Eliot Higgins

Eliot Ward Higgins (born January 1979),[1] who previously wrote under the pseudonym Brown Moses, is a British citizen journalist and former blogger, known for using open sources and social media for investigations. He is the founder of Bellingcat, an investigative journalism website that specialises in fact-checking and open-source intelligence. He has investigated incidents including the Syrian Civil War, the Russo-Ukrainian War, the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. He first gained mainstream media attention by identifying weapons in uploaded videos from the Syrian conflict.[2][3]

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Eliot Ward Higgins
Higgins in 2015
Born	Eliot Ward Higgins January 1979 (age 44) Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Nationality	British
Occupations	Blogger weapons analyst citizen journalist
Known for	Analysis on: Syrian Civil War downing of MH17 Russo-Ukrainian War
Notable work	We Are Bellingcat