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 ====== Gavin MacFadyen ====== ====== 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) (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."
  
-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 informantsWhile 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.
  
-Gavin MacFadyen was Julian Assange's close friendhis mentor and allyWith his wife Susan Benn and John Pilgeranother investigative journalist, they had formed Julian Assange Defense committee.+In 2003he founded and directed the [[https://tcij.org|Center for Investigative Journalism in London]], a laboratory and training center for bold innovative uncompromising journalism
  
-Gavin MacFadyen also co-founded [[http://www.thewhistler.org/about-us.html|The Whistler]] with Eileen Chubba whistler-blower who exposed abuse in care homes across the UKHe was of course always an ardent defender of whistle-blowers and of all who tell truth to power and challenge power+{{ :external-content.duckduckgo.com.jpeg?400|}} Gavin MacFadyen was Julian Assange's close friendhis mentor and allyWith his wife Susan Benn and John Pilger, another investigative journalist, they had formed a Julian Assange Defense committee.
  
-He liked to quote that the duty of journalism is to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable"+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 
  
-In 2015 Gavin MacFadyen 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 welcomed the invigorating contributions to journalism brought by a younger generation of politically minded tech experts. +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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-=== Why Investigative journalism matters ===+==== Why Investigative journalism matters ====
  
 //by Gavin MacFadyen, 2006//  //by Gavin MacFadyen, 2006// 
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