Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Listen to Wendy Smith Trauma Guru on @rss.com rss.com/podcasts/war...rss.comWendy Smith Trauma Guru | Podcast Episode on RSS.comWendy Smith’s story begins with a violent rupture: a motorbike crash that left her with a spinal injury and eight months in hospital, told she might never walk again. She ignored it. Walking out on cr... 001
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Listen to Peter Jouvenal Afghanistan Cameraman on @rss.com rss.com/podcasts/war...rss.comPeter Jouvenal Afghanistan Cameraman | Podcast Episode on RSS.comMy former colleague at Frontline News, combat cameraman Peter Jouvenal talks about the importance of the personal touch in finding stories.Peter shares how he made BBC correspondent John Simpson's fam... 000
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Listen to Dmytro Horyevoy Ukraine Fixer and Local Producer on @rss.com rss.com/podcasts/war... Dmytro reflects on the personal qualities he believes truly matter in a correspondent. #news #fixing #ukraine #journalism #war #reporting #podcastrss.comDmytro Horyevoy Ukraine Fixer and Local Producer | Podcast Episode on RSS.comFor the final episode of Season One of WAR TRIBE, Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Horyevoy wakes after a night spent sheltering in his basement during a Russian bombardment.From that vantage point, he ref... 021
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 01/04/2026How do you freelance in a war zone? In this episode of the War Tribe podcast, I speak to journalist and author Jen Stout about reporting from Ukraine without the backing of a major organisation — and what that really involves on the ground. open.spotify.com/episode/3Lc9...open.spotify.comJen Stout Ukraine Freelance 011
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 30/03/2026In the latest episode of the War Tribe podcast, we meet Eliot Higgins, the founder of the citizen journalist collective Bellingcat. Eliot works with more traditional war reporters to investigate what really happened in high profile cases where the truth is disputed. rss.com/podcasts/war...rss.comEliot Higgins Bellingcat | Podcast Episode on RSS.comIn this episode of War Tribe, we meet Eliot Higgins, the founder of the citizen journalist collective Bellingcat. He has changed the way conflict reporting is done in recent years. Eliot works with mo... 17618
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Listen to John Simpson BBC correspondent on @rss.com rss.com/podcasts/war...rss.comJohn Simpson BBC correspondent | Podcast Episode on RSS.comFor years now, BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson can't help seeing his young son in his mind's eye, as he reports on families suffering in war zones. Simpson says he's gloomy about journalism's fu... 000
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Not long before he died, photographer Paul Conroy sat down for a long, reflective interview. It’s the opening episodes of War Tribe — a new podcast I’ve launched exploring the people behind conflict reporting: not just the big names, but the wider tribe. rss.com/podcasts/war...rss.comPaul Conroy Photographer Part 1 | Podcast Episode on RSS.comThe first two episodes feature an interview with the photographer Paul Conroy who has died, at home with family in Devon, of a heart attack.We thought it was important to put out this out as an extend... 01210
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I'm on this BBC Ukrainecast Podcast today at 1717, talking about going out with Ukrainian army patrols rounding up unwilling recruits, and what it's like to accompany the soldier with the worst job in the Ukrainian army www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... #ukrainecast #bbc #Ukraine #news #journalismbbc.co.ukBBC News - Ukrainecast, After Gaza, is Trump turning his attention to Ukraine?US President Donald Trump is due to meet Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday 010
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 11/10/2025In Ukraine, the army's recruitment office also brings soldiers home when they are killed. Listen to my powerful, disturbing story about the man with the worst job in the Ukrainian army which led this morning's BBC Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002kpwpbbc.co.ukFrom Our Own Correspondent - Ukraine's death messenger - BBC SoundsThe soldier with the unenviable task of telling families their loved ones have been killed 010
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 15/04/2025‘What’s more vacuous than an endless vacuum? It’s Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry’s party in space.’ Marina Hyde feels the love and gets right to it 000
Reposted by Richard PendryGavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 11/04/2025Memes aren’t just visual jokes. They’re containers for meaning. When used intentionally, they build counter-narratives—challenging propaganda by offering different values, identities, and visions of reality. #NarrativeWarfare #MemeticWarfare #DigitalPsychology 44112
