Selected Works

Sheldon, M., Fiorella, G., Godin, J., and Gonzales, C. (2024, July 9). Russian Missile Identified in Kyiv Children’s Hospital Attack.” Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/07/09/russian-missile-identified-in-kyiv-childrens-hospital-attack/

Lee, T., Koltai, K., and Fiorella, G. (2024, April 25). OSHIT: Seven Deadly Sins of Bad Open Source Research. Bellingcat.https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2024/04/25/oshit-seven-deadly-sins-of-bad-open-source-research/

Fiorella, G. (2023, September 18). Notes from the Digital Field: Ethical Dilemmas in Open Source Research. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2023/09/18/notes-from-the-digital-field-ethical-dilemmas-in-open-source-research/

Fiorella, G. (2022, November 23). How to Maintain Mental Health Hygiene as an Open Source Researcher. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2022/11/23/how-to-maintain-mental-hygiene-as-an-open-source-researcher/

Fiorella, G. (2021, November 9). First Steps to Getting Started in Open Source Research. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2021/11/09/first-steps-to-getting-started-in-open-source-research/

Fiorella, G. (2021, June 24). Tigray Conflict: Videos Provide New Details of Mahbere Dego Massacre. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2021/06/24/tigray-conflict-videos-provide-new-details-of-mahbere-dego-massacre/

Fiorella, G. (2021, May 10). A New Platform Maps Colombia’s Escalating Police Violence. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2021/05/10/a-new-platform-maps-colombias-escalating-police-violence/

Mellen, R., and Fiorella, G. (2021, March 11). Flying High: The US Connection to Venezuela’s ‘Narco-Planes’. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2021/03/11/flying-high-the-us-connection-to-venezuelas-narco-planes/

Fiorella, G. (2021, March 11). Launching an Open Source Aircraft Database for Venezuela. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/case-studies/2021/03/11/launching-an-open-source-aircraft-database-for-venezuela/

Fiorella, G. (2020, August 24). Cleared for Takeoff: Exploring Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020’s Research Potential. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/case-studies/2020/08/24/cleared-for-takeoff-exploring-microsoft-flight-simulator-2020s-research-potential/

Fiorella, G. (2020, August 12). Historic Bombing Runs: The Memphis Belle Case. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2020/08/12/historic-bombing-runs-the-memphis-belle-case/

Fiorella, G. (2020, May 7). The Venezuela/Silvercorp USA Saga Keeps Getting Weirder. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/07/the-venezuela-silvercorp-usa-saga-keeps-getting-weirder/

Fiorella, G. (2020, May 5). The Invasion of Venezuela, Brought To You By Silvercorp USA. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/05/the-invasion-of-venezuela-brought-to-you-by-silvercorp-usa/

Fiorella, G. (2020, January 21). Geolocation Venezuelan Lawmakers in Europe. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/01/21/geolocating-venezuelan-lawmakers-in-europe/

Fiorella, G. (2019, December 3). The Dilan Cruz Shooting: Tracking Officer 003478. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/12/03/the-dilan-cruz-shooting-tracking-officer-003478/

Fiorella, G. (2019, October 15). A Beginner’s Guide to Flight Tracking. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2019/10/15/a-beginners-guide-to-flight-tracking/

Fiorella, G. (2019, May 2). “Operation Liberty”: Overview Of The “Definitive Phase” In Venezuela’s Political Crisis. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/05/02/operation-liberty-overview-of-the-definitive-phase-in-venezuelas-political-crisis/

Fiorella, G. (2019, April 17). Will Guaido Call for U.S. Military Intervention? Foreign Affairs. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/venezuela/2019-04-17/will-guaido-call-us-military-intervention

Fiorella, G. (2019, April 4). Russians in Venezuela: What We Know So Far. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/04/04/russians-in-venezuela-what-we-know-so-far/

Fiorella, G. (2019, February 12). Analysis of Nicaragua’s Paramilitary Arsenal. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/02/12/analysis-of-nicaraguas-paramilitary-arsenal/

Fiorella, G. (2019, January 25). Bogota Car Bomb: What We Know. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/01/25/bogota-car-bomb-what-we-know/

Leroy, A., and Fiorella, G. (2018, May 13). Was Oscar Perez Murdered? You Could Help Us Find Out. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/13/opinion/oscar-perez-venezuela-forensic-architecture.html

Fiorella, G. (2018, February 14). Iris Valera Stars in the Gocho Version of “Goodbye, Lenin!”. Caracas Chronicles. https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2018/02/14/iris-varela-stars-gocho-version-goodbye-lenin/

Academic Work

Dodds, T., van der Velden, L., Torres, G., El-Masri, A., Reese, S. D., Fiorella, G., Row Farr, R. A., Ivens, G., & Kotisova, J. (2025). On the Institutionalization of OSINV in Journalistic Practice. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 102(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990251334382

Fiorella, G. (2022). Spectralities at the Protest Chronotope: Venezuela’s Colectivos and the Opposition Social Imaginary. [Doctoral Dissertation, University of Toronto]. https://utoronto.scholaris.ca/items/4de69c5e-7ec0-4e03-8ff6-fcaceb2da9c3

Fiorella, G., Godart, C., & Waters, N. (2021). Digital Integrity: Exploring Digital Evidence Vulnerabilities and Mitigation Strategies for Open Source Researchers. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 19(1), 147-161. https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqab022