Bellingcat

investigative open source intelligence group
Organization collective Q22938621
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Bellingcat

Summary

Bellingcat is a collective[1]. Bellingcat draws 1,689 Wikipedia views per month (collective category, ranking #4 of 34).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bellingcat's field of work was literature search[3].
  • Bellingcat's field of work was investigative journalism[4].
  • Bellingcat's field of work was data journalism[5].
  • Bellingcat's field of work was open-source intelligence[6].
  • Bellingcat's field of work was open-source defense intelligence[7].
  • Bellingcat authored Eliot Higgins[8].
  • Bellingcat received the Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Award[9].
  • Bellingcat received the Machiavelli award[10].
  • Bellingcat received the Olof Palme Prize[11].
  • Bellingcat was a member of Global Investigative Journalism Network[12].
  • Bellingcat is in the country of Netherlands[13].
  • Bellingcat is in the country of United Kingdom[14].
  • Bellingcat's instance of is recorded as collective[15].
  • Bellingcat's instance of is recorded as project[16].
  • Bellingcat's instance of is recorded as website[17].
  • Bellingcat's founder is recorded as Eliot Higgins[18].
  • Bellingcat is operated by Stichting Bellingcat[19].
  • Belling the Cat is named after Bellingcat[20].
  • Bellingcat's headquarters location is recorded as Amsterdam[21].
  • Bellingcat's Commons category is recorded as Bellingcat[22].
  • July 15, 2014 marks the founding of Bellingcat[23].
  • Bellingcat's significant event is recorded as Russian foreign agent law[24].
  • Bellingcat's significant event is recorded as Russian undesirable organizations law[25].
  • Bellingcat's official website is recorded as https://www.bellingcat.com[26].
  • Bellingcat's official website is recorded as https://ru.bellingcat.com/[27].

Body

Founding

Bellingcat's founder is recorded as Eliot Higgins[18]. July 15, 2014 marks the founding of Bellingcat[23].

Leadership

Bellingcat's director / manager is recorded as Eliot Higgins[28].

Operations

Bellingcat's headquarters location is recorded as Amsterdam[21]. Bellingcat is operated by Stichting Bellingcat[19].

Industry

Fields of work include literature search[3], a genre[29]; investigative journalism[4], an academic discipline[30]; data journalism[5]; open-source intelligence[6], a community[31]; and open-source defense intelligence[7].

Ownership

Bellingcat's product or material produced is recorded as Q134776306[32].

Recognition

Awards received include Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Award[9], a journalism prize[33], in Germany[34]; Machiavelli award[10], a prize[35], in Netherlands[36], founded in 1989[37]; and Olof Palme Prize[11], a politics award[38], in Sweden[39].

Why It Matters

Bellingcat draws 1,689 Wikipedia views per month (collective category, ranking #4 of 34).[2] Bellingcat has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Bellingcat is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

FAQs

What awards did Bellingcat receive?

Honors received include Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Award[9], Machiavelli award[10], and Olof Palme Prize[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] . bellingcat.com. bellingcat.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [14] . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . bellingcat.com. bellingcat.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [16] . szru.gov.ua. szru.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [17] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] . bellingcat.com. Retrieved . bellingcat.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [19] . wikidata.org.
  14. [20] . euvsdisinfo.eu. euvsdisinfo.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [21] . bellingcat.com. bellingcat.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [9] . hanns-joachim-friedrichs.de. Retrieved . hanns-joachim-friedrichs.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [10] . stichtingmachiavelli.nl. Retrieved . stichtingmachiavelli.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [11] . palmefonden.se. Retrieved . palmefonden.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [12] . gijn.org. Retrieved . gijn.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . bellingcat.com. bellingcat.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Official donation page url https://www.bellingcat.com/donate
    Privacy policy url https://www.bellingcat.com/about/data-privacy
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