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 ====== Gavin MacFadyen ====== ====== Gavin MacFadyen ======
  
-== “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 ==+(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.  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.   
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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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 +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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 +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 founded and directed the Center for Investigative Journalism in London https://tcij.org+{{ :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.
  
-He became a close friend of Julian Assange, his mentor and allyWith his wife Susan Benn and John Pilger, another journalistthey had formed 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 [[The Whistler|http://www.thewhistler.org/about-us.html]],with Eileen Chubba whistler-blower who exposed abuse in care homes across the UK +In 2014 Gavin MacFadyen started the annual Logan-CIJ symposiumswhere investigative journalistsNGOs, 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.
  
-Indeed he was always an ardent defender of whistle-blowers and of all who tell truth to power. 
-In the later years, he started the Logan-CIJ symposiums, where investigative journalists, NGOs, hacktivists, would get stage and opportunities to meet and cross-pollinate. 
  
-=== 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.  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. 
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