Evident Media
@evidentmedia.org
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Evident Media
@evidentmedia.org
· Mar 4
We are proud to announce the launch of Evident — a nonprofit news organization producing documentary journalism for the public good — here on Bluesky.
Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.
Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.
What was the true impact of strikes on Iran's nuclear program? Rare on-the-ground access and innovative open-source analysis lead to new revelations in our documentary in partnership with @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com & @bellingcat.com. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxBY...
Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
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December 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
What was the true impact of strikes on Iran's nuclear program? Rare on-the-ground access and innovative open-source analysis lead to new revelations in our documentary in partnership with @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com & @bellingcat.com. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxBY...
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In the new documentary "Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question," FRONTLINE, @washingtonpost.com, @evidentmedia.org and @bellingcat.com investigate the impact of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear program.
Premieres Tuesday, Dec. 16, on PBS and online.
Premieres Tuesday, Dec. 16, on PBS and online.
Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Watch FRONTLINE's documentary in collaboration with The Washington Post, Evident Media & Bellingcat investigating Iran’s nuclear program in the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In the new documentary "Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question," FRONTLINE, @washingtonpost.com, @evidentmedia.org and @bellingcat.com investigate the impact of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear program.
Premieres Tuesday, Dec. 16, on PBS and online.
Premieres Tuesday, Dec. 16, on PBS and online.
This Giving Tuesday, support our nonprofit journalism by becoming an Evident Media Member. Members gain access to video podcasts and behind-the-scenes updates. And they help us keep our documentaries and investigations free. Go to evidentmedia.substack.com to get your first month free.
December 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This Giving Tuesday, support our nonprofit journalism by becoming an Evident Media Member. Members gain access to video podcasts and behind-the-scenes updates. And they help us keep our documentaries and investigations free. Go to evidentmedia.substack.com to get your first month free.
"This is the First Amendment in action." @zachtoombs.bsky.social joined @jimacosta.bsky.social to talk about the role of citizens and journalists documenting the aggressive tactics of ICE and Border Patrol. Watch the full conversation here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"This is the First Amendment in action." @zachtoombs.bsky.social joined @jimacosta.bsky.social to talk about the role of citizens and journalists documenting the aggressive tactics of ICE and Border Patrol. Watch the full conversation here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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We mapped Operation Midway Blitz in Illinois with @evidentmedia.org.
A federal judge will hold a hearing today (November 5th) on whether a temporary restraining order restricting crowd-control tactics in Illinois should be converted into a preliminary injunction.
youtube.com/shorts/HKXEY...
A federal judge will hold a hearing today (November 5th) on whether a temporary restraining order restricting crowd-control tactics in Illinois should be converted into a preliminary injunction.
youtube.com/shorts/HKXEY...
Mapping Midway Blitz in Illinois
YouTube video by Bellingcat
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November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We mapped Operation Midway Blitz in Illinois with @evidentmedia.org.
A federal judge will hold a hearing today (November 5th) on whether a temporary restraining order restricting crowd-control tactics in Illinois should be converted into a preliminary injunction.
youtube.com/shorts/HKXEY...
A federal judge will hold a hearing today (November 5th) on whether a temporary restraining order restricting crowd-control tactics in Illinois should be converted into a preliminary injunction.
youtube.com/shorts/HKXEY...
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If you aren't paying attention to what is happening in Illinois/Chicago, you're missing out on Bovino and federal agents using tear gas, pepper balls, and force against the people.
Check out our investigation alongside @evidentmedia.org
Check out our investigation alongside @evidentmedia.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If you aren't paying attention to what is happening in Illinois/Chicago, you're missing out on Bovino and federal agents using tear gas, pepper balls, and force against the people.
Check out our investigation alongside @evidentmedia.org
Check out our investigation alongside @evidentmedia.org
We've entered the era of AI propaganda. Evident Media's @zachtoombs.bsky.social reflects on recent AI fakes in political messaging and looks to some historical context in our latest founders' blog post. Become an Evident member and read the full article at evidentmedia.substack.com.
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We've entered the era of AI propaganda. Evident Media's @zachtoombs.bsky.social reflects on recent AI fakes in political messaging and looks to some historical context in our latest founders' blog post. Become an Evident member and read the full article at evidentmedia.substack.com.
We're excited to introduce Evident Media's membership program! For $8/month you'll gain access to exclusive podcasts, workshops, and updates from our team — and you'll help us keep our reporting free for all. Support our mission for investigative visual journalism at evidentmedia.substack.com.
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We're excited to introduce Evident Media's membership program! For $8/month you'll gain access to exclusive podcasts, workshops, and updates from our team — and you'll help us keep our reporting free for all. Support our mission for investigative visual journalism at evidentmedia.substack.com.
