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 ====== Gavin MacFadyen ======
-=== “Go out and tell the truth. . .More power to you all.”** ===
+(USA 1940 - UK 2016)
+==== “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)
 Gavin MacFadyen was an American filmmaker and investigative journalist living in the UK.
-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.
+He liked to quote that the duty of journalism is to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."
+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.
-He founded and directed the Center for Investigative Journalism in London https://tcij.org
+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.
-He became a close friend of Julian Assange, his mentor and ally. With his wife Susan Benn and John Pilger, another journalist, they had formed a Julian Assange Defense committee.
+{{ :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.
-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.
+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.
-He was always an ardent defender of whistle-blowers and of all who tell truth to power.
+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.
-In 20 he started the Logan-CIJ symposiums, where investigative journalists, NGOs, digital activists, would get stage and opportunities to meet and cross-pollinate. Indeed Gavin welcomed the invigorating contributions to journalism brought by a new generation of politically minded tech experts.
-=== Why Investigative journalism matters ===
+==== Why Investigative journalism matters ====
-Gavin MacFadyen, 2006
+//by Gavin MacFadyen, 2006//
 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.