Malachy Browne

Dozens of gold workers in northern Sudan were killed on Saturday after warplanes bombed an open air mine. Weapons expert @easybakeovensz.bsky.social identified an Egyptian munition. Latest w @declanwalsh.bsky.social Abdo Altareb @sanjanamv.bsky.social Jim McMangan www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/w...

How a top aide in the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem censored reports of settler violence against Palestinians and quashed memos critical of Netanyahu bound for Washington. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...

NEW: U.S. Central Command will hold a conference on reducing civilian harm at its Tampa HQ this month. It follows multiple U.S. strikes that killed hundreds of civilians in Iran this year and in Yemen in 2025. W/ @johnismay.bsky.social @trbrtc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

@columjournreview.bsky.social brings together #OSINT experts and their view about how technology is transforming visual forensics. Feat. @eliothiggins.bsky.social @malachy.bsky.social @craigsilverman.bsky.social @alexakoenig.bsky.social @henkvaness.bsky.social @alisonkilling.bsky.social & more

This is reporting of the Visual Investigations team (@malachy.bsky.social + editors) and NYT international and DC colleagues: Farnaz Fassihi, Erika Solomon, @johnismay.bsky.social, Sanam Mahoozi, Adam Rasgon, Leily Nikounazar and Josh Holder. Gift link to article: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/v...

✨@malachy.bsky.social is a senior producer and enterprise director of @nytimes.com visual investigations team. His work has helped turn open-source reporting from a niche verification practice into a major form of investigative journalism. 1/2

A detailed breakdown of Trump's "great escape" on a catering truck, from Eric Schmitt, Maggie Haberman, @jamie-leventhal.bsky.social, Simon Ducroquet, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, and me. Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u...

After joining @nytimes.com in 2016, @malachy.bsky.social helped turn open-source reporting from a niche into a major form of investigative journalism. 10 years later, he reflects on the field’s evolution with @moniango.bsky.social. buff.ly/35W3QSO

This is not about national security. This is about not liking factual news coverage. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b...

During the Iran war, five satellite providers cut off access to images following U.S. government pressure. My colleague @ckoettl.bsky.social explains the impact on reporting, and the history of "shutter control." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/i...

ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/4veRIqA

NEW: Our visual analysis suggests the U.S. hit two drinking-water facilities overnight in southern Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. w/ @ckoettl.bsky.social @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...

NEW: Xinjiang has the highest detention capacity in the world, according to FT analysis - enough space for almost 1 in 40 people in the region - more than five years after the Chinese govt announced the camps had closed.

On Kash Patel's newest uncovered excursions and trips on government planes, including a quick jaunt to Philly for a George Strait concert and snorkeling at Pearl Harbor. From Elizabeth Williamson and Adam Goldman, + a small flight tracking assist from me (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

Remembering Breonna Taylor and how the insane incompetence and recklessness of Louisville police took her life. She would have turned 33 in June. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDaN...

"I am always fascinated to see young Irish kids bringing their hurl to hurling matches. Where else in the world could this happen; allowing supporters bring in, what is for all intents and purposes a weapon to a high-tension, high drama sports match? It is both crazy and beautiful at the same time".

In a letter citing strikes that killed Iranian children in Minab and Lamerd, eleven U.S. senators questioned Defense Secretary Hegseth's decision to gut civilian protection programs and said his orders endangered U.S. troops. By @johnismay. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...

BBC analysis and investigation found correlation between #Trump announcements and trading moves and behaviour. Often, such trading activity took place BEFORE announcements were made / became public knowledge. This resulted in huge profits for some.

It was a different time. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Coming next month. A project I’ve been working on in the background over the past year. Based on more than two decades of experience accessing information, it’s aimed at students, teachers, journalists and anyone planning to file requests with public bodies. More details soon.

Breaking News: More than 1,000 actors, writers and directors, including many Hollywood heavyweights, signed a letter opposing Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

NEW: On the first day of the war with Iran, the United States used a new ballistic missile. It was untested in combat. Our analysis shows it struck a sports hall, an elementary school, and residential areas — killing at least 21 people, including children. w/ @johnismay.bsky.social

A military investigation has determined the U.S. carried out the deadly Tomahawk strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials & others familiar with the preliminary findings. Latest w/ Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Tyler Pager, Helene Cooper www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

"We're not gonna be harassed by the New York Times who have put out a lot of articles on this" -- Leavitt sneers at the New York Times for reporting on what by all accounts seems to have been a US strike that killed scores of elementary school students in Iran

'Made in USA' and Department of Defense codes imprinted on weapons fragments used to make American Tomahawks and seen in photos by Iran near bombed school. Latest story w/ @trbrtc.bsky.social and @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/w...

