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
Ivy Mike experimental thermonuclear device is detonated over Bikini Atoll in 1952

When Nations Go Nuclear, They Gain More Than Just The Bomb

A family carries a television and their belongings from their house as they evacuated in Bali, Indonesia.

Climate Change Will Create More Refugees And Mass Migration

YouTube's new machine learning software has taken down thousands of Syrian conflict videos.

YouTube Videos Show Evidence Of War Atrocities — Until They're Deleted

A satellite image from NASA shows the browning of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands after Hurricane Irma.

Satellite Images Show Hurricane Irma's Caribbean Destruction

The fortress of Città di San Marino, viewed from the side of Torre Guaita on Monte Titano

How To Survive As A Nation When You're Smaller Than New York City

US President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport.

Trump Is About To Take A 17-Day Vacation; Let's Put That Into Context

A youth waves Egyptian flags from a lamp post in Tahrir Square on February 1, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.

What A Flag Can Tell You About Its Country

An Islamic State sign in the northwestern Iraq town of Ba'aj, June 20, 2017, near the Iraq-Syria border.

Terror Attacks Worldwide Are Down For Second Straight Year

Men watch a news conference of Russian president Vladimir Putin on TVs in a store June 24, 2002 in Moscow.

How State Media Became A Weapon Of Information Warfare

A member of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) patrols in the border town of Jarablus, August 31, 2016, Syria.

The US And Russia Have Agreed To Implement A Cease-Fire In Syria

Workers unload medical supplies to fight the Ebola epidemic from a USAID cargo flight on August 24, 2014 in Harbel, Liberia.

Why Trump's Budget Cuts To US Soft Power Matter

An F/A-18F Super Hornet fires a Sidewinder AIM-9M missile during an exercise.

It's Really Rare For One Fighter Jet To Take Down Another: Here's Why

An image of Cameroon with its name in French on an old map.

C'est La Violence: Cameroon Is Fighting Over Language

A photo released by ISIS showing a man loading a homemade mortar.

ISIS Drones And The 'Industrial Revolution Of Terrorism'

A man stands in the ruins of a building destroyed during fighting between Iraqi forces and ISIS.

After ISIS Falls, What Happens To Its 'Digital Caliphate'?

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in his office

Putin-Friendly Congressman: FBI Alert Of Russian Spies Was 'Insulting'

US President Donald J. Trump and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan deliver joint statements at the White House.

Pro-Erdoğan Violence In D.C. Is A Window Into The Crackdown In Turkey

A Mercator projection map from 1897

Why Most World Maps Are Very Wrong

President Donald Trump holds a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the White House.

President Trump Has Flipped On Many Parts Of His Foreign Policy

A AO-2.5RT/RTM cluster bomb submunition lies on the ground surrounded by danger signs.

Chemical Agents Aren't The Only Banned Weapons Being Used In Syria

The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea.

ISIS, Al-Qaeda And Now Assad — The US Adds Another Target In Syria

Syria Civil Defense volunteers decontaminate victims from the chemical weapon attack in northern Syria.

The Deadly Chemical Attack In Syria Is Only The Latest Of Many

Volunteers with the Syrian Civil Defense hold an infant affected by the chemical attack in Khan Shaykhun, Syria.

Syrians Suffer Worst Chemical Attack In Years

James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, testifies during a committee hearing.

FBI Confirms It's Investigating Any Russian Links To Trump Campaign

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

US Diplomacy And 'Soft Power' Face Big Cuts In Trump's Budget

A family from Turkey crosses the U.S.-Canada border into Canada

More And More Refugees Are Fleeing The US For Canada

Anti-pipeline activist holds up a sign reading "honor our treaties"

#NoDAPL Activists Put Up A Tipi At Trump D.C. Hotel

A map shows various zones of control in Syria's northern region.

The Map That Shows How Complicated Syria's Front Lines Are

A National Park Service photo showing the crowd at President Trump's inauguration.

National Park Service Releases Photos Showing Inauguration Crowd Size

An Israeli soldier with a flag

Human Rights Watch Researcher Denied Entry Into Israel — Again