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

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 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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. ⁠ Watch Truth Tellers conversation Putin’s Ghost Prisons: The Life And Death Of Viktoriia Roshchyna: tinyurl.com/mvzhh8th @forbidden-stories.bsky.social

“She is the bravest person, the bravest journalist, I have ever met in my life. That’s not an exaggeration, it’s a fact,” - Sevgil Musayeva, editor in chief of Ukrainska Pravda tinyurl.com/2jhpv53n

“There are few cases that encapsulate the power of journalism and the need to challenge those elected into power better than the recent superinjunction granted to the Ministry of Defence after the Afghan data breach.” @piasarma.bsky.social

“People talk about the women and children and elderly, but what about the youth?” A powerful moment from Truth Tellers 2024, as Palestinian photojournalist @motazazaiza.bsky.social spoke about the unseen toll of conflict on Gaza’s young people, and the responsibility of bearing witness.

Asked to share his hardest moment during 18 months of covering the war in Gaza, Palestinian photojournalist Mohammed Salem recalled learning of the death of his brother Bilal. Watch the full conversation: tinyurl.com/4ph53dns

The biggest barrier for young investigative reporters today? 🖥️ “Screens,” said @juliettegarside.bsky.social, Joint Deputy Investigations Editor at @theguardian.com speaking at Truth Tellers in May. A reminder that great journalism still starts with getting out into the world. #SirHarrySummit

Justin Scheck shares the harrowing story of an Ugandan domestic worker, one of many exploited by the Saudi elite, uncovered in a year-long @nytimes.com investigation exposing abuse, trafficking + political complicity. Watch the full Truth Tellers conversation: tinyurl.com/5753vwvr

“Truth is expensive, and lies are really cheap and they travel very quickly.” The hardest thing for investigative journalism, said Emily Maitlis at Truth Tellers, is making truth more available to more people by the way we invest in it. #sirharrysummit

"Trump is trying to destroy journalism and parts of the media industry are helping him by being cowards." Alastair Campbell + James Carville didn’t hold back at Truth Tellers, tackling Trump, the corporate takeover of media organisations, and the urgent need for bold journalism: tinyurl.com/4b7xdbak

Reading the Sir Harry Evans Fellowship submissions gives @tinabrownlm.bsky.social hope! Tomorrow, Monday 7th July, applications close. Early-career journalists, this is your last call to apply: tinyurl.com/bdhc2x3a

There is less than a week left to apply for the Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship in Investigative Journalism, a unique, paid opportunity with @reuters.com for early-career journalists. 📅Deadline: 7th July Apply now: tinyurl.com/4za6u65k @durham-university.bsky.social @tinabrownlm.bsky.social

🏆 Awards and fellowships - amazing opportunities for journalists with deadlines coming up. @sirharrysummit.bsky.social @rorypecktrust.bsky.social @nujofficial.bsky.social #GeorgeViner, @freelancingfor.bsky.social - we're sponsoring two of their awards. Good luck! Apply here: buff.ly/bY9mjo8

🗓️Deadline 7th July! A unique opportunity for an early-career journalist to spend 6-8 months embedded in a @reuters.com investigations unit and be mentored by senior Reuters editors, with access to @durham-university.bsky.social academic and research resources: tinyurl.com/4za6u65k

📢 Awards, prizes and bursaries - some fantastic opportunities for journalists with deadlines coming up soon. @sirharrysummit.bsky.social @rorypecktrust.bsky.social @nujofficial.bsky.social #GeorgeViner, @freelancingfor.bsky.social - we're sponsoring two of theirs! Good luck 🤞

"It's a way of carrying forward Sir Harry's legacy." @rosafurneaux.bsky.social on what it meant being the 2024 Sir Harry Evans Fellow. Find out more and apply for the 2026 fellowship by 7 July: tinyurl.com/4za6u65k @durham-university.bsky.social @tinabrownlm.bsky.social @reuters.com

"I feel extremely lucky to be in this position." Pete McKenzie told us what it means to be the 2025 Sir Harry Evans Global Fellow in Investigative Journalism. Applications for 2026 fellowship close 7 July: tinyurl.com/4za6u65k @reuters.com @durham-university.bsky.social @tinabrownlm.bsky.social

📣 A unique opportunity for an early-career journalist to spend 6-8 months embedded in a @reuters.com investigations unit and be mentored by senior Reuters editors, with access to @durham-university.bsky.social academic and research resources. 🗓️ Apply by 7 July 2025: tinyurl.com/4za6u65k

