Case Studies

  • one direction q&a

    Finding and contacting video uploaders

    Storyful journalists go to extraordinary lengths to find content owners and talk to them about their incredible eyewitness videos. One of the best examples of Storyful’s ‘digital footprint’ analysis, wherein we try to locate the uploader, is outlined here.
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  • twerking-fire-poster

    Debunking: Calling content out as fake

    Ever since the infamous baby-snatching eagle viral video was proven to be a fake, Storyful’s journalists have been nurturing their cynical instincts for spotting hoaxes. One of our most memorable debunks focused on the twerking meme.
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  • fireball

    Striking Video Gold: Florida Fireball

    Storyful specialises in discovering videos poised to go viral. We contact the uploader, verify the content and clear the rights for our clients to broadcast or publish.
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  • forensic-verification

    Forensic verification of social content

    With any piece of content, Storyful has a rigorous verification process for establishing and confirming the date, source and location. Our journalists do digital footprint analysis, forensic frame-by-frame investigations and use other publicly available material to corroborate and confirm key details.
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  • f18-crash

    F18 Crash

    Just after 12pm EST on April 6th, a US Navy training jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach. The Storyful editorial team worked to quickly discover and validate video footage taken on the scene before emergency services arrived.
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    Ongoing Syria Coverage

    Storyful has validated and published close to 3,000 Syria-related items since the beginning of the conflict there in March 2011. Our team follows emerging events, but also monitors the nuanced ebb and flow of the conflict.
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