Truth Tellers

Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit Hosted by @tinabrownlm @reuters @durham_uni | 6 May 2026 | #sirharrysummit

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Reuters175 | 2026: Reuters photographer Phil Noble's image of Prince Andrew leaving police custody went viral on February 19. From six frames taken during a high-speed car departure, one usable photo captured a moment watched by the world. #Reuters175

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“Russia has created a very market-driven approach to using AI and disinformation.”
At Truth Tellers, @christogrozev explained how political parties in Bulgaria were adopting Russian disinformation tactics previously tested in US and Hungarian elections.
Watch The Giant Eyeball: https://t.co/aYfuJwjJbQ

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What can a photograph reveal that words can’t?
At Truth Tellers, @globeandmail's @yamphoto told us how photographing buried missile fragments helped investigate a US strike that killed civilians during the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the role of photojournalism in holding power to account.
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[The Centre for Investigative Journalism @cijournalism]

Four years work, some of it under tortuous legal and moral threat - a powerful investigation into David Walliams by The Guardian and ITV News, written in part by brilliant friends of the CIJ Maeve McClenaghan, Imogen Barrer, Amanda Nunn and Sirin Kale. 
https://t.co/LJwyn48b4V https://t.co/k6n9z3pjcf

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“This year is an existential year for journalism.”

Speaking at Truth Tellers, Nobel Peace Prize laureate @mariaressa warned of the threat AI poses to journalism, and why protecting independent journalism is essential if democracy is to survive.

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[Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust]

1 month to go! 🤩

Join the great and the good of the news and media industry at the #RoryPeckAwards 2026. November 25th, BFI Southbank, London.

Get your tickets here 🔗 https://t.co/zAeNEZdAxP

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Following the Democrats' landslide midterm victory, Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran faces renewed scrutiny.
“There were not enough other voices in the room on February 11th,” @ronenbergman told @clarissaward at Truth Tellers: https://t.co/Zz3cdKnccb

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>> CPJ has documented more than 1,050 journalists murdered since the organization began keeping records in 1992. More than 30 years after CPJ began documenting these killings, eight out of ten journalist murders remain unpunished. https://t.co/Fl30tUnh5L (via @pressfreedom) #IDEI #EndImpunity

[Forbidden Stories @FbdnStories]

🇨🇩🔴 À ceux qui menacent Edmond : un réseau mondial de journalistes se tient à ses côtés, prêt à réagir.

📰 Edmond Izuba, journaliste d’investigation basé à Kinshasa, en République démocratique du Congo, enquête sur la corruption, les détournements de fonds et l’exploitation des ressources minières. En août 2025, à la suite de la publication d’une enquête sur des faits présumés de corruption au sein d’une institution publique, il a été interrogé par l’Agence nationale de renseignements et a fait l’objet de menaces et d’intimidations.

[Alex Crawford @AlexCrawfordSky]

Bravo to our colleague @jamesmatthewsky for always asking the pertinent question and putting into context just why what happens in Michigan - and America - doesn’t stay in Michigan. The election most certainly matters elsewhere - and non-voters have a significance of their own

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Iconic editor + biographer @WalterIsaacson told @MishalHusain at Truth Tellers about witnessing Musk’s ‘demon mode’, when he becomes “deeply dark and mean and ugly”.
Watch the full conversation Headlines and History: https://t.co/vII5D0vm1c

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All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea is in cinemas now!
At Truth Tellers Doc Fest, @TinaBrownLM declared fisherman Stan “the next Mr Bates”. The film follows his fight for answers after a marine disaster.
At Doc Fest, filmmaker @JeanieFinlay told us what she looks for in a story.

Find a screening 🦞 https://t.co/fHin0FPvXX

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What can traditional news organisations learn from the new generation of independent media?

At Truth Tellers, we put the question to @joshi Herrmann, founder of @millmediauk, which is taking a different approach to local journalism.

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At Truth Tellers, @andraspe, co-founder of Hungarian investigative journalism outlet @direkt36, spoke about his hope that Péter Magyar and other Hungarian politicians will recognise the vital role independent journalism plays in a democracy: https://t.co/ndRPxIRDjm

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Congratulations to photojournalist @lynseyaddario, honoured this week at the @ClooneyFDN for Justice's Albie Awards, recognising those who risk their lives fighting for justice.

At Truth Tellers, we asked Lynsey what frontline journalists need most right now.

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What a night!! And what an honor… George and Amal Clooney’s Glittering Gala for Human Rights https://t.co/ibAHLr9Ux0 via @NYTimes

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At Truth Tellers, the BBC’s Culture & Media Editor @katierazz told us that, in this gloomy time, there are many reasons to feel optimistic about the future of journalism.

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One for your diaries: the @cijournalism's Logan Symposium returns to London’s Barbican on 30 October.

Under the theme Overreach, a day of vital conversations on press freedom, surveillance, AI and the threats facing investigative journalism.

Explore the programme: https://t.co/sMxAonc4ZH

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“I’m trying to reverse into an influencer space.”
At Truth Tellers, @London_Centric editor @jimwaterson spoke about making independent, subscriber-funded journalism pay, and why his background in traditional media matters.
Watch Journalism on a Credit Card: https://t.co/csv6HshAsR