James Harkin

Journalist, analyst, forecaster. Director of CIJ. Writes for GQ, Harper's etc. Books Hunting Season, Niche, Cyburbia etc. [email protected]

[The Centre for Investigative Journalism @cijournalism]

‘Scamming’ landlord libel claim thrown out as Lammy promises legislation on SLAPPs!
Our former fellow @Coramazov had a personal libel case against him.
The same High Court judge also brought an end to a wider libel claim brought against Kehoe, Mill Media founder Joshi Herrmann and Mill Media itself.
https://t.co/Efp56PgZj3

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My latest, Confessions of a Futurologist: https://t.co/3STm38PlT5

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Amid the internet shutdown and broad-based civil disobedience in Iran, re-upping my LRB essay on a previous rebellion there, whose lessons remain relevant: https://t.co/vh9VXDha8e

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Re-upping my long investigated read of 2020 for @BritishGQ @GQMagazine on the Stakeknife imbroglio: https://t.co/xbG91KNhrT

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Great to hear that AbdulRahman Farhoud, aki Rahmani and the star of my GQ investigation "The Songbird of Syria", is now back in Syria - and singing once again https://t.co/Yh97RGRrBj

[Joshua Landis @joshua_landis]

Has a Breakthrough Happened in the Agonizing Saga of Austin Tice?

By @JamesHarkin who has been following the Tice story closely from the beginning.

Hard to believe that Assad would order Tice's killing, when he was so valuable, but who knows.

https://t.co/TVAxuX2PEJ via @politico

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My long investigation for Politico magazine in the US into the disappearance of missing American journalist Austin Tice, just published:
https://t.co/KGp7hU4VQT

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Farewell Gwen Robinson, excellent journalist and editor, and lovely, generous friend: https://t.co/REdn2IIMhG

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

The Blues Brothers (1980) - MEGA THREAD
The adventures of 'Joliet' Jake and Elwood Blues are legendary, on and off screen. So, put your sunglasses on and let's celebrate this 80s comedy classic with 16 of my favourite moments.
Ray Charles wants you to Shake a Tailfeather.
1/16

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As journalists and family await news from Damascus's labyrinth of prisons on missing journalist Austin Tice, reposting my 2014 investigation for Vanity Fair which helped prove where he was: https://t.co/ey3tCLYv2Z. Let's hope he makes it out!

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Final thought - can anyone get us news now about Austin Tice?

[Hoshang Waziri هوشنك وزيري @HoWaziri]

This is one of the most beautiful videos to come out of #Syria recently!

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This is era defining news. Congratulations to the newly free Syrian people. Let's hope that, for the first time in their nation's history, they can progress to sovereignty and democracy without foreign interference of any kind

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@danafalomar @BritishGQ Thanks so much, Dana. Always good to meet a Hamwi!

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Deeply topical since the fall of Hama an hour ago, my long read investigation for @BritishGQ about Hama and Qashoush, the Songbird of Syria: https://t.co/Yh97RGQTLL

[The Centre for Investigative Journalism @cijournalism]

We're really looking forward to seeing everyone next week at Source!

Tickets are now SOLD OUT. If you would like to join the waitlist please email [email protected]

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Be at Source!, our iconoclastic biennial CIJ Logan Symposium, on November 14/15 at the Barbican in London. https://t.co/NTq9b6GmCh Everyone else will! @cijournalism @protectsources @gijn @CJR @pressfreedom @ICFJ @ICIJorg

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Hezbollah did better when it wasn't relying on mobiles or pagers: see my look at the 2006 war @TheRegister. https://t.co/ZJR85y8FUB

[The Centre for Investigative Journalism @cijournalism]

Investigative journalism is expensive. As the cost of paying for it moves from the audience to big foundations, many of whom enjoy close relationships with Western states, how does that change the tone and rationale of what we produce? Is there a danger that we end up doing the bidding of those in power? @James__Harkin leads a conversation with @kennardmatt and Frances Stonor Saunders

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My OpEd in tomorrow's @theipaper on Operation Kenova, official secrecy, and how it might take decades to get to the truth about Stakeknife's role in the Northern Irish Troubles. https://t.co/xou7xVNBWZ