, Malachy Browne, Farnazfa Fassihi, Isabel Kershner, Fatima AbdulKarim. Video edited in New York & London by Natalie Reneau, Jon Hazell and Alexander Cardia.

02.05.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our investigation naming & linking RSF commanders to war crimes in Sudan was nominated for the #NewsEmmys. πŸ™

Watch it here: youtu.be/H231YlstDKk

By @sanjanamv.bsky.social @ckoettl.bsky.social Natalie Reneau @declanwalsh.bsky.social Aaron Byrd with @cen4infores.bsky.social & Ayin Sudan.

01.05.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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For about a year, I worked with a retired British academic named Alasdair Spark to solve a mystery: where did the original photo from the end of The Shining come from, and where/when was it captured?
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...

05.04.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 1614 πŸ” 552 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 67
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Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article) The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were β€œadvancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.

Video obtained by @nytimes.com confirms the IDF fired on and killed clearly identified Red Crescent medics in Gaza. 15 were killed. Satellite pics analyzed by @ckoettl.bsky.social & @sanjanamv.bsky.social show the IDF then buried the medics andambulances. Story πŸ‘‡ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

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Russia Executes P.O.W.s Without Caring Who Watches, Ukraine Says Live drone footage allows Ukraine to observe what it views as war crimes unfold in real time, soldiers say.

There's been a spike in Russian forces executing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the past year – we tried to unpick the reasons why, with Kim Barker, Yurii Shyvala + many more www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

04.04.2025 10:21 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel Digs In Beyond Its Northern Border Israel has built a growing network of outposts and fortifications in Syria and Lebanon, deepening concerns about a protracted occupation in parts of the two countries.

We found evidence of the IDF setting up watchtowers, creating roads & more within the borders of Syria + Lebanon – with Samuel Granados & Aaron Boxerman www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

31.03.2025 09:48 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Airwars has won an Overseas Press Club award for our investigation into civilians killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

The Kim Wall Award recognises creative and dynamic storytelling. We are honoured to be recognised alongside organisations such as NYT, WSJ and others.

x.com/opcofamerica...

25.03.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

nicely done!

18.03.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump moves to close Pentagon office focused on curbing civilian deaths The Trump administration is laying groundwork to wind down efforts to reduce civilian harm in U.S. military operations.

Trump moves to close Pentagon office focused on curbing civilian death. Officials are drafting a proposal to defund and potentially β€˜disestablish’ the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, though Congress would have to approve doing so. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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SAF takeover Wad Madani SAF recaptures key city of Wad Madani

Sudan Witness is continuing to monitor and document further footage coming out of Wad Madani and Gezira state, some of which indicates that there may have been violence against unarmed people in civilian clothing.

Flash report πŸ‘‡

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How β€˜Trophy’ Videos Link Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan | Visual Investigation
How β€˜Trophy’ Videos Link Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan | Visual Investigation YouTube video by The New York Times

Our recent video investigation on the R.S.F, a paramilitary group in Sudan, now has Arabic subtitles – you can watch it here youtu.be/H231YlstDKk

16.01.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
How β€˜Trophy’ Videos Link Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan | Visual Investigation
How β€˜Trophy’ Videos Link Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan | Visual Investigation YouTube video by The New York Times

Today the US declared the war in Sudan a genocide. It sanctioned the RSF's leader Hemeti and companies supplying his paramilitary forces. Last week we ran this video investigation by @sanjanamv.bsky.social & others naming RSF commanders overseeing atrocities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H231...

07.01.2025 19:58 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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Video: How β€˜Trophy’ Videos Link Paramilitary Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times identifies the commanders leading an opaque paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, as fighters under their watch commit ...

Proud of the Sudan Witness team at @cen4infores.bsky.social and the work with @nytimes.com to track the commanders in Sudan responsible for some of the horrific events happening in the country. A painful but impactful documentary.

www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

31.12.2024 11:57 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Video: How β€˜Trophy’ Videos Link Paramilitary Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times identifies the commanders leading an opaque paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, as fighters under their watch commit ...

Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times reveals widespread atrocities in Sudan committed by a shadowy paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces β€” often under commanders' watch.

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Team working on this story – myself, @malachy.bsky.social, @ckoettl.bsky.social, Natalie Reneau, Aaron Byrd, @declanwalsh.bsky.social, alongside many others.

31.12.2024 11:19 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Video: How β€˜Trophy’ Videos Link Paramilitary Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times identifies the commanders leading an opaque paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, as fighters under their watch commit ...

What we found was a playbook of terror, carried out by the RSF, across the country. Watch our investigation here www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

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We teamed up with Ayin Network, an organisation of Sudanese reporters working anonymously inside the country, to speak to survivors who had experienced the RSF’s tactics firsthand.

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We also wanted to know who was in charge. We mapped out scores of propaganda videos identifying commanders’ areas of control, and found several of them at or near the sites of atrocities.

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