Two crusading journalists from Britain and Mexico discuss their