Reposted by Richard PendryLawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Nothing that happened today contradicts this analysis 17520
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 14/03/2025substack.com/@anneappleba...substack.comAnne Applebaum on SubstackReminding again 010
Reposted by Richard PendryLuca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 09/03/2025‘“Maybe burn him alive on the street, spray him with some super-strong acid, VX, like the North Koreans, or the ricin,” Marsalek said. “Shower accident won’t discourage others. It must create a dramatic story.”’ More on signalling and assassinations? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...theguardian.com‘Burn him alive on the street’: the Russian journalist targeted in UK by spy ringOld Bailey trial of six Bulgarians charged with espionage has provided chilling evidence that Kremlin wanted reporter to be killed 032
Reposted by Richard PendrySPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 07/03/2025In the aftermath of 9/11, Ukraine, a non-NATO ally, sent troops to Afghanistan and Iraq—not because we had to, but because we stood with our US partners and allies in a moment of need. There was no question. 215449
Reposted by Richard PendryEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The US will no longer worry about civilians getting in the way of their bombs: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03... 33040511982
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 01/03/2025The most revealing quote from the Oval Office meltdown yesterday? Trump’s ‘Putin went through a hell of a lot with me.’media.tenor.coma man in a blue shirt says thread here in a videoALT: a man in a blue shirt says thread here in a video 110
Reposted by Richard PendryEmily Baker-White @ebakerwhite.bsky.social · 06/02/2025now that's how you write a headline www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest ChildrenI’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving. 7352181484
Reposted by Richard PendryJason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 13/02/2025as talk of a negotiated end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict proceeds enterprising reporters should remember that one concession Russia should be forced to make is returning the people it's kidnapped newrepublic.com/article/1693...newrepublic.comVictory Is the Only Way to Bring Ukraine’s Kidnapped People HomeOfficials from the war-torn nation estimate that as many as 2.8 million residents have been forcibly relocated to Russia since the invasion began. 02710
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Some understandably upset and angry Ukrainians on this episode of Ukrainecast www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukUkrainecast - How are Ukrainians reacting to Trump’s peace talk plans? - BBC SoundsThe country comes to terms with the US president’s negotiations announcement 000
Reposted by Richard PendryEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Russia's long running disinformation campaign on X is pumping out videos making all sorts of allegations about USAID, with Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr, already resharing one of the video to millions of people, because they're too dumb to spot a disinfo op. 39689257
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Absolutely! If it didn’t break any rules that rather suggests the rules are rubbish and we need to get better ones 000
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Cool open source tools for journalists and other nosey people! Nice work 0196
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Very good and long overdue idea! Open source investigations have revolutionised journalism and universities need to teach these skills 000
Reposted by Richard PendryBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 16/01/2025Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire, subject to Israeli cabinet approval. At Bellingcat we've covered the 15-month conflict by sharing resources for monitoring land change as well as producing our own, in-depth investigations. Find our coverage here: www.bellingcat.com?s=gazabellingcat.comYou searched for gaza - bellingcat 323342
Reposted by Richard PendryUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 09/01/2025Geography matters. On the correlation between distance to Moscow and defence spending/aid to Ukraine. Great charts by @economist.com Europe could be torn apart by new divisions econ.st/4fQq6iL 10328108
Reposted by Richard PendryKevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 08/01/2025Newspapers should fire their editors and fact checkers and just crowdsource the work to the comments section. This is a good plan and will democratize the news industry. If no one comments on this post, it means everyone who saw it agrees. 09313
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 04/01/2025AI is the the best journalistic source ever. Just ask a searching question and it immediately spills its guts 000