We're partnering with the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund and @merrillcollege.bsky.social to support documentary journalism in 2026! Read about our new fellowship and our upcoming "Managed by the Algorithm" project here: www.evidentmedia.org/zaentz-fund
October 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We're partnering with the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund and @merrillcollege.bsky.social to support documentary journalism in 2026! Read about our new fellowship and our upcoming "Managed by the Algorithm" project here: www.evidentmedia.org/zaentz-fund
Just outside Juneau, Alaska lies Taku, one of the world’s largest tidewater glaciers. For decades Taku resisted climate change while other glaciers in the Juneau Icefield retreated. That ended in 2018.
Watch Museum On Fire on YouTube. Link in bio.
Watch Museum On Fire on YouTube. Link in bio.
September 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just outside Juneau, Alaska lies Taku, one of the world’s largest tidewater glaciers. For decades Taku resisted climate change while other glaciers in the Juneau Icefield retreated. That ended in 2018.
Watch Museum On Fire on YouTube. Link in bio.
Watch Museum On Fire on YouTube. Link in bio.
This is how federal agencies have used minor traffic stops, especially targeting moped delivery drivers, to funnel people into immigration detention and deportation. More than 40 videos analyzed with our partners @bellingcat.com shed light on the tactics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1iP...
Trump's DC Takeover Has Turned Traffic Stops Into a Deportation Pipeline
YouTube video by Evident Media
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September 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is how federal agencies have used minor traffic stops, especially targeting moped delivery drivers, to funnel people into immigration detention and deportation. More than 40 videos analyzed with our partners @bellingcat.com shed light on the tactics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1iP...
Railroads in the US inspect their own tracks and bridges with little oversight, hiding risks of decay and spills as hazardous trains pass through communities. Watch our latest reporting in partnership with @howardcenterasu.bsky.social @merrillcollege.bsky.social @globalreportingcentre.org @npr.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Railroads in the US inspect their own tracks and bridges with little oversight, hiding risks of decay and spills as hazardous trains pass through communities. Watch our latest reporting in partnership with @howardcenterasu.bsky.social @merrillcollege.bsky.social @globalreportingcentre.org @npr.org
"What you're basically doing is deconstructing ICE and DHS and their strategies and letting viewers, readers, listeners see for themselves." Thank you to Latino USA for hosting @sergioolmos.bsky.social and featuring our latest reporting in collaboration with @calmatters.org and @bellingcat.com.
August 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"What you're basically doing is deconstructing ICE and DHS and their strategies and letting viewers, readers, listeners see for themselves." Thank you to Latino USA for hosting @sergioolmos.bsky.social and featuring our latest reporting in collaboration with @calmatters.org and @bellingcat.com.
Our documentary report "Fighting to Serve" was featured on @pbsnews.org, spotlighting the transgender military service members that face the Trump administration's purge from the armed forces. The full report with correspondent @danming.bsky.social is available now on our YouTube channel.
July 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Our documentary report "Fighting to Serve" was featured on @pbsnews.org, spotlighting the transgender military service members that face the Trump administration's purge from the armed forces. The full report with correspondent @danming.bsky.social is available now on our YouTube channel.
Together with partners at @bellingcat.com and @calmatters.org we collected videos of over 100 incidents of DHS operations between June 6 and June 30, picking out what appear to be recurring trends and tactics used by officers in and around Los Angeles.
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Masked, Armed, Forceful: Finding Patterns in California Immigration Raids
YouTube video by Evident Media
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July 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Together with partners at @bellingcat.com and @calmatters.org we collected videos of over 100 incidents of DHS operations between June 6 and June 30, picking out what appear to be recurring trends and tactics used by officers in and around Los Angeles.
youtu.be/6BuxaVdv7po?...
youtu.be/6BuxaVdv7po?...
Here's @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social and @eugenedaniels2.bsky.social featuring our latest documentary report "Fighting to Serve" and the story of Maj. Erica Vandal, who's now facing a ban from the U.S. military as a transgender service member.
Watch the full doc: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pl...
Watch the full doc: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pl...
July 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Here's @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social and @eugenedaniels2.bsky.social featuring our latest documentary report "Fighting to Serve" and the story of Maj. Erica Vandal, who's now facing a ban from the U.S. military as a transgender service member.
Watch the full doc: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pl...
Watch the full doc: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pl...
Transgender soldiers face a purge from the U.S. military. Here's what U.S. senator and combat veteran Tammy Duckworth (@duckworth.senate.gov) told @danming.bsky.social in response to the Trump administration's ban on these service members.
Our report here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pl...
Our report here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pl...
June 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Transgender soldiers face a purge from the U.S. military. Here's what U.S. senator and combat veteran Tammy Duckworth (@duckworth.senate.gov) told @danming.bsky.social in response to the Trump administration's ban on these service members.
Our report here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pl...
Our report here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pl...
It was an absolute honor to accept this year’s News & Documentary Emmy Award for Video Journalism.
Our mission has always been clear: to make the truth evident. This recognition belongs to the journalists who risk everything to stand by that mission.