We're ready for Uncovering Injustice, a workshop exploring #InvestigativeJournalism including the work of #SirHarryEvans whose incredible archive is now at the Rylands. ‪ @sirharrysummit.bsky.social‬

The #SirHarryEvans Global Fellowship is a nine-month investigative #journalism fellowship with us & @reuters.com. These were our first three fellows. Could you be next? Applications close July 7. tinyurl.com/syj2p4hh @tinabrownlm.bsky.social @rosafurneaux.bsky.social

The Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship in Investigative Journalism is a rare chance for an early-career journalist to spend 9 months embedded at @reuters.com with access to academic insight from @durham-university.bsky.social Applications for 2026 Fellowship close Wed 18 June: tinyurl.com/4y9v2kmd

“They have no levers to pull on us.”At #SirHarrySummit, @nytimes.com is Executive Editor Joe Kahn told @jonsopel1.bsky.social about the “institutionally advantageous position” the paper holds under a second Trump presidency as a genuinely independent newsroom. #TruthTellers

In London leading reporters met during the 2025 @sirharrysummit.bsky.social to discuss the challenges reporters face today from legal threats to security risks. Here are some key takeaways: https://twp.ai/9PS5Oc

At the 2025 @sirharrysummit.bsky.social in London, held to commemorate Harry Evans’ legacy, investigative reporters, newsroom leaders, and editors discussed challenges journalists face today. GIJN's @lauradixon.bsky.social shares 7 takeaways: https://twp.ai/9PSx76

We are deeply saddened by the passing of one of the greatest photographers of our time, Sebastião Salgado. He was scheduled to join us at Truth Tellers but had to withdraw for health reasons. As a tribute, we share this video that was due to be played at the summit.

During Andrew Lack’s 15-year leadership as chairman and CEO, NBC News became the most watched news organisation in the world. At #sirharrysummit, Geordie Greig asked what made him go back to local news: tinyurl.com/4vrcawx5

At the 2025 @sirharrysummit.bsky.social in London, held to commemorate Harry Evans’ legacy, investigative reporters, newsroom leaders, and editors discussed their investigations into Russian prisons, online pornography sites, & corruption. Here are 7 takeaways: https://twp.ai/9PSx6j

Earlier this month, we caught up with former @durham-university.bsky.social student and now journalist @jamestillotson.bsky.social, founder of the award-winning student TV station PalTV which he launched in 2021 with the help of a donation from the Sir Harry Evans Fund.

Had a lot of fun as a guest on one of of my favorite podcasts, The News Agents. You can listen in on my Fresh Hell newsletter on Substack. tinabrown.substack.com/p/talking-al...

Two weeks on from Truth Tellers, a great round up from the @gijn.org with seven key learnings from the day. gijn.org/stories/seve...

“Many people in the US no longer feel that it is a place of sanctuary.” A powerful and timely message from @caoilfhionn.bsky.social at the 2025 Truth Tellers Summit. If you care about justice, press freedom, or human rights—watch this. youtu.be/_0xi0x9SiSM?... #TruthTellers2025 #PressFreedom

Karen O’Brien, Vice-Chancellor and Warden of @durham-university.bsky.social talks about the qualities of a Sir Harry Evans Global Fellow in Investigative Journalism. Applications for the 2026 fellowship close Wednesday 18th June 2025: tinyurl.com/4y9v2kmd @reuters.com @tinabrownlm.bsky.social

“We built tech to put into the hands of reporters.” Jane Ferguson, CEO and Founder of @noosphere.app, the direct to consumer app that allows journalists in the field to monetise their work and speak directly to their communities. Watch the full Truth Tellers conversation tinyurl.com/mt36wrcd

If you're an Afghan or if you're Iranian, and you're a journalist, you're very likely to be in the U.S. because you're opposed to the Taliban or you're opposed to the Iranian regime. Suddenly finding that your place of safety is no longer a place of safety is a real issue. – @caoilfhionn.bsky.social

“I suppose we have Andrew Tate to thank.” At Truth Tellers, three-times Pulitzer Prize-winner Andrew R.C. Marshall told us what sparked the two-year multinational @reuters.com investigation revealing the dark side of OnlyFans. Watch the conversation @cathynewman.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/54ck5xa8

“The idea of The West was born out of the Second World War, and that West is slowly being strangled.” We caught up with @katbbc.bsky.social backstage at Truth Tellers, and she explained why it’s not hyperbole to say we are living through historic times. #sirharrysummit