Malachy Browne
Enterprise director of the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times, specializing in geolocation and open-source video and satellite analysis to verify events on the ground.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 31min
The U.S. Errors That Led to the Airstrike on an Elementary School
Julian E. Barnes, a national security reporter at The New York Times, and Malachy Browne, a visual investigations leader who verifies events with video and satellite analysis, discuss a deadly strike on an elementary school in Iran. They examine how imagery and open-source sleuthing identified the weapon and location. They also probe how outdated intelligence and broken verification systems likely led to the mistake.
Mar 11, 2026 • 19min
A deadly strike on a girls primary school in Iran - who is to blame?
Malachy Browne, Head of Visual Investigations at The New York Times, explains how his team used satellite imagery, video and open-source sleuthing to reconstruct a deadly strike on a girls' primary school in Iran. He discusses matching footage to imagery, plume and impact analysis, signs pointing to US munitions, and the challenges of disinformation and AI-altered media.
