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Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit
Hosted by Tina Brown, Reuters and Durham University
Livestream 7 May 2025 | London
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Hosted by Tina Brown, Reuters and Durham University
Livestream 7 May 2025 | London
sirharrysummit.org
Today, that insight feels painfully current. According to the @pressfreedom.bsky.social 2025 prison census, 330 journalists were imprisoned worldwide as of December 1, 2025 - the fifth year in a row that more than 300 media workers have been jailed for their work: tinyurl.com/43cc7j35
January 24, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Today, that insight feels painfully current. According to the @pressfreedom.bsky.social 2025 prison census, 330 journalists were imprisoned worldwide as of December 1, 2025 - the fifth year in a row that more than 300 media workers have been jailed for their work: tinyurl.com/43cc7j35
“My heart is broken.”
Footage from Truth Tellers 2023, where Iranian journalist and campaigner @masihalinejad.bsky.social warned of gender apartheid, repression and the cost of silence. With reports that thousands have now been killed in the protests, her words feel painfully current.
Footage from Truth Tellers 2023, where Iranian journalist and campaigner @masihalinejad.bsky.social warned of gender apartheid, repression and the cost of silence. With reports that thousands have now been killed in the protests, her words feel painfully current.
January 18, 2026 at 9:36 PM
“My heart is broken.”
Footage from Truth Tellers 2023, where Iranian journalist and campaigner @masihalinejad.bsky.social warned of gender apartheid, repression and the cost of silence. With reports that thousands have now been killed in the protests, her words feel painfully current.
Footage from Truth Tellers 2023, where Iranian journalist and campaigner @masihalinejad.bsky.social warned of gender apartheid, repression and the cost of silence. With reports that thousands have now been killed in the protests, her words feel painfully current.
"I feel guilty that I don't name the rest, the list of names goes on and on."
Masih Alinejad broke down in tears at the United Nations on Thursday, as she read out the names of people killed during protests in Iran.
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Masih Alinejad broke down in tears at the United Nations on Thursday, as she read out the names of people killed during protests in Iran.
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Journalist fights tears recounting Iran protester deaths at UN
Iranian journalist and political dissident Masih Alinejad broke down in tears at the United Nations on Thursday (January 15), as she read out the names of people she said were killed during protests i...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
"I feel guilty that I don't name the rest, the list of names goes on and on."
Masih Alinejad broke down in tears at the United Nations on Thursday, as she read out the names of people killed during protests in Iran.
www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
Masih Alinejad broke down in tears at the United Nations on Thursday, as she read out the names of people killed during protests in Iran.
www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
The words of Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad, urging the international community to support the anti-government protesters in Iran.
Masih shared that same rallying cry at Truth Tellers in 2023. Listen to the conversation on an @observeruk.bsky.social podcast episode: tinyurl.com/5bb6zhu6
Masih shared that same rallying cry at Truth Tellers in 2023. Listen to the conversation on an @observeruk.bsky.social podcast episode: tinyurl.com/5bb6zhu6
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The words of Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad, urging the international community to support the anti-government protesters in Iran.
Masih shared that same rallying cry at Truth Tellers in 2023. Listen to the conversation on an @observeruk.bsky.social podcast episode: tinyurl.com/5bb6zhu6
Masih shared that same rallying cry at Truth Tellers in 2023. Listen to the conversation on an @observeruk.bsky.social podcast episode: tinyurl.com/5bb6zhu6
At Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit, investigative journalist @christogrozev.bsky.social spoke about paywalls - and the resulting bubblisation of society in the US and Western Europe - as one of the greatest threats facing journalism, something he has already seen play out in Russia.
January 11, 2026 at 4:07 PM
At Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit, investigative journalist @christogrozev.bsky.social spoke about paywalls - and the resulting bubblisation of society in the US and Western Europe - as one of the greatest threats facing journalism, something he has already seen play out in Russia.
“There are journalists who have shifted to YouTube for independence.”
Indian YouTube sensation Dhruv Rathee has more than 30 million subscribers - more than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Once a Modi supporter, Rathee is now one of his most outspoken critics: tinyurl.com/yc3tkk3r
Indian YouTube sensation Dhruv Rathee has more than 30 million subscribers - more than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Once a Modi supporter, Rathee is now one of his most outspoken critics: tinyurl.com/yc3tkk3r
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
“There are journalists who have shifted to YouTube for independence.”
