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====== Gavin MacFadyen ====== | ====== Gavin MacFadyen ====== |
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| (USA 1940 - UK 2016) |
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=== “Go out and tell the truth. . . More power to you all.” === | === “Go out and tell the truth. . . More power to you all.” === |
| (Gavin MacFadyen welcomes students to the Centre for Investigative Journalism Summer Conference, July 2016) |
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(USA 1940 - UK 2016) | |
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Gavin MacFadyen was an American filmmaker and investigative journalist living in the UK. | Gavin MacFadyen was an American filmmaker and investigative journalist living in the UK. |
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A curious mind, a benevolent heart, a radical optimist with insolent //joie de vivre//, he was a spirited and tenacious defender of civil rights, anti-war, a freedom of speech and truth advocate. | A curious mind, a benevolent heart, a radical optimist with ireverent //joie de vivre//, he was a spirited and tenacious defender of civil rights, anti-war, anti-authoritarian, a supporter of whistle-blowers and of all who tell truth to power. |
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| He liked to quote that the duty of journalism is to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." |
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He founded and directed the Center for Investigative Journalism in London, a laboratory and training center for bold innovative journalism. https://tcij.org | According to some documents released by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the FBI had been [[https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/apr/24/fbis-long-obsession-gavin-macfadyen/|targeting Gavin for his anti-nuclear activism and civil disobedience since the 1960s]], including via confidential informants. While no evidence of criminal activity seems to have ever been found, the FBI has [[https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/feb/09/fbi-cites-ongoing-investigation-and-classified-fil/|refused to release further information]] about their investigations of Gavin, claiming "national security" and "personal privacy" exceptions. |
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Gavin MacFadyen was Julian Assange's close friend, his mentor and ally. With his wife Susan Benn and John Pilger, another investigative journalist, they had formed a Julian Assange Defense committee. | In 2003, he founded and directed the [[https://tcij.org|Center for Investigative Journalism in London]], a laboratory and training center for bold innovative uncompromising journalism. |
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Gavin MacFadyen also co-founded [[http://www.thewhistler.org/about-us.html|The Whistler]],with Eileen Chubb, a whistler-blower who exposed abuse in care homes across the UK. | {{ :external-content.duckduckgo.com.jpeg?400|}} Gavin MacFadyen was Julian Assange's close friend, his mentor and ally. With his wife Susan Benn and John Pilger, another investigative journalist, they had formed a Julian Assange Defense committee. |
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He was of course always an ardent defender of whistle-blowers and of all who tell truth to power and challenge power. | Gavin MacFadyen also co-founded [[http://www.thewhistler.org/about-us.html|The Whistler]] with Eileen Chubb, a whistler-blower who exposed abuse in care homes across the UK. |
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He liked to quote that the duty of journalism is to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable". | In 2014 Gavin MacFadyen started the annual Logan-CIJ symposiums, where investigative journalists, NGOs, digital activists, would get stage and opportunities to hear about each other's work and cross-pollinate. Gavin welcomed the invigorating ingenious contributions to journalism brought by a younger generation of politically minded tech experts. |
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In 2015 he started the Logan-CIJ symposiums, where investigative journalists, NGOs, digital activists, would get stage and opportunities to hear about each other's work and cross-pollinate. Gavin MacFadyen welcomed the invigorating contributions to journalism brought by a younger generation of politically minded tech experts. | |
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=== Why Investigative journalism matters === | === Why Investigative journalism matters === |
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Gavin MacFadyen, 2006 | //by Gavin MacFadyen, 2006// |
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Serious, in-depth journalism may be unwell but it is still alive in Britain despite an almost complete lack of institutional support in television, and limited resources in print and radio. | Serious, in-depth journalism may be unwell but it is still alive in Britain despite an almost complete lack of institutional support in television, and limited resources in print and radio. |