[Ssc-dev] Fwd: Re: Interview with German nerwsagency?

[Nathan of Guardian]

Hi Christina. I would recommend you speak with Sam Gregory of WITNESS or one of the other people he mentions below.

Sam Gregory <sam at witness.org> wrote:

I could talk more to it - or Sarah Knuckey (who did it with the Sri Lanka videos) or David McClinch from Storyful.
S

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Nathan of Guardian <nathan at guardianproject.info> wrote:

Thoughts on this? a bit beyond my scope.

horsten.christina at dpa.com wrote:

Dear Nathan,  

I am a journalist working with the German news agency (dpa) in Berlin. We are reporting a lot today (as probably every other news company is, too) about the new online-video, that allegedly shows US-Soldiers urinating on the bodies of three Afghan people.

While discussing the matter, we found that noone here really knew exactly, how you can actually prove the authenticity of an online-video - so we are looking for an expert, that could tell us something about this. Patrick Meier suggested you. 

Would it be possible for you to give me a short interview today in which we talk a little about how you prove the authenticity of UGC-videos - what all is necessary, how long it takes etc etc? That would be wonderful! Where and when can I get a hold of you? And if you don't have the time or don't feel like it - could you suggest someone else? 

If its better for you, you can also answer via mail - here come the questions (I would need the answers asap, unfortunately).

1.) What do you do first when you want to prove the authenticity of a youtube-video? 

2.) What other steps do you take/what aspects do you especially pay attention to?

3.) How long does this process usually take? 

Thank you so much in advance for your help!

Christina Horsten

  

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Von: meier.patrick01 at gmail.com [mailto:meier.patrick01 at gmail.com] Im Auftrag von Patrick Meier (iRevolution)
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2012 15:54
An: Horsten, Christina
Betreff: Re: Interview with German nerwsagency?

 

Dear Christina, thanks for your email. I'm currently in Nairobi and unfortunately not available. You may want to try "Nathan Freitas" <nathan at freitas.net>.

 

All the best,
PM

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:08 AM, <horsten.christina at dpa.com> wrote:




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