Indian YouTube sensation Dhruv Rathee has more than 30 million subscribers - more than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Once a Modi supporter, Rathee is now one of his most outspoken critics: tinyurl.com/yc3tkk3r
Indian YouTube sensation Dhruv Rathee has more than 30 million subscribers - more than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Once a Modi supporter, Rathee is now one of his most outspoken critics: tinyurl.com/yc3tkk3r
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Pulitzer Prize-winning war photographer Lynsey Addario reflects on surviving frontline abductions, documenting conflict in the age of social media, and switching from firefights to family life.
The War Photographer Who Can’t Walk Away
Pulitzer Prize-winning war photographer Lynsey Addario reflects on surviving frontline abductions, documenting conflict in the age of social media, and switching from firefights to family life.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Pulitzer Prize-winning war photographer Lynsey Addario reflects on surviving frontline abductions, documenting conflict in the age of social media, and switching from firefights to family life.
Anyone who cares about press freedom should be outraged by today’s guilty verdict in the trial of Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai, who now faces a life sentence. His attorney @caoilfhionn.bsky.social rallied support for him on the Truth Tellers stage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWycS7G75Uc
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC: "Jimmy Lai is behind bars for conspiracy to commit journalism"
YouTube video by Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit
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December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Anyone who cares about press freedom should be outraged by today’s guilty verdict in the trial of Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai, who now faces a life sentence. His attorney @caoilfhionn.bsky.social rallied support for him on the Truth Tellers stage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWycS7G75Uc
Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and media mogul Jimmy Lai’s 156-day trial is set to end with a verdict on Monday.
At #TruthTellers last year, exiled human rights lawyer Dennis Kwok said Lai could have left Hong Kong at any time, but chose instead to give the rest of his life to its people.
At #TruthTellers last year, exiled human rights lawyer Dennis Kwok said Lai could have left Hong Kong at any time, but chose instead to give the rest of his life to its people.
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and media mogul Jimmy Lai’s 156-day trial is set to end with a verdict on Monday.
At #TruthTellers last year, exiled human rights lawyer Dennis Kwok said Lai could have left Hong Kong at any time, but chose instead to give the rest of his life to its people.
At #TruthTellers last year, exiled human rights lawyer Dennis Kwok said Lai could have left Hong Kong at any time, but chose instead to give the rest of his life to its people.
"In the vast majority of cases in which a journalist is killed, whether in peacetime, or in a democracy, or in a dictatorship, in the middle of conflict, wherever in the world — in nine out of ten cases they’re killed with total impunity.” @caoilfhionn.bsky.social
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Violent threats, ‘soft sexism’ at the Bar — and defending Jimmy Lai
A career representing journalists who are facing persecution has put a target on Caoilfhionn Gallagher’s back. It makes life complicated
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December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"In the vast majority of cases in which a journalist is killed, whether in peacetime, or in a democracy, or in a dictatorship, in the middle of conflict, wherever in the world — in nine out of ten cases they’re killed with total impunity.” @caoilfhionn.bsky.social
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“Independent media is making a huge dent in meaning-making.”
At Truth Tellers, writer @anandwrites.bsky.social reflected on the rise of independent voices - Substack writers, podcasters, small commentary platforms - and what this shift means for journalism.
Watch in full: tinyurl.com/4nj29n8n
At Truth Tellers, writer @anandwrites.bsky.social reflected on the rise of independent voices - Substack writers, podcasters, small commentary platforms - and what this shift means for journalism.
Watch in full: tinyurl.com/4nj29n8n
December 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Independent media is making a huge dent in meaning-making.”
At Truth Tellers, writer @anandwrites.bsky.social reflected on the rise of independent voices - Substack writers, podcasters, small commentary platforms - and what this shift means for journalism.
Watch in full: tinyurl.com/4nj29n8n
At Truth Tellers, writer @anandwrites.bsky.social reflected on the rise of independent voices - Substack writers, podcasters, small commentary platforms - and what this shift means for journalism.
Watch in full: tinyurl.com/4nj29n8n
“I knew photography was only a word. I was journeying through another depth of humanity.”
At Truth Tellers 2024, Sir Don McCullin spoke about the moment he turned his lens toward people living on the margins for The Sunday Times. Revisit this extraordinary conversation: tinyurl.com/ye26veyx
At Truth Tellers 2024, Sir Don McCullin spoke about the moment he turned his lens toward people living on the margins for The Sunday Times. Revisit this extraordinary conversation: tinyurl.com/ye26veyx
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“I knew photography was only a word. I was journeying through another depth of humanity.”