U.S. Tomahawk hit naval base beside Iranian school, video shows From @malachy.bsky.social and @johnismay.bsky.social Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...

Official statements placing U.S. forces in the area – along w/ analysis of social posts, videos, sat. images – suggest U.S. forces bombed a school in Minab, Iran during strikes targeting an IRGC base. Over 150 were killed, Iranian officials say. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

Thousands in Iran attend burial of children killed in bombing of school. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...

At least 115 people, most of them likely children, were killed in the strike on a girls’ school in Iran, officials & state media say. The school is near a naval base that was hit by two other strikes during US & Israeli attacks. With Ephrat Livni, Sanam Mahoozi. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Thank you, @malachy.bsky.social, for the reporting on the Shajarah Tayyebeh school and for the mention in the thread on the other site alongside other analysts. My thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones, including children. Article link on the Times: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

We’ve lost the focus on where plastic is coming from: fossil fuel and petrochemical industries like Exxon and Saudi Aramco who are ramping up to increase plastic production - David Gelles speaking with Beth Gardiner on her book, Plastic Inc. messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...

Fossilized Goniatite shell, with it's internal flotation chambers, and their divisions, clearly displayed. When alive these gas filled chambers enabled them to move up and down in the water column using similar physics to the submarines we have today. County Clare, Ireland.

Trump has pledged to halt any oil headed to Cuba, but his administration won't call it a blockade. But it's functioning as one — pushing 10 million people toward a humanitarian crisis and its government to the brink. My latest w/ @jacknicas.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/w...

A superb - and disturbing - BBC doc on how an international team of police trace clues from the dark web to catch paedophiles and save children. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNUk...

End of January #Israel illegally sprayed herbicide across its borders into #Syria and #Lebanon. Affected communities are concerned over the impacts on agriculture and health. We used satellite imagery to track the 55km long affected area. A thread 🧵1/x paxforpeace.nl/news/israel-...

Watch this, it's astonishing.

Satellite images, videos and official sources reveal how the Sudanese Armed Forces are launching powerful Turkish drones from a covert base in Egypt's desert to mount attacks inside Sudan. With @declanwalsh.bsky.social Eric Schmitt and Nick Cumming Bruce. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...

On today's @nytimes.com front page: Horror as Iran Crushed an Uprising of Its People. Reported with Farnaz Fassihi, @sanjanamv.bsky.social, Parin Behrooz. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/w...

Ahora en español: Cómo Irán reprimió un levantamiento ciudadano con fuerza letal. www.nytimes.com/es/2026/01/2...

"The images conveyed the unmistakable sense of consequence, of a watershed moment, prompting reflections about what the nation stands for, and where it is heading. Minneapolis seemed close, no matter where one lived." By Dan Barry. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

Videos from 19 Iranian cities and six districts in Tehran show Iranian security forces using lethal force against protesters. Latest story with @sanjanamv.bsky.social, Farnaz Fazzehi, Parin Behrooz, Jon Hazell. Our methodology credits @geoconfirmed.org @vahid.online BBC Persian & more.

Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Emergency Call Transcripts Record a Crisis Unfolding in Real Time. By @poojasalhotra.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

Holy hell, what an obituary

As videos and accounts trickled through Iran's communications blockade yesterday, we managed to report on some of what was happening. BBCPersian also has coverage. Latest with long-time Iran corro, Farnaz Fassihi: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...

NYT team Erika Solomon, @sanammahoozi.bsky.social @sanjanamv.bsky.social interviewed Iranians and collected witness videos to capture the unrest that led to widespread protests this weekend. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...

After the Trump admin started deleting video evidence of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot from a DOJ server, a law firm secured a judge's order requiring the U.S. to restore the files. The firm has now partnered w/ @archive.org to permanently store them 👇 archive.org/details/@jan...