Al Jazeera Journalism Review

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Phil Rees

Phil Rees is Director of Investigative Journalism at Al Jazeera in Doha.

Writer’s Articles

Using Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) in Journalism

Where once journalists relied on sources for information - also known as ‘human intelligence’ (HUMINT) - they now increasingly rely on ‘open-source’ intelligence (OSINT) gathered from the internet, satellite imagery, corporate databases and much, much more

Published on: 12 Apr, 2023
Al Jazeera Investigations - the making of the Labour Files

An Al Jazeera investigation into the running of the UK’s Labour Party has revealed evidence of an ‘Orwellian’ smear campaign against its former leader, Jeremy Corbyn, a ‘hierarchy’ of racism within the party and even the hacking of journalists. Here’s how it came about 

Published on: 19 Oct, 2022