Iona Craig
Iona Craig is a freelance print and broadcast journalist. Based in Yemen from 2010 to 2015 as The Times (London) Yemen correspondent she regularly returns to the country to cover the ongoing civil war. She has won multiple awards for her reporting on the most tumultuous period in Yemen’s modern history, including the 2016 Orwell Prize for journalism and the 2014 Martha Gellhorn award for investigative reporting. During her time in Yemen she has contributed to more than 20 media outlets worldwide including The Intercept, The Irish Times, the BBC, Channel 4 News (UK), RTÉ (Ireland) and The Independent.
Past courses
Source Protection Programme Event
— Masterclass
17 May 2021
Borders, conflict and security with Iona Craig
(90 mins) 18:00 BST / 13:00 EST This masterclass from intrepid investigative journalist Iona Craig takes a closer look into Iona's experience reporting from conflict zones like Yemen while protecting sources, fixers and her investigations.
Summer Conference Event
— Talk
6 July 2019
Yemen: The Price of Disclosure
In April 2019, using open-source intelligence and secret government documents, a team of journalists at the new French investigative outlet Disclose published a scoop on French arms sales to Yemen – as a result of which they faced harassment by French military intelligence and now a possible jail sentence.
Summer Conference Event
— Talk
5 July 2019
Forensic Journalism: How Open-Source Investigations and Field Reporting are Uncovering the Tragedy of Yemen
More than 10,000 civilians have died since the Saudi-led war against Yemen’s Houthis began in 2015. While traditional field investigations are still critical to covering the crisis, open source monitoring and investigations are increasingly playing a role in holding power to account.
