Category: Moderator

Legal Counsel Campaigns, Greenpeace Charlie Holt works as legal counsel for campaigns at Greenpeace International, where he leads the organisation’s SLAPP resilience strategy. Until 2019 his work focused on the US, where he worked on two aggressive large-scale SLAPPs targeting Greenpeace and helped set up the anti-SLAPP coalition Protect the Protest. He is now working… Continue reading Charlie Holt

Senior Legal Advisor, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom Flutura Kusari leads the legal support programme and advocates with international organisations to improve legislation to defend freedom of expression. In addition, she advises journalists on pre- and post- publication legal matters such as defamation, access to information, contempt of court, and privacy. Previously, she… Continue reading Flutura Kusari

Director, Justice for Journalists Maria designed and managed a number of public awareness, advocacy, human rights, and crisis management campaigns. She is a sociologist and security specialist. She authors research and articles, speaks and teaches on subjects including sociological and political trends, freedom of speech, international relations, and security. Maria is a frequent speaker at… Continue reading Maria Ordzhonikidze

Director, Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation Matthew Caruana Galizia is the director of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation. He worked at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), developing the technology that enabled major investigations such as “Panama Papers” and “Paradise Papers.” In 2018, Matthew left ICIJ to continue working on the case around the killing… Continue reading Matthew Caruana Galizia

Representative to the European Institutions, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Julie Majerczak is the Reporters Without Borders Representative to the European Institutions. She has represented the international press freedom NGO at the EU level since May 2016. Before joining RSF, Julie was a journalist for 16 years. She moved to Brussels in 2002 to report on… Continue reading Julie Majerczak