Our mission has always been clear: to make the truth evident. This recognition belongs to the journalists who risk everything to stand by that mission.
June 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It was an absolute honor to accept this year’s News & Documentary Emmy Award for Video Journalism.
Our mission has always been clear: to make the truth evident. This recognition belongs to the journalists who risk everything to stand by that mission.
Our mission has always been clear: to make the truth evident. This recognition belongs to the journalists who risk everything to stand by that mission.
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Glad to see @evidentmedia.org winning the News Emmys Award for Outstanding Video Journalism for our investigation A Hidden War, which you can see below
www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04...
June 26, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Glad to see @evidentmedia.org winning the News Emmys Award for Outstanding Video Journalism for our investigation A Hidden War, which you can see below
www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04...
Major Erica Vandal has spent 14 years in the U.S. Army. Now, she’s being kicked out — not for failing to meet standards, but for being transgender. Correspondent @danming.bsky.social follows Vandal as she braces for President Trump’s purge of transgender people from the U.S. military.
Trump is pushing these soldiers out of the Army — for being trans
YouTube video by Evident Media
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June 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Major Erica Vandal has spent 14 years in the U.S. Army. Now, she’s being kicked out — not for failing to meet standards, but for being transgender. Correspondent @danming.bsky.social follows Vandal as she braces for President Trump’s purge of transgender people from the U.S. military.
Join us at 4 pm ET today on YouTube for an advance screening of our new short documentary "Fighting to Serve," followed by a Q&A between correspondent @danming.bsky.social and @dexdigi.bsky.social of @evidentmedia.org.
www.youtube.com/live/rAPmbB6...
www.youtube.com/live/rAPmbB6...
'Fighting to Serve' Advance Screening and Q&A with Correspondent Dan Ming and Dexter Thomas
YouTube video by Evident Media
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June 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Join us at 4 pm ET today on YouTube for an advance screening of our new short documentary "Fighting to Serve," followed by a Q&A between correspondent @danming.bsky.social and @dexdigi.bsky.social of @evidentmedia.org.
www.youtube.com/live/rAPmbB6...
www.youtube.com/live/rAPmbB6...
DHS has deployed predator drones over protests in Los Angeles. @dexdigi.bsky.social i spoke with @josephcox.bsky.social of @404media.co about his reporting on how federal agencies are using these weapons of war inside the U.S. — both for surveillance and for propaganda.
June 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
DHS has deployed predator drones over protests in Los Angeles. @dexdigi.bsky.social i spoke with @josephcox.bsky.social of @404media.co about his reporting on how federal agencies are using these weapons of war inside the U.S. — both for surveillance and for propaganda.
Last month, Operation: Return to Sender screened in San Francisco, Bakersfield, and Los Angeles to incredible audiences — including a standing-room-only crowd in Bakersfield.
Huge thanks to @calmatters.org for partnering with us to bring this story to life.
Photo credit: Larry Valenzuela
Huge thanks to @calmatters.org for partnering with us to bring this story to life.
Photo credit: Larry Valenzuela
June 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Last month, Operation: Return to Sender screened in San Francisco, Bakersfield, and Los Angeles to incredible audiences — including a standing-room-only crowd in Bakersfield.
Huge thanks to @calmatters.org for partnering with us to bring this story to life.
Photo credit: Larry Valenzuela
Huge thanks to @calmatters.org for partnering with us to bring this story to life.
Photo credit: Larry Valenzuela
The story behind the story: Here's what inspired correspondent Natasha Del Toro to report on the influx of cryptocurrency investors reshaping Puerto Rico's economy ➡️
Watch the full documentary: vist.ly/3n5iyxq
Watch the full documentary: vist.ly/3n5iyxq
May 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The story behind the story: Here's what inspired correspondent Natasha Del Toro to report on the influx of cryptocurrency investors reshaping Puerto Rico's economy ➡️
Watch the full documentary: vist.ly/3n5iyxq
Watch the full documentary: vist.ly/3n5iyxq
“People would rather do Airbnb than rent to the people that are living on the island.”
As Puerto Rico draws wealthier residents and tourists, its economy is becoming impossible for many to navigate.
Watch our full doc featuring correspondent @natashadeltoro.bsky.social: evidentmedia.live/3FbUJ6e
As Puerto Rico draws wealthier residents and tourists, its economy is becoming impossible for many to navigate.
Watch our full doc featuring correspondent @natashadeltoro.bsky.social: evidentmedia.live/3FbUJ6e
May 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“People would rather do Airbnb than rent to the people that are living on the island.”
As Puerto Rico draws wealthier residents and tourists, its economy is becoming impossible for many to navigate.
Watch our full doc featuring correspondent @natashadeltoro.bsky.social: evidentmedia.live/3FbUJ6e
As Puerto Rico draws wealthier residents and tourists, its economy is becoming impossible for many to navigate.
Watch our full doc featuring correspondent @natashadeltoro.bsky.social: evidentmedia.live/3FbUJ6e