Reposted by Richard PendryMegan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Israeli forces killed Palestinian journalist Omar al-Dirawi and his parents in a strike on their home in central Gaza today. He is the 202nd journalist killed by the Israeli army in Gaza since October 2023, according to Palestinian government data.middleeasteye.netIsraeli strike kills Palestinian journalist alongside his parents in central GazaOmar al-Dirawi's killing brings the journalist death toll in Gaza to 202, according to local authorities 22123
Reposted by Richard PendryKhoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Researcher: "We let the data speak for itself." Earlier that day: 9679171003
Reposted by Richard PendryKevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 03/01/2025Ilya Matveev on Vladislav Surkov's new think piece: tearing down the façade and revealing the true nature of Russia's imperialist policy (with help from American hypocrisy in Gaza). threadreaderapp.com/thread/18749...threadreaderapp.comThread by @IlyaMatveev_ on Thread Reader App@IlyaMatveev_: Meanwhile Vladislav Surkov (ex grey cardinal, now a disgruntled retiree) wrote an article very openly calling Russia imperialist. Not only is it imperialist, according to Surkov, but it... 4277
Reposted by Richard PendryEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Al Jazeera English report from Douma, talking to witnesses and victims of the Douma chemical attack, which includes the details of how they were forced to lie about the attack to the OPCW and others by Syrian and Russian forces www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFA...youtube.comDouma 2018 chemical attack: Survivors speak out about what happenedYouTube video by Al Jazeera English 615951
Reposted by Richard PendryAnton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 01/01/2025The sick old geezer is watching you. Moscow 2025. Picture by Alexander Gronsky. 3369
Reposted by Richard PendryBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 01/01/2025Welcome to 2025! If your new years resolution is to learn a new skill why don't you have a look at some of our guides on open source research? www.bellingcat.com/category/res... Want help? We have a community of people eager to learn alongside you and collaborate. discord.com/invite/belli... 8557142
Reposted by Richard PendryUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 01/01/2025Let’s make 2025 the year in which other Europeans and NATO become more like the Finns. Finland seizes a tanker, getting tough on hybrid warfare econ.st/4gBufbLecon.stFinland seizes a tanker, getting tough on hybrid warfareRussian-linked attacks on undersea infrastructure are rising 241245242
Reposted by Richard PendryMeduza in English @meduza.io · 30/12/2024Three years of war unleashed by Russia have reduced dozens of Ukrainian cities to ruins. This vast dead zone is almost unimaginable as a place where people once went about their daily lives.buff.lyThe wreckage of war Photos from 2024 reveal the scale of devastation in Ukraine’s frontline cities — MeduzaThree years of war unleashed by Russia have reduced dozens of Ukrainian cities to ruins. This vast dead zone is almost unimaginable as a place where people once went about their daily lives. Meduza… 24216
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Revealed: Israel used US weapons in strike that killed journalists in Lebanon – video explainer 000
Reposted by Richard PendryDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Really interesting long essay on Netflix & the streamers. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess... 50963314
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Objectivity . . . we make it so complicated. The journalist Walter Lippmann, who invented the term a hundred years ago, said it is just the transparent verification of facts. Which is easy to say and as @sambrook.bsky.social says here, not so easy to achieve. 010
Reposted by Richard PendryMalachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Russia is leaving Syria after 10 years. A reminder of the destruction they wrought - our series of investigations, some based on Russian cockpit recordings. www.nytimes.com/spotlight/vi...nytimes.comRussia Tapes: Healthcare and Civilians Under Attack in SyriaIn 2019, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/visual-investigations" target="_blank">Visual Investigations</a> team proved that Russian pilots had bombed four hospitals in Syria, a busy comm... 217676
Richard Pendry @richardpendry.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Yet more dead journalists in Gaza, the most deadly conflict for media workers ever. 130
Reposted by Richard PendryUnofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strikebbc.comFive Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strikeA Palestinian TV channel says they were in a marked media van, but Israel says it was targeting militants. 01013