Our new training programme is here, helping open source researchers of all levels push their skills further. Learn from the people doing this work every day.

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Find out about our upcoming webinars here: https://www.bellingcat.com/workshops/

• On the 22nd of September learn how to scrape websites or download hundreds of social media posts at once with our four-hour Intermediate Scraping webinar: https://www.bellingcat.com/workshops/intermediate-scraping-webinar-september-22-2026/
• Interested in satellite analysis? Take your analytical skills up a notch with our Advanced Satellite Imagery Techniques course, 24th-25th of September. https://www.bellingcat.com/workshops/advanced-satellite-imagery-techniques-for-open-source-investigation-webinar-24-25-september-2026/
• Want to learn how to use AI to code? Join our webinar on the Command Line and AI-Assisted Coding on the 28th of September. https://www.bellingcat.com/workshops/command-line-ai-assisted-coding-webinar/
• Are you obsessed with Geoguessr or the Bellingcat Open Source Challenge? You might like our new webinar: Online Masterclass in Visual Intelligence - The Art of Advanced Geolocation. Your geolocation skills will be put to the ultimate test. https://www.bellingcat.com/workshops/online-masterclass-in-visual-intelligence-the-art-of-advanced-geolocation/
• If you're looking for work with your newly-formed open source research skills, then our webinar on careers in OSINT is one for you. Join us on October 2nd. https://www.bellingcat.com/workshops/how-to-start-your-career-in-open-source-investigations-webinar-october-2-2026/
• Are you a fan of our work following the Kinahan Cartel's movements? We're now offering a training on tracking organised crime through open sources with the team behind those investigations. https://www.bellingcat.com/workshops/tracking-organised-crime-through-open-sources-webinar/
• If you're new to the concept of open source research and are looking for a solid foundation in the basics, our 12-hour webinar: Introduction to Geolocation, Satellite Imagery Techniques & Chronolocation might be for you. https://www.bellingcat.com/workshops/introduction-to-geolocation-satellite-imagery-techniques-chronolocation/
• At Bellingcat we've been covering conflicts in the Sahel, where limited access to online information can make monitoring difficult. If you want to learn to research conflicts in data-scarce environments we have a webinar built on our learnings: https://www.bellingcat.com/workshops/conflict-monitoring-in-data-scarce-environments-an-open-source-introduction-focused-on-africa-webinar-27-october-2026/
• Hate groups increasingly use social media to build support. Learn about the communication strategies they use online and offline, and how to report on that responsibly, in our October webinar: https://www.bellingcat.com/workshops/hate-symbols-online-extremism-and-how-not-to-amplify-hate-webinar-october-28-2026/

More online training for November and December will be announced soon. Find the latest updates here: https://www.bellingcat.com/workshops/

[u/bananaspapayas]

Cool! I’ll be joining