From Xinjiang, China to Douma, Syria - how challenging stories are being reported using tools of open-source journalism.
Citizen journalism allows anybody with a mobile phone to document current events and produce content that is now routinely used by news organisations.
Open-source journalists often start with that kind of material - and then they apply some of the same investigative techniques that are used by police and intelligence agencies. It is a growth industry, partly because of the decline in press freedom across many parts of the world.
Tariq Nafi explores how open-source reporters have proved valuable on the story in Syria.
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