Also called: Digital Investigator
Uses public online evidence—videos, satellite images, social media—to verify events like war crimes or disinformation.
Geolocates a video from a war zone by matching buildings and shadows to satellite images, proving where and when it was filmed.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in any field; many are self-taught through online communities.
Ways in: 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Political Science, Journalism, Geography.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Estimate.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI speeds geolocation and search but also floods the web with fakes; careful human verification grows in value.
Classes: AP World History, AP Computer Science, Geography.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3094.
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