In Search of Truth: Dispatches from the Frontlines
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Session Description
Investigative journalists and human rights activists conduct reporting and research critical to exposing corruption and injustice. Their vital work compels accountability and transparency in governments, corporations, and other institutions. As a result, they’re often the targets of harassment, threats, and bodily harm. Join this session to hear dispatches from leaders who have courageously pointed a spotlight on a wide range of issues.
Time & Location
Time:
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020
BST
Location:
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre
Speakers
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Speaker
Pavla Holcová is an investigative journalist and founder of investigace.cz, based in Prague and a regional editor for OCCRP.
She worked on projects such as the Panama and Paradise Papers and the Russian and Azerbaijani Laundromats. Together with her colleague Jan Kuciak, she exposed the ties…
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Rachel Owens is the Head of the EU Office of Global Witness an anti-corruption, human rights and environmental NGO. In 2017, she set up Global Witness’ first EU office based in Brussels leading and working on campaigns to introduce EU rules for mandatory investor due diligence, to crackdown…
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Chairman, HEDA Resource Centre
Mr. Suraju Olanrewaju is the Chairman of Civil Society Network Against Corruption. Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) is a coalition of over hundred and fifty Anti-corruption organizations whose primary aim is to constructively combat corruption and ensure the effective monitoring of…
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Moderator
Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Antonio Zappulla is CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of the global news and information services company. Through news, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, the Thomson Reuters Foundation combines its unique services to advance…
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Author and Journalist, anjansundaram.com
Author, journalist and TV presenter.
Wrote the books "Stringer" and "Bad News".
Forthcoming book "Breakup"
TV presenter for VICE and Channel News Asia.
Mathematics at Yale and PhD in journalism literature