Head of Visual Investigations | New York Times | nyti.ms/3DH52bH
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
Mar 4
Iran has struck at least 11 U.S. military facilities since Saturday. @heytherehaley @riley_mellen and I found damage on or near communications and radar systems at 7 of them (no paywall link here) nyti.ms/4upLCnl
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
Feb 25
More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since @pressfreedom began collecting data more than three decades ago. Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings in both 2025 and 2024. cpj.org/special-reports/reco…
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
Jan 5
BREAKING: Multiple oil tankers hit by U.S. sanctions appear to be making a coordinated attempt to break the U.S. naval blockade on Venezuela’s energy exports by departing all at once. w/ @AKurmanaev nyti.ms/4sreZEs
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
Jan 3
"Gen. Dan Caine (...) said forces arrived at Maduro’s compound at 2:01 a.m. (...) A video verified by the Times shows fires burning in Caracas and helicopters descending towards Fuerte Tiuna, said to be taken at 1:58 a.m."
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22 Dec 2025
Riveting reporting on finding the deposed Syrian henchmen who wanted to disappear into history
22 Dec 2025
New story with updates on our ongoing project examining the fates of 55 of Assad's most brutal enforcers: luxury lives in Moscow and Dubai, sure, but also properties in Spain, small apartments in Damascus, and some stuck on tourist visas. And one arrest. nyti.ms/45oxhML
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
21 Dec 2025
Border Patrol leadership says the agency’s aggressive immigration enforcement can drive up deportations, deter lawbreakers & limit clashes with bystanders. Our visual investigation of a raid in LA shows it unleashes chaos for federal agents, local law enforcement & U.S. citizens.
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
26 Jun 2025
Here's the letter NYT lead newsroom attorney David McCraw sent to Trump. The paper said: "No retraction is needed. No apology will be forthcoming. We told the truth to the best of our ability. We will continue to do so."
26 Jun 2025
NEW: Trump Threatens to Sue The New York Times and CNN Over Iran Reporting nytimes.com/2025/06/26/busin…
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
15 Jun 2025
Bassam Hassan, a top advisor to Assad who has been accused of facilitating chemical weapons attacks and is the subject of an international arrest warrant, is speaking with the FBI and CIA. He claimed that Austin Tice has been killed. nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/po…
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
9 Jun 2025
On Friday, five Proud Boys sued the US government for $100 million for their “political persecution” as “allies of President Trump.”
A reminder of how they instigated multiple breaches during the Capitol riot. Our visual investigation: youtube.com/watch?v=-DfLbrUa…
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5 Apr 2025
RT @farnazfassihi: SCOOP: We obtained video footage showing Israel attacked the convoy of aid workers in Gaza with a barrage of bullets, a…
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
5 Feb 2025
We used radio traffic, flight data and leaked footage of an air traffic control radar screen to build out a timeline of the moments before an American Airlines flight and a US Army helicopter collided over DC last Wednesday.
With @robinnyc7 @dim109 @ajcardia
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
31 Dec 2024
For nearly two years, a shadowy paramilitary group – the Rapid Support Forces – has been terrorising Sudan. We spent months collecting evidence that identified commanders and revealed potential war crimes happening under their watch. (no paywall) nyti.ms/4fDY5eb
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
1 Nov 2024
New investigation on Wagner's losses in Mali what that portends, from @trbrtc @ElianPeltier @riley_mellen I out now, shepherded by @bottidavid nytimes.com/2024/11/01/world…
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
29 Oct 2024
Inside Trump’s Truth Social Conspiracy Theory Machine
An analysis of Trump’s Truth Social posts reveals the paranoid and unfounded content the former president amplifies each day.
w/ @LazaroGamio @ishaan_jhavs @devonjlum @heytherehaley @karenyourish
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
20 Sep 2024
On yesterday's videos showing IDF soldiers throwing three Palestinians, who seemed to be dead, off of roofs in northern Qabatiya. From @RajaAbdulrahim and (to a much lesser extent) me.
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
18 Sep 2024
We’re excited to announce that @trbrtc has been promoted to senior video journalist in Visual Investigations. nytco.com/press/promotion-fo…
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16 Sep 2024
A rare opportunity to join our team and work with many of the best digital sleuths in the industry.
11 Sep 2024
Visual Investigations is hiring an open-source reporter: nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.co…
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"Fair winds and following seas to Brian. We'll miss you."
Tribute to C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb on his last day in the office. He will continue to host Booknotes podcast: c-span.org/podcasts/subpage/…
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
28 Aug 2024
A network of fake accounts are posing as young American women, posting pro-Trump content and disinformation, but they’re hiding behind, and manipulating, the images of European fashion influencers.
Our latest investigation at @Cen4infoRes. Details in this thread 🧵👇
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Mark Scheffler retweeted
24 Aug 2024
A fly-on-the-wall account of Twitter’s transformation by @kateconger @RMac18 from their upcoming book Character Limit
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