Malachy Browne
@malachy.bsky.social
I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
In Uganda, @nickkristof.bsky.social saw how children are dying as food and medicine runs out after Trump's cuts to humanitarian aid. Gift link to his story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
September 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In Uganda, @nickkristof.bsky.social saw how children are dying as food and medicine runs out after Trump's cuts to humanitarian aid. Gift link to his story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
Mohammed al Bardawil, a young witness to the attack on medics who we interviewed in Gaza, was killed at the weekend when an Israeli gunboat fired on Rafah beach. His father Saeed asked our colleague Bilal Shbair today for a photo of them together when Bilal interviewed them.
May 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Mohammed al Bardawil, a young witness to the attack on medics who we interviewed in Gaza, was killed at the weekend when an Israeli gunboat fired on Rafah beach. His father Saeed asked our colleague Bilal Shbair today for a photo of them together when Bilal interviewed them.
Sunday's @nytimes.com carries the photos of 15 medics and rescue workers shot and killed by the IDF in Gaza in March, collected from their families and colleagues. QR links out to video reconstruct, Six Deadly Minutes. Please share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWhN...
May 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Sunday's @nytimes.com carries the photos of 15 medics and rescue workers shot and killed by the IDF in Gaza in March, collected from their families and colleagues. QR links out to video reconstruct, Six Deadly Minutes. Please share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWhN...
Our investigation naming & linking RSF commanders to war crimes in Sudan was nominated for the #NewsEmmys. 🙏
Watch it here: youtu.be/H231YlstDKk
By @sanjanamv.bsky.social @ckoettl.bsky.social Natalie Reneau @declanwalsh.bsky.social Aaron Byrd with @cen4infores.bsky.social & Ayin Sudan.
Watch it here: youtu.be/H231YlstDKk
By @sanjanamv.bsky.social @ckoettl.bsky.social Natalie Reneau @declanwalsh.bsky.social Aaron Byrd with @cen4infores.bsky.social & Ayin Sudan.
May 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Our investigation naming & linking RSF commanders to war crimes in Sudan was nominated for the #NewsEmmys. 🙏
Watch it here: youtu.be/H231YlstDKk
By @sanjanamv.bsky.social @ckoettl.bsky.social Natalie Reneau @declanwalsh.bsky.social Aaron Byrd with @cen4infores.bsky.social & Ayin Sudan.
Watch it here: youtu.be/H231YlstDKk
By @sanjanamv.bsky.social @ckoettl.bsky.social Natalie Reneau @declanwalsh.bsky.social Aaron Byrd with @cen4infores.bsky.social & Ayin Sudan.
"Their souls call for justice."
Younis al-Khatib of Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for an independent investigation into the killing of aid workers & medics in Gaza by IDF soldiers.
Witnesses recalled to @nytimes.com more of what happened: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/w...
Younis al-Khatib of Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for an independent investigation into the killing of aid workers & medics in Gaza by IDF soldiers.
Witnesses recalled to @nytimes.com more of what happened: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/w...
April 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"Their souls call for justice."
Younis al-Khatib of Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for an independent investigation into the killing of aid workers & medics in Gaza by IDF soldiers.
Witnesses recalled to @nytimes.com more of what happened: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/w...
Younis al-Khatib of Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for an independent investigation into the killing of aid workers & medics in Gaza by IDF soldiers.
Witnesses recalled to @nytimes.com more of what happened: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/w...
Buddhist monks at the New Masoeyein monastery in #Mandalay survey the remains of a toppled clock tower as their monastery building collapses before them right after the #MyanmarEarthquake.
Live coverage on @nytimes.com : nyti.ms/4j1BhqY
Live coverage on @nytimes.com : nyti.ms/4j1BhqY
March 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Buddhist monks at the New Masoeyein monastery in #Mandalay survey the remains of a toppled clock tower as their monastery building collapses before them right after the #MyanmarEarthquake.
Live coverage on @nytimes.com : nyti.ms/4j1BhqY
Live coverage on @nytimes.com : nyti.ms/4j1BhqY
New high res satellite imagery shows the extent of damage to a market in Toura, northern Darfur after the Sudanese Armed Forces bombed it on Monday. One witness counted four airstrikes.
Images via @planetlabs.bsky.social (thanks @ckoettl.bsky.social)
Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/w...
Images via @planetlabs.bsky.social (thanks @ckoettl.bsky.social)
Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/w...
March 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New high res satellite imagery shows the extent of damage to a market in Toura, northern Darfur after the Sudanese Armed Forces bombed it on Monday. One witness counted four airstrikes.
Images via @planetlabs.bsky.social (thanks @ckoettl.bsky.social)
Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/w...
Images via @planetlabs.bsky.social (thanks @ckoettl.bsky.social)
Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/w...
Many of the Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump on Monday violently attacked police. But his grant of clemency does not erase the video evidence.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
January 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Many of the Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump on Monday violently attacked police. But his grant of clemency does not erase the video evidence.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
I was struck in Louisville by the intense anger toward and mistrust of the police. And the prevalence of guns - due to liberal licensing and open carry gun laws (giffords.org/lawcenter/gu...).
December 13, 2024 at 11:00 AM
I was struck in Louisville by the intense anger toward and mistrust of the police. And the prevalence of guns - due to liberal licensing and open carry gun laws (giffords.org/lawcenter/gu...).
"Gold has been looted from homes, seized at checkpoints or stolen from banks, sometimes by fighters using metal detectors to ferret it out."
A recent video showed RSF fighters distributing gold jewelry looted during the paramilitary group’s campaign to seize control of Sudan.
A recent video showed RSF fighters distributing gold jewelry looted during the paramilitary group’s campaign to seize control of Sudan.
December 11, 2024 at 12:58 PM
"Gold has been looted from homes, seized at checkpoints or stolen from banks, sometimes by fighters using metal detectors to ferret it out."
A recent video showed RSF fighters distributing gold jewelry looted during the paramilitary group’s campaign to seize control of Sudan.
A recent video showed RSF fighters distributing gold jewelry looted during the paramilitary group’s campaign to seize control of Sudan.
As Declan writes, the mines are so important to the RSF that they are now a military target. Sudan's air force bombed the area last year and again in January, killing civilians, according to news reports. Videos taken after one strike shows people scrambling for safety as a fire blazes nearby.
December 11, 2024 at 12:55 PM
As Declan writes, the mines are so important to the RSF that they are now a military target. Sudan's air force bombed the area last year and again in January, killing civilians, according to news reports. Videos taken after one strike shows people scrambling for safety as a fire blazes nearby.
Around the plant are hundreds if not thousands of artisanal mines as well as larger mechanized digs, which have expanded since March 2023.
December 11, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Around the plant are hundreds if not thousands of artisanal mines as well as larger mechanized digs, which have expanded since March 2023.
In the heart of Africa, and to Sudan's south, is the Al Juneid gold processing plant, patrolled by Rapid Support Forces fighters and with Russian employees stationed behind high walls. Images from Maxar show expanded activity around the plant since the RSF seized it 18 months ago.
December 11, 2024 at 12:47 PM
In the heart of Africa, and to Sudan's south, is the Al Juneid gold processing plant, patrolled by Rapid Support Forces fighters and with Russian employees stationed behind high walls. Images from Maxar show expanded activity around the plant since the RSF seized it 18 months ago.
November 30, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Vote counting underway at Limerick Racecourse. At a booth for each community, volunteers lay ballots out, read aloud the name of the candidate who received the first preference, while another volunteer tabulates those votes. Many votes cast for Limerick County's three incumbents. #ge24
November 30, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Vote counting underway at Limerick Racecourse. At a booth for each community, volunteers lay ballots out, read aloud the name of the candidate who received the first preference, while another volunteer tabulates those votes. Many votes cast for Limerick County's three incumbents. #ge24
Data shows the scale of Democrats’ rebuke in the 11 largest U.S. cities. The map below shows a big swing for Trump in Detroit’s majority Arab precincts, an apparent indictment of Biden’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 29, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Data shows the scale of Democrats’ rebuke in the 11 largest U.S. cities. The map below shows a big swing for Trump in Detroit’s majority Arab precincts, an apparent indictment of Biden’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Lot’s of ideas for children’s books in the reskeets cascading back on this thread. And some clear favorites.
November 14, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Lot’s of ideas for children’s books in the reskeets cascading back on this thread. And some clear favorites.
Archival ftw again: Friendly Chevrolet confirms it was Lemmon Ave. tinyurl.com/2s3d7s55
And the current day Friendly Chevy site: "In 1960, Roy became part owner and relocated the dealership to the then 'far north' part of Dallas at the corner of Lemmon and Inwood"
www.friendlychevy.com
And the current day Friendly Chevy site: "In 1960, Roy became part owner and relocated the dealership to the then 'far north' part of Dallas at the corner of Lemmon and Inwood"
www.friendlychevy.com
November 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Archival ftw again: Friendly Chevrolet confirms it was Lemmon Ave. tinyurl.com/2s3d7s55
And the current day Friendly Chevy site: "In 1960, Roy became part owner and relocated the dealership to the then 'far north' part of Dallas at the corner of Lemmon and Inwood"
www.friendlychevy.com
And the current day Friendly Chevy site: "In 1960, Roy became part owner and relocated the dealership to the then 'far north' part of Dallas at the corner of Lemmon and Inwood"
www.friendlychevy.com
A treat for those who made it to the end. Footage of JFK's motorcade on Lemmon Ave. filmed by Mr. Carpenter earlier in the day.
November 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
A treat for those who made it to the end. Footage of JFK's motorcade on Lemmon Ave. filmed by Mr. Carpenter earlier in the day.
Anyway, just some of the checks we do before running images. By identifying where the video was filmed, the time of day, the Dallas skyline in 1963, we could say the images were legit. Where the photos were taken matched Mr. Carpenter's story, and the reel was also the tech of the day.
November 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Anyway, just some of the checks we do before running images. By identifying where the video was filmed, the time of day, the Dallas skyline in 1963, we could say the images were legit. Where the photos were taken matched Mr. Carpenter's story, and the reel was also the tech of the day.
Two of the skyscrapers are still standing but obscured by the present day skyline. But float up on Google Maps and track the line of sight back: the location tallies.
November 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Two of the skyscrapers are still standing but obscured by the present day skyline. But float up on Google Maps and track the line of sight back: the location tallies.
A little digging around Google Images and Flickr turned up this archival shot of Dallas in 1963. Bingo.
(I'd link to the Flickr image but the site is down.)
(I'd link to the Flickr image but the site is down.)
November 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
A little digging around Google Images and Flickr turned up this archival shot of Dallas in 1963. Bingo.
(I'd link to the Flickr image but the site is down.)
(I'd link to the Flickr image but the site is down.)
So, maybe around here – a slip road to the freeway. This matches another video frame showing the freeway width and the crest of a bridge in the background.
Can we confirm? The Dallas skyline in 2024 is nothing like 1963. And did the freeway exist then?
Coords: 32°48'07.9"N 96°49'46.0"W
Can we confirm? The Dallas skyline in 2024 is nothing like 1963. And did the freeway exist then?
Coords: 32°48'07.9"N 96°49'46.0"W
November 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
So, maybe around here – a slip road to the freeway. This matches another video frame showing the freeway width and the crest of a bridge in the background.
Can we confirm? The Dallas skyline in 2024 is nothing like 1963. And did the freeway exist then?
Coords: 32°48'07.9"N 96°49'46.0"W
Can we confirm? The Dallas skyline in 2024 is nothing like 1963. And did the freeway exist then?
Coords: 32°48'07.9"N 96°49'46.0"W
Time: The length of the shadow matches what it should be around that time of day on Nov. 22, 1963, Suncalc tells us.
Location: Where on the route was it taken? The angle of sun also helps to narrow that down: most likely this section of the North Stemmon's Freeway. www.suncalc.org#/32.8014,-96...
Location: Where on the route was it taken? The angle of sun also helps to narrow that down: most likely this section of the North Stemmon's Freeway. www.suncalc.org#/32.8014,-96...
November 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Time: The length of the shadow matches what it should be around that time of day on Nov. 22, 1963, Suncalc tells us.
Location: Where on the route was it taken? The angle of sun also helps to narrow that down: most likely this section of the North Stemmon's Freeway. www.suncalc.org#/32.8014,-96...
Location: Where on the route was it taken? The angle of sun also helps to narrow that down: most likely this section of the North Stemmon's Freeway. www.suncalc.org#/32.8014,-96...
The first video frame above shows the motorcade after JFK had been shot. The upright figure is probably secret service agent Clint Hill protecting them as they drove from Dealey Plaza to Parkland Hospital. www.jfk.org/the-site/mot...
November 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
The first video frame above shows the motorcade after JFK had been shot. The upright figure is probably secret service agent Clint Hill protecting them as they drove from Dealey Plaza to Parkland Hospital. www.jfk.org/the-site/mot...