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Verification for broadcast (Ukraine edition)
- 1. Verification for Broadcast (Ukraine edition) Alex Murray alex.murray@bbc.co.uk @leguape
- 2. Challenges vs solutions • Languages • Russian • Ukrainian • Very sweary nation • Limited source contact • Active propaganda engines • Data voids/incomplete info • Google translate • Russian service • Ukrainian service • BBC Monitoring • Swear check as part of process • Learn to live with it • Apply best practice • Qualifying language
- 3. Why do we verify? • To enrich our journalism with accurate, relevant material from non- professional sources • To get material to air quickly How do we verify? • Economy of effort • Speed • KISS
- 4. What we are not doing as journalists
- 5. Well-being: the most important step •Support each other •talk, collaborate, share best practice •Set boundaries •time, work pattern, material, processes •BBC Support •Dart Center •Build resilience to sustain effort
- 6. Triage: identify the task needed • Have you watched it? (And what do you think it shows?) • Which bit do you think need to broadcast? • When do you need it? • What information do you need from me? • Has this already been answered by someone?
- 7. Triage: identify the task needed Use a task/chunk system - Provenance (earliest version) - Location - Time/weather - Context • Prioritise • Don’t try to answer unanswerables
- 8. Essential toolkit • Paper, pen, second screen, screengrab, reverse image search • Browser – Chrome is good choice for general purposes, portable with Sync • Search engines – Google, Yandex • Extensions – Rev Eye, Tin Eye, Invid, Google Translate, Go Full Page, Google Lens • Operators – AND, OR, site:, “exact phrase”, *, inurl:, weather: • Work already done for you (incorporating “the grid”)
- 12. Reverse search: if earlier than, is not
- 13. Search obvious
- 14. Identify unique locators • Kyiv missile https://t.me/milinfolive/78882 Видео полета одной из крылатых ракет, которыми сегодня утром наносили удары по военной промышленности и объектам ВСУ в Киеве. “Video of the flight of one of the cruise missiles, which this morning struck at the military industry and APU facilities in Kiev.”
- 15. Some more unique than others
- 18. In absence of street view…
- 19. NOT tank – accuracy of language • Both sides operating largely similar materiel • Incorrect description creates false narrative • Different vehicles, different purposes
- 20. Time as relative
- 21. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- Geolocated to: https://goo.gl/maps/msbm5w4ZrMJAtjH27 It's a comp of two clips, one from Unian here https://t.me/uniannet/38831 this tweet mentions https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/1504124100935098370 possible location - quite close to Zaporizhia, and past location (Vasilyvka that was designated overnight stop https://goo.gl/maps/nvgp58DzYNiQu9ZG6 Source will be here https://t.me/starukhofficial/2839 regional gov's telegram - there's some stills here too https://t.me/starukhofficial/2842
- Geolocated to: https://goo.gl/maps/msbm5w4ZrMJAtjH27 It's a comp of two clips, one from Unian here https://t.me/uniannet/38831 this tweet mentions https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/1504124100935098370 possible location - quite close to Zaporizhia, and past location (Vasilyvka that was designated overnight stop https://goo.gl/maps/nvgp58DzYNiQu9ZG6 Source will be here https://t.me/starukhofficial/2839 regional gov's telegram - there's some stills here too https://t.me/starukhofficial/2842
- Geolocated to: https://goo.gl/maps/msbm5w4ZrMJAtjH27 It's a comp of two clips, one from Unian here https://t.me/uniannet/38831 this tweet mentions https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/1504124100935098370 possible location - quite close to Zaporizhia, and past location (Vasilyvka that was designated overnight stop https://goo.gl/maps/nvgp58DzYNiQu9ZG6 Source will be here https://t.me/starukhofficial/2839 regional gov's telegram - there's some stills here too https://t.me/starukhofficial/2842
- https://t.me/milinfolive/78882 An example of "looks wild, is doable“ – two locations mentioned in clip, but neither anywhere near. Realised I missed a huge clue: phone number on a sign for a gym. Instead we focused on ATB and the church. Actually that one is quicker than both. (Clip in teams folder)
- https://t.me/milinfolive/78882 An example of "looks wild, is doable“ – two locations mentioned in clip, but neither anywhere near. Realised I missed a huge clue: phone number on a sign for a gym. Instead we focused on ATB and the church. Actually that one is quicker than both. (Clip in teams folder)