Eliot Ward Higgins | |
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 Higgins in 2015 | |
| Born | Eliot Ward Higgins January 1979 (age 45) Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
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| Known for | Analysis on:
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| Notable work | We Are Bellingcat |
Eliot Ward Higgins (born January 1979),[1] who previously wrote under the pseudonym Brown Moses, is a British citizen journalist and former blogger, known for using open sources and social media for investigations. He is the founder of Bellingcat, an investigative journalism website that specialises in fact-checking and open-source intelligence. He has investigated incidents including the Syrian Civil War, the Russo-Ukrainian War, the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. He first gained mainstream media attention by identifying weapons in uploaded videos from the Syrian conflict.[2][3]
- ^ "Eliott Ward Higgins". Companies House. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ Weaver, Matthew (21 March 2013). "How Brown Moses exposed Syrian arms trafficking from his front room". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ Keefe, Patrick Radden (25 November 2013). "Rocket Man". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 July 2014.