Truth Tellers

Tina Brown Thinks the Über-Rich Have It Coming

"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
@nytimes.com
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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
@durham.ac.uk @tinabrownlm.bsky.social

The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher.

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.

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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.

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.

YouTube video by Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit Wole Soyinka on what he learned in solitary confinement

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?...

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

“My crime is just giving voice to women of Iran – that’s it"
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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

“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

“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.

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

Calling all investigative journalists! The Stringer Foundation is launching its inaugural investigative journalism fellowship, which provides multi-year funding to help reporters pursue high-impact investigations globally. Deadline: December 31 2025.
You can apply here: tinyurl.com/ybzwhreb

“The first thing we can do is listen to the populists.”
At #TruthTellers, Emily Maitlis reflected on AI and the survival of truth, warning that autocrats are already ahead of the game.

At #TruthTellers Channel 4 News Presenter and Investigations Editor @cathynewman.bsky.social spoke of the vital importance of investigative journalists holding people in power to account.

On #WorldNewsDay we honour the journalists writing the “first rough draft of history.”
In a world full of noise and misinformation, truth and facts matter more than ever.
▶️ Watch our conversations with the Truth Tellers: sirharrysummit.org/watch

Congratulations to #SirHarrySummit co-host @durham-university.bsky.social which has been named @thetimes.com University of the Year 2026👏🎓
Sir Harry credited his most formative years as those at Durham, which he attended from 1949-1952, and where he was editor of student newspaper The Palatinate.

“The only way to operate in this environment is to refuse to be scared.”
@theatlantic.com’s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg shared the story behind one of the year’s biggest scoops, and what he learned from the Trump administration’s response. Watch in full: tinyurl.com/2kcjzm2w
#sirharrysummit

“In the long run our biggest competitor is YouTube.”
Substack founder + CEO Chris Best joined our Truth Tellers panel of innovators to talk about finding audiences through bold new platforms and building fresh media ecosystems: tinyurl.com/2nybanjk

“Many people in the US no longer feel that it is a place of sanctuary.”
At Truth Tellers, Human Rights Lawyer @caoilfhionn.bsky.social spoke about the new uncertainty many journalists now face in the U.S., and the precautions they now take when entering the country: tinyurl.com/4m7rnexu

“Thanks, TikTok!” 🙏
At Truth Tellers, filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at described how TikTok allowed him freedom from his Taliban security detail while making Hollywoodgate. The film captured rare access inside Afghanistan post-Taliban takeover: tinyurl.com/3nsr689h

“Even our Republican readers who support Donald Trump should find our journalism useful and important and authoritative and trustworthy.”
Trust is everything for The Economist’s Editor-in-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes.
Watch the conversation in full: tinyurl.com/42epcbz8

Today we join @avaaz.org @ifjglobal.bsky.social @rsf.org and media organisations around the world to say ENOUGH.
220 journalists have been killed in Gaza in the last two years, while international media has been banned.
#ProtectJournalistsInGaza
#LetReportersIntoGaza

 "Alex Saab was making millions from Venezuelan hunger."
At #SirHarrySummit, @robertodeniz.bsky.social shared his investigation into Saab, who was accused of being a frontman for Nicolás Maduro, and how the case forced him into exile.
🎥 Watch in full: tinyurl.com/4tuae8wr
@armandoinfo.bsky.social

“Sex traffickers use the OnlyFans site to abuse and exploit women.”
At Truth Tellers, Linda So spoke about @reuters.com’s 7-part series uncovering the deception and manipulation behind the porn juggernaut.
The 🎥 Watch the full conversation: tinyurl.com/48csuz2p

“You can have sleepless nights because of worry, or you can give other people sleepless nights.”
At Truth Tellers, @theatlantic.com editor Jeffrey Goldberg shared a powerful message for journalists: tinyurl.com/3wnr5d69

Radical with Amol Rajan - Fake News: How We Can Save Ourselves From Disinformation (Eliot Higgins) - BBC Sounds Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins on the crisis of democracy.

Here's my interview with Amol Rajan on BBC Radio 4's Radical about what's going wrong with democracy and how we can fix it

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3 tips for early-career journalists 🎥
At Truth Tellers, we asked @nytimes.com East Africa Correspondent @lattif.bsky.social Abdi Latif Dahir what advice he would give to those starting out and hoping to pursue long-form investigations.
#sirharrysummit

Driven by ‘purpose and hustle’, at Truth Tellers @tbij.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief Rozina Breen spoke of the determination to find every which way financially to keep going.
Watch the full Local & Vocal conversation: tinyurl.com/4vrcawx5

Today, on the day of her funeral in Kyiv, we honour Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity last year.
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Watch Truth Tellers conversation Putin’s Ghost Prisons: The Life And Death Of Viktoriia Roshchyna: tinyurl.com/mvzhh8th

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