
Gisela Pérez de Acha
@giselilla
Open Source Reporter. Extremism, Disinfo & Environment. Formerly @UCBerkeleyIRP & @hrcberkeley. Taught the first OSINT-Reporting class @ucbsoj. Mexicana.
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A secret system covers up and perpetuates police misconduct in California. We expose that system today. It took 3 yrs of digging by UC Berkeley IRP reporters Katey Rusch and Casey Smith and superb editing by Demian Bulwa and the whole San Francisco Chronicle team. sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/…


This is a crazy story, incredibly well reported. True accountability by Katey Rusch and Casey Smith


#JobOpportunity The Berkeley Journalism is hiring a lecturer to teach a travel-focused course on Latin America. It can be in any country! A 7-10 day reporting trip for students is part of the course for them to pitch, report, and write from the field. Apply here journalism.berkeley.edu/people-resourc…

NEW: Black Insurrectionist, the anonymous social media persona behind widely circulated election conspiracy theories, traces to a man from upstate NY. He’s white. He's also been accused of fraud, had his home raided by the FBI and owes millions in taxes. apnews.com/article/black-…

Porque ustedes lo pidieron. Gracias a Puente News Collaborative y Alfredo Corchado por abrir una beca más para dos semanas de OSINT conmigo en México. Come learn with us. Looking for reporters who cover the border. Apply until November 4th underthevolcano.org/fellowship/pue…



Gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information of their customers to political operatives. Cambridge Analytica used this data during the Trump 2016 election. Wow reporting from Corey Johnson propublica.org/article/gunmak… via ProPublica



Thrilled to announce Francesca D'Annunzio as 1st #PuenteNews fellow at Under the Volcano retreat. She will learn from fabulous Gisela Pérez de Acha . Working hard toward goal of training future journalists to cover border. epcf.org/news/border-an… thanks El Paso Community Foundation

Personal announcement: after working at UC Berkeley IRP & Human Rights Center for almost five years, I'm leaving to start a new adventure. So grateful to have worked with David Barstow and Alexa Koenig crafting a unique OSINT Reporting Class for upcoming journalists. Stay tuned!


Thank you George Polk Awards! The UC Berkeley IRP partnership w/ San Francisco Chronicle has won a Polk Award for the series "Right to Remain Secret." Congrats to Katey Rusch and Casey Smith as well as David Barstow, (=^ㄱㅅㅇ^=) jenny kwon (they/them) is resting Alex K. Fong 邝士英 and more. GIFT LINK to story here: sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/…

The 2024 George Polk Award for Justice Reporting goes to Katey Rusch + Casey Smith — with our UC Berkeley IRP — for "Right to Remain Secret," which exposed a system for concealing police misconduct in CA. Congrats IRP Chair David Barstow + team. prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Hi Palisade Research, this link is not working. Neither is the website's RSS. I'd love to subscribe tho x.com/PalisadeAI/sta…



