Help a struggling journalist figure out what to do with OSINT!
hello Internet armchair sleuths and cyber hacking whizzes! I'm looking for some guidance/ advice on getting into OSINT for journalism. Long story short, I've always thought I'd spend the rest of my life writing and reporting on the ground and talking to people, but AI is coming for my job and has already decimated my newsroom's headcount. I've survived layoffs so far, but my clock is ticking. The latest pivot that everyone seems to be trying to pick up is OSINT. Apparently, OSINT investigations are the future of human journalism, and leadership is willing to go to bat for the award-winning investigations team, which makes this skillset incredibly valuable. Only thing is, I can't code, I can't math, and I certainly have zero cybersecurity knowledge or techniques.
So my question is: where can I start learning all of this? Do I need to pick up coding first? Do I need to take a second degree in computer science, or attend night classes in cybersecurity? Where can I find online courses for OSINT that are geared more towards the techniques required for journos and less for the defence/military sector? And finally, the term OSINT appears to be extremely broad and vast. I feel the same way about young'uns reaching out for help in becoming "writers", and I'm like what kind of writing exactly??? So what sort of OSINT do journalists do?
Thanks so much y'alls - please help me not lose my job when I'm already desperately broke (: