MANPADS (Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems)
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) verification archive tracking the proliferation, serial identification, and civilian aviation threat of Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems (MANPADS) in conflict zones.
Cited by Wikipedia, ETH Zurich / BICC, Reporters Without Borders, HuffPost, WITNESS, and Jadaliyya, Newsmotion’s thematic dossiers preserve primary-source environmental data, open-source munitions verification, and global civic journalism.
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) verification archive tracking the proliferation, serial identification, and civilian aviation threat of Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems (MANPADS) in conflict zones.
Comprehensive archive of dispatches, legal analyses, and policy reports covering Israeli government diplomacy, municipal building plans, land-use regulations, and regional affairs.
Investigative coverage of the Xu Yichun case—involving a Chinese international student in Seattle whose $2 million cash bail and subsequent flight sparked cross-border legal and media scrutiny.
Bilingual French and English archive documenting online civic mobilization, campaigns against child marriage (mariage des enfants), whistleblower protection, and participatory technology.
Open-source forensic documentation of 122mm BM-21 Grad rocket systems, warhead variants, and impact-crater trajectory analysis in conflict reporting.
Open-source verification of the Russian 9K338 Igla-S (NATO reporting name SA-24 Grinch) man-portable surface-to-air missile system and vehicle-mounted Strelets launchers.
Field identification and supply-chain provenance of the 72.5mm RPG-22 Netto disposable anti-tank rocket launcher in conflict zones.
Open-source tracking of third-generation FN-6 shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, batch numbers, and operational reliability in Middle Eastern and North African conflicts.
Technical identification and humanitarian impact documentation of Soviet-designed AO-1SCh anti-personnel fragmentation bomblets and RBK-250-275 cluster dispensers.
Archival reporting on broadcast media governance, music radio licensing, and editorial accountability controversies in UK and international broadcasting.
Curated collection of Newsmotion’s most-cited investigative reports, environmental data visualizations, and multimedia photojournalism features.
Chronological field dispatches, satellite damage assessments, and humanitarian reporting from Aleppo and northern Syria.
Investigative reporting and regional analysis covering Iraqi Kurdistan, Rojava, Turkish–Kurdish peace negotiations, and the 2014 Sinjar / Ezidi humanitarian crisis.
An archival environmental data investigation mapping real-time air quality indices (AQI), PM2.5 particulate concentrations, and coal-industrial emissions across Shijiazhuang, Xingtai, Tangshan, Handan, Hengshui, Langfang, Jinan, Zhengzhou, Harbin, and China's cleanest coastal municipalities.
Investigative dispatch examining the South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) psychological warfare directorate's covert online campaigning during the 2012 presidential election and the resulting constitutional accountability movement.
Reportage et analyse sur Ali Abdulemam, cyber-dissident bahreïni et fondateur du forum pro-démocratie Bahrain Online, qui a obtenu l'asile politique à Londres après deux années passées dans la clandestinité.
How environmental artist and engineer Natalie Jeremijenko collaborated with Newsmotion to transform New York bike messengers into mobile environmental sensors and hyperlocal civic journalists.
Reporting from Central Asia on Tajikistan's Ministry of Education university dress code regulations, which require female students to wear formal skirts and high-heeled shoes while prohibiting religious headscarves and casual attire.
An inside look at collaborative human rights video journalism in Rio de Janeiro, synthesizing 114 citizen-shot videos documenting forced evictions in Vila Autódromo and favela communities ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
Multimedia dispatch by Agata Pietron from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, profiling the youth rappers and musicians of North Kivu who use hip-hop and R&B to chronicle life, conflict, and artistic renewal.
Archival editorial exchange #880 cited by BET and Africa Is a Country, examining how North Kivu's hip-hop and R&B artists transcend conflict clichés through musical craft and creative autonomy.
Longform photojournalism and documentary dispatch by Newsmotion co-founder Jake Price, documenting how children and parents in Fukushima Prefecture navigate radiation monitoring, displacement, and recovery.
Geopolitical analysis of U.S.–Egypt–Israeli relations during Mohamed Morsi's presidency, examining Council on Foreign Relations scholar Steven A. Cook's observation that 'Washington would almost always view Cairo through the prism of Israel.'
Frontline dispatch from the Khaldeya neighborhood of Homs, Syria, chronicling twenty-four hours inside the besieged district and the role of freelance conflict journalists and open-source analysts.
Media and anti-corruption case study analyzing how independent journalist Zhu Ruifeng's online disclosure in November 2012 exposed systemic construction extortion and bribery involving Beibei District Party Secretary Lei Zhengfu in Chongqing.
Middle East wire dispatch documenting the first week of West Bank military search operations in June 2014 across Hebron, Ramallah, and Nablus, and the resulting human rights and diplomatic fallout.
Inside Newsmotion's 'Reticulator' verification framework—a structured fact-checking methodology born out of the 2011 NewsFoo unconference to track source provenance and claim corroboration in civic media.
Report on the September 2014 campus free speech controversy at Ohio University, where Student Senate President Megan Marzec received hundreds of online threats and abusive emails after posting a Gaza solidarity protest video.
Review essay examining Stephen Maing's documentary 'High Tech, Low Life', which chronicles two generations of Chinese citizen bloggers—'Zola' and 'Tiger Temple'—reporting across the Great Firewall.
Editorial feature profiling investigative journalist and author Julian Rubinstein and his work with Newsmotion's civic media storytelling initiatives.
Longform photojournalism essay by Unembedded co-author Kael Alford, examining the lives of Iraqi women balancing professional livelihoods, sectarian security pressures, and public visibility.
Newsmotion's syndicated wire partner archive (#75569) for the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), preserving independent reporting on Myanmar's political transition and Rohingya human rights in Rakhine State.