At Truth Tellers 2024, Sir Don McCullin spoke about the moment he turned his lens toward people living on the margins for The Sunday Times. Revisit this extraordinary conversation: tinyurl.com/ye26veyx
At Truth Tellers 2024, Sir Don McCullin spoke about the moment he turned his lens toward people living on the margins for The Sunday Times. Revisit this extraordinary conversation: tinyurl.com/ye26veyx
At Truth Tellers this year, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social laid out what he sees as the biggest threats to press freedom today from journalists being killed with impunity to the industrial politicisation of journalism. It’s a stark picture, and a reminder of why gatherings like Truth Tellers matter.
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
At Truth Tellers this year, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social laid out what he sees as the biggest threats to press freedom today from journalists being killed with impunity to the industrial politicisation of journalism. It’s a stark picture, and a reminder of why gatherings like Truth Tellers matter.
"They’re so disrespectful of our business. [...] That is my major beef with the digital barons." @tinabrownlm.bsky.social talks about the relationship between the uber-rich and media organisations in The Interview with Lulu Garcia-Navarro for
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Tina Brown Thinks the Über-Rich Have It Coming
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November 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"They’re so disrespectful of our business. [...] That is my major beef with the digital barons." @tinabrownlm.bsky.social talks about the relationship between the uber-rich and media organisations in The Interview with Lulu Garcia-Navarro for
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Congratulations to Nandhini Srinivasan, the 2026 Sir Harry Evans Global Fellow. Chosen from 850+ applicants, Srinivasan will spend 9 months in a @reuters.com newsroom pursuing a high-impact investigative project: tinyurl.com/3hjz2n9n
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November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Congratulations to Nandhini Srinivasan, the 2026 Sir Harry Evans Global Fellow. Chosen from 850+ applicants, Srinivasan will spend 9 months in a @reuters.com newsroom pursuing a high-impact investigative project: tinyurl.com/3hjz2n9n
@durham.ac.uk @tinabrownlm.bsky.social
@durham.ac.uk @tinabrownlm.bsky.social
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Writing in @thenation.com December issue, @liamjscott.bsky.social writes about our work to #FreeJimmyLai.
A renowned publisher, pro-democracy advocate, a husband, a father, a grandfather. As he turns 78, the race is on to free him and save his life.
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A renowned publisher, pro-democracy advocate, a husband, a father, a grandfather. As he turns 78, the race is on to free him and save his life.
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai
How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Writing in @thenation.com December issue, @liamjscott.bsky.social writes about our work to #FreeJimmyLai.
A renowned publisher, pro-democracy advocate, a husband, a father, a grandfather. As he turns 78, the race is on to free him and save his life.
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A renowned publisher, pro-democracy advocate, a husband, a father, a grandfather. As he turns 78, the race is on to free him and save his life.
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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Wonderful catch-up dinner with the female titans who run London. BBC CEO Deborah Turness, @reuters.com editor in chief Ale Galloni, @financialtimes.com editor in chief Roula Khalaf and the @theguardian.com editor in chief Katharine Viner.
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Wonderful catch-up dinner with the female titans who run London. BBC CEO Deborah Turness, @reuters.com editor in chief Ale Galloni, @financialtimes.com editor in chief Roula Khalaf and the @theguardian.com editor in chief Katharine Viner.
Congratulations to Sigrid van Aken, CEO of @postcodelottery.bsky.social on being awarded France's Légion d’Honneur. Recognition of her leadership and the Group’s extraordinary contribution to civil society, raising over €15 bn for charities worldwide, including generous support for Truth Tellers.
November 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Congratulations to Sigrid van Aken, CEO of @postcodelottery.bsky.social on being awarded France's Légion d’Honneur. Recognition of her leadership and the Group’s extraordinary contribution to civil society, raising over €15 bn for charities worldwide, including generous support for Truth Tellers.
Today is International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.
According to @UNESCO since 2006, more than 1,800 journalists have been killed worldwide and in 9 out of 10 cases, no one has been held accountable.
Without courage, there is no free press.
Without justice, there is no truth.
According to @UNESCO since 2006, more than 1,800 journalists have been killed worldwide and in 9 out of 10 cases, no one has been held accountable.
Without courage, there is no free press.
Without justice, there is no truth.
November 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Today is International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.
According to @UNESCO since 2006, more than 1,800 journalists have been killed worldwide and in 9 out of 10 cases, no one has been held accountable.
Without courage, there is no free press.
Without justice, there is no truth.
According to @UNESCO since 2006, more than 1,800 journalists have been killed worldwide and in 9 out of 10 cases, no one has been held accountable.
Without courage, there is no free press.
Without justice, there is no truth.
Appalled to see that the U.S. has revoked the visa of Nigerian Nobel Prize laureate— and Trump critic— Wole Soyinka.
Wole has long spoken truth to power, including on the Truth Tellers Summit stage last year: youtu.be/hVFhRCWxTM4?...
Wole has long spoken truth to power, including on the Truth Tellers Summit stage last year: youtu.be/hVFhRCWxTM4?...
Wole Soyinka on what he learned in solitary confinement
YouTube video by Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit
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November 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Appalled to see that the U.S. has revoked the visa of Nigerian Nobel Prize laureate— and Trump critic— Wole Soyinka.
Wole has long spoken truth to power, including on the Truth Tellers Summit stage last year: youtu.be/hVFhRCWxTM4?...
Wole has long spoken truth to power, including on the Truth Tellers Summit stage last year: youtu.be/hVFhRCWxTM4?...
“My crime is just giving voice to women of Iran – that’s it"
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Two Russians sentenced to 25 years for plot to kill Iranian dissident in US
Mobsters Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov plotted to assassinate Masih Alinejad at her New York home
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October 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“My crime is just giving voice to women of Iran – that’s it"
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“Justice is beautiful.”
The words of brave Iranian-American journalist and Truth Tellers speaker Masih Alinejad who saw 2 men Iran hired to assassinate her sentenced in a NYC courtroom yesterday.
Sharing Masih on our stage: tinyurl.com/3v82fx8c
The words of brave Iranian-American journalist and Truth Tellers speaker Masih Alinejad who saw 2 men Iran hired to assassinate her sentenced in a NYC courtroom yesterday.
Sharing Masih on our stage: tinyurl.com/3v82fx8c
Masih Alinejad sings for the women of Iran
A courageous Iranian journalist and activist who helped spark the protests in Iran plus a reporter whose new podcast sheds light on the Islamic regime's attempts to silence her and other expat Iranian journalists. Masih Alinejad and Paul Caruana Galizia interviewed by Yalda Hakim. The inaugural Sir Harry Evans Global Summit in Investigative Journalism is hosted by Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni, Durham University Vice Chancellor Karen O’Brien, and Evans’ wife, Tina Brown CBE. Follow @sirharrysummit on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Find out more at sirharrysummit.org #sirharrysummit #reuters #durhamuniversity #iranprotests #freedomofpress
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October 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“Justice is beautiful.”
The words of brave Iranian-American journalist and Truth Tellers speaker Masih Alinejad who saw 2 men Iran hired to assassinate her sentenced in a NYC courtroom yesterday.
Sharing Masih on our stage: tinyurl.com/3v82fx8c
The words of brave Iranian-American journalist and Truth Tellers speaker Masih Alinejad who saw 2 men Iran hired to assassinate her sentenced in a NYC courtroom yesterday.
Sharing Masih on our stage: tinyurl.com/3v82fx8c
“He said, whatever you do, don’t leave me a voicemail.”
At the inaugural Truth Tellers in 2023, Guardian journalist Nick Davies shared how the phone hacking story that brought down News of the World began.
🎬 The Hack is streaming now on ITV Player.
At the inaugural Truth Tellers in 2023, Guardian journalist Nick Davies shared how the phone hacking story that brought down News of the World began.
🎬 The Hack is streaming now on ITV Player.
October 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“He said, whatever you do, don’t leave me a voicemail.”
At the inaugural Truth Tellers in 2023, Guardian journalist Nick Davies shared how the phone hacking story that brought down News of the World began.
🎬 The Hack is streaming now on ITV Player.
At the inaugural Truth Tellers in 2023, Guardian journalist Nick Davies shared how the phone hacking story that brought down News of the World began.
🎬 The Hack is streaming now on ITV Player.
The Times’ 2-part podcast Murder in Cairo revisits one of the great unsolved mysteries of British journalism, the 1977 murder of Sunday Times correspondent David Holden. A story that haunted Harry Evans for life is finally solved. 🎧 tinyurl.com/mr27d25z
October 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Times’ 2-part podcast Murder in Cairo revisits one of the great unsolved mysteries of British journalism, the 1977 murder of Sunday Times correspondent David Holden. A story that haunted Harry Evans for life is finally solved. 🎧 tinyurl.com/mr27d25z
In their Murdoch podcast mini-series, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social + @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social discuss Murdoch’s 1981 acquisition of The Times + Sunday Times, the turbulent chapter that followed, and the clash of values that led to Sir Harry Evans’ resignation as editor: tinyurl.com/yn5hy7ee
October 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In their Murdoch podcast mini-series, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social + @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social discuss Murdoch’s 1981 acquisition of The Times + Sunday Times, the turbulent chapter that followed, and the clash of values that led to Sir Harry Evans’ resignation as editor: tinyurl.com/yn5hy7ee