If you want to support our mission and see more updates from our team (including blogs and conversations with me and other Evident folks), we have a new Evident membership program for you! Sign up here: 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

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...

We just published this visual investigation of more than 100 videos to find patterns in ICE raids in LA. You can see how these raids mirror the raids that a court halted in CA's Eastern district earlier this year. @bellingcat.com @calmatters.org @evidentmedia.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bux...

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...

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.

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...

"The Army is literally the only lifestyle I have ever known ... it's incredibly difficult knowing that it's likely going to be taken away." @danming.bsky.social spent time with a support group of trans soldiers facing the military's purge. Here's what they told us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pl...

Join us in a few minutes @evidentmedia.org 's first virtual advance screening, for our upcoming short documentary "Fighting to Serve" — link below

Here's @dexdigi.bsky.social documenting the widespread surveillance around the LA protests — and breaking down its significance with @404media.co, for @evidentmedia.org. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXbO...

I'll join @danming.bsky.social Monday for a virtual screening + Q&A about his short doc for @evidentmedia.org ft. interviews with transgender soldiers & Sen. Duckworth. This is an advance screening for Evident's supporters. Become a donor or RSVP for the event here www.eventbrite.com/e/fighting-t...

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

"Kasper’s naturalization continued unimpeded. He corresponded with immigration officials numerous times over the next 10 years, and says agents never warned him that a critical document was missing."

This is who ICE arrested. A guy who forgot to fill a form. Because his wife had had a stillbirth.

Puerto Rico became a tax haven for the wealthy, with hopes that money and jobs would trickle down through the economy. Instead, cost of living went through the roof. @natashadeltoro.bsky.social reports in "Paradise for Sale." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al_N...

🚨 The identity of the man behind MrDeepFakes, one of the largest, if not the most popular, platforms for deep fake celebrity pornography, is finally revealed.

A must read!

Great to see that "A Hidden War" the doc that @bellingcat.com worked on with @evidentmedia.org covering home demolitions in Gaza and illegal outpost expansion was nominated for TWO News Emmys.

Full doc here: vimeo.com/1042499084

@nickwaters.bsky.social here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04...

You can see our documentary partnership with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org covering the border patrol raids that took place 300 miles from the border in California here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...

For your #EarthDay viewing: Our new @evidentmedia.org doc shows the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage, from endangered archaeological digs in Alaska to eroding historical sites in Tanzania. Free in full here: youtu.be/-puZCrQ06kU?...

Great conversation here with @danming.bsky.social on rising U.S.-China tensions and the themes of our @evidentmedia.org doc “Arming the Pacific.” Thank you @natashadeltoro.bsky.social and AJ’s The Take for the in-depth discussion. youtu.be/sgd2W_Z399A?...

As part of the #USClimateActionSummit, we are proud to present "Museum on Fire," our upcoming documentary that charts the impacts of climate change on humanity's cultural heritage.

Join us for the premiere on April 21 in collaboration with <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:et22b2z375u3zwobv6dtgeas" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@climategroup.bsky.social.

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Our partner @bellingcat.com analyzed 50 civilian videos showing U.S. Border Patrol's sweeping raid in central CA. Data obtained by @calmatters.org shows Border Patrol had no knowledge of criminal history for 77 of the 78 people arrested. @evidentmedia.org doc here www.youtube.com/watch?v=m93x...

"The people here ... they've been in our operations for some 30 years. They're hard-working people that don't deserve to be harassed."
Our report w/ @calmatters.org and @bellingcat.com reveals the reality behind border patrol's sweeping arrests in central California. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m93x...

An investigation into obtained arrest records contradicts the U.S. Customs & Border Protection's messaging that Operation Return to Sender was a "highly targeted” law enforcement action.

Full report from Evident, @calmatters.org, @sergioolmos.bsky.social & @bellingcat.com: evidentmedia.live/44fZ1mX

A U.S. border patrol unit traveled 300 mi. to carry out sweeping arrests in Bakersfield, California.

Officials claim it was a "targeted" operation, but evidence gathered in this investigation from Evident, @calmatters.org and @bellingcat.com shows otherwise.

Full report: evidentmedia.live/44fZ1mX

I talked about AI and video journalism with @dexdigi.bsky.social. We have more concerns than solutions, but there’s value in putting a consistent focus on this stuff.