Paul P. Murphy - Reporter
Paul P. Murphy
Reporter
Paul P. Murphy covers the intersection of breaking news, open-source intelligence reporting (OSINT), satellite imaging and public records reporting.
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Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted, sparking warnings of possible ‘hybrid warfare’
Nov 20, 2024
Cables connecting Finland with Germany, and Lithuania with Sweden, have been disrupted, just weeks after the United States warned that it had detected increased Russian military activity around key undersea cables.
A pro-Trump influencer says a Russian agent paid him $100 to post a fake voter fraud video. It wasn’t the first time
Nov 5, 2024
An American social media influencer said he was paid $100 by a pro-Kremlin propagandist to post a fake video of Haitian immigrants claiming to vote in the US presidential election. The payment was one of several the man said he received from the propagandist- a registered Russian agent - to post on social media in the run-up to the election.
Raffensperger says viral video of alleged voting fraud ‘obviously fake’ and likely foreign meddling in Georgia’s elections
Nov 1, 2024
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday said the state had been targeted by election disinformation, pointing to a viral video of alleged voter fraud that he suggested could be the result of foreign meddling.
US intelligence assesses Russian operatives behind fake video showing Pennsylvania ballots being destroyed
Oct 26, 2024
US intelligence has assessed that Russian operatives were behind a fake video purporting to show someone destroying mail-in ballots in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, that circulated on social media Thursday.
Florida residents over 100 miles from Milton’s landfall faced a different threat: 3 tornadoes in less than 25 minutes
Oct 10, 2024
As Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a dangerous Category 3 storm — weakening to a Category 1 as it sliced through the state — at least nine tornadoes tore through communities over 100 miles inland, including three in less than 25 minutes, according to a CNN analysis of National Weather Service warnings.
For some riding out Milton along Florida’s west coast, ‘the alternatives weren’t too inviting’
Oct 9, 2024
With the rain already slicing diagonals into the water off this transformed mangrove island in St. Petersburg, Vivienne Marran stood firm in her choice.
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‘There’s nowhere to go.’ Floridians tell CNN why they’re not following evacuation orders
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Oct 9, 2024
They live in an evacuation zone, but Vivienne Marran and Holly Speckhart say the two Isla del Sol residents are “very comfortable” waiting out Hurricane Milton at home. The residents showed CNN’s Paul Murphy their apartments and safety plans on the morning of the storm’s expected landfall.
‘Truthfully, only a fool would stay.’ Floridians head inland as Hurricane Milton’s fury nears
Oct 8, 2024
Like millions across Florida, Carol Whitmore was all-in Tuesday on her plan for weathering a massive and powerful storm growing broader and stronger by the hour.
China’s newest nuclear-powered submarine sank earlier this year, US officials say
Sep 26, 2024
China’s newest nuclear-powered submarine sank pierside in the spring and the Chinese Navy tried to conceal the loss, according to two US defense officials.
Ukraine advances in Russia as Moscow mayor accuses Kyiv of ‘one of largest ever’ drone attacks
Aug 21, 2024
Ukraine’s bold cross-border advance in Russia has seen troops continue to take out key bridges in the western part of the country, while on Wednesday Moscow’s mayor accused Kyiv of attempting to launch “one of the largest ever” drone attacks on the capital.
Brazilian passenger plane crash outside São Paulo kills 62
Aug 12, 2024
As emergency teams work to identify bodies at the crash site near São Paulo, President Lula has declared three days of mourning.
US officials went line-by-line through arms shipments to Israel with defense minister to rebut Netanyahu’s delay claim
Jun 27, 2024
American officials went through a line-by-line explanation of hundreds of US weapons shipments to Israel in meetings this week with the country’s defense minister in a bid to rebut claims from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that President Biden was delaying military assistance.
Hezbollah leader threatens Cyprus as tensions with Israel ramp up
Jun 20, 2024
Threat comes just a day after Israel warned the powerful Lebanese militant group that the prospect of “all-out war” was “getting very close.”
Exclusive satellite images show destroyed Russian jets and building at Crimean airbase
May 17, 2024
Satellite images exclusively obtained by CNN show three destroyed Russian jets and damaged buildings at Belbek airbase in occupied port city of Sevastopol on Wednesday.
Satellite imagery shows Palestinians fleeing Rafah’s tent cities as threat of major attack looms
May 10, 2024
Palestinians have begun to flee Rafah’s tent cities in large numbers over the past 72 hours, as the threat of a potential major Israeli assault looms, new satellite imagery from Planet Labs shows.
About
Paul Murphy is reporter for CNN based in New York. He covers the intersection of breaking news, open-source intelligence reporting (OSINT), satellite imaging and public records reporting.
Throughout his time at CNN, Murphy has cultivated relationships with satellite imaging companies, which have contributed to CNN’s coverage of big stories around the world. His OSINT reporting experience has led to Murphy being a leader for the network when it comes to geolocation and investigations.
Murphy first joined CNN in 2013 as an intern before taking on a role as a producer with CNN’s Social Discovery team.
Murphy has reporting on several important CNN stories ranging his exclusive reporting on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting, the 2020 death of George Floyd, the deadly Maui wildfires, mail-in voting and the USPS during the 2020 election, Chinese military blimp investigation, Israel-Hamas conflict and Russia-Ukraine war.
His work and reporting contributions have won several awards, most recently winning an Emmy and a DuPont award for CNN’s Russia-Ukraine war coverage.
