Jake Godin

Jake Godin

Jake Godin

Visual investigations Correspondent

Jake Godin is a visual investigations journalist at Scripps News. In partnership with the open-source reporting team at Bellingcat, he investigates stories around the world using a mix of satellite imagery, open source video and photos from social media, and other media.

Recent Work
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

What is the status of the war between Ukraine and Russia?

Palestinians sell clothes in front of their destroyed store on the main road in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip

Gaza is becoming one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters

A view of the Gaza Strip following Israeli airstrikes

The difficulties of a ground invasion in Gaza

Burned cars next to homes

Telegram has become an information pipeline for the war

Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip

New footage and documents give insight into Hamas attack

An Israeli soldier mistakenly thinks he hears an air raid siren and jumps to the ground to take cover

What are Israeli forces up against?

Palestinians rescue a young girl from the rubble of a destroyed residential building

Gaza under an unrelenting bombing campaign from Israel

Charred and damaged cars along a desert road after an attack by Hamas militants

A Scripps News visual investigation dives deep into Hamas attack

Flooding aftermath

A visual investigation into why thousands died in Libya flooding

Memorial for Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Questions surface on circumstances surrounding Prigozhin plane crash

Tracking Russia's Ghost Fleet.

Russia's Ghost Fleet

Satellite footage of the wildfire

Timeline before elderly housing complex burned in Lahaina wildfires

Wildfire wreckage

Satellite images show devastation of Lahaina elderly centers

Ukrainian Air Force

Is Ukraine responsible for the recent drone attacks in Moscow?

The cost of Wagner's revolt.

Visual evidence highlights costs of Wagner revolt in Russia

Russian Su-27 approaching the back of an MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, over the Black Sea

Analyzing how a U.S. reconnaissance drone was downed

A Red Cross worker closes the door of an ambulance carrying two Americans found alive after their abduction in Mexico

Analyzing where and how Tamaulipas kidnappings took place

An image says "Protecting Caribbean Coasts."

Will Luxury Resorts Threaten Caribbean Coasts?

A religious art piece gets carried in a Ukrainian museum

Ukraine's Cultural Heritage Is Another Casualty Of Russia’s Invasion

Image shows a cluster munition.

Russia's Cluster Munitions Will Still Affect Ukraine Years After War

Russia's information war newsy + bellingcat

How Russia’s False Flags Set The Stage For War In Ukraine

The app of the Russian government newspaper is displayed on an iPhone screen.

How Russia's False Flags Helped Launch A War In Ukraine

In Real Life: After The Fall

A rendering of what the R9X missile is thought to look like in its complete form.

Tracking The 'Sword Bombs' Of America's Drone War

Newsy and Bellingcat spoke with multiple sources on the ground in Cameroon and in the diaspora.

Cameroon's Conflict Puts Schools In The Crossfire

Protests in Colombia's third-largest city, Cali, have turned deadly after police use live ammunition.

Colombia Cracks Down On Protesters, With Violent Results

An investigation into a clifftop massacre in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

Shedding Light On A Clifftop Massacre In Ethiopia

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation shares video of a Russian bombing,

New Evidence Of Russian Air Strikes On Syrian Hospitals

Tomorrow's War Could Be Waged By AI Weapons

Tomorrow's War

Less lethal munitions have been used by police departments all around the United States.

Police Use Of 'Less-Lethal' Munitions Has Exploded