Harlo Holmes
Harlo Holmes is the Director of Digital Security at Freedom of the Press Foundation. She strives to help individual journalists in various media organisations become confident and effective in securing their communications within their newsrooms, with their sources, and with the public at large. She is a media scholar, software programmer and activist, and was a regular contributor to the open-source mobile security collective The Guardian Project. She is also an adjunct professor at New York University.
Past courses
Summer Conference Event
— Keynote Talk
27 June 2025
Surveillance, Undercover Reporting and Source Protection: Dónal MacIntyre
Veteran TV investigative journalist Dónal MacIntyre joins Summer Conference to discuss a career of undercover work, protecting the identities of sources and his recent request to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) to confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) placed him under direct surveillance.
Summer Conference Event
— Class
27 June 2025
Digital Security Fundamentals
This training focuses on the basic digital security practices and tools that all journalists can use to keep themselves safe from digital threats. You will learn about account security, the basics of encryption and secure messaging platforms and a host of tips and tricks that can be widely applied to your work.
Symposium Event
— Discussion
15 November 2024
Blowing the Whistle on Boeing
In 2019, after a series of fatal crashes involving Boeing’s 737 MAX model, planes were grounded around the world. Accusations of mismanagement, of a terminal decline in standards at factories, and of cover-ups have come in the wake of lawsuits and government investigations which continue today.
Symposium Event
— Panel
14 November 2024
Digital Security: Technology, Sources and Safety
Can technology keep journalists safe? What impact have encryption technologies had on investigative journalism, and what are the limitations of these technologies - especially for those who have less access to reliable tech infrastructure and resources and those operating under oppressive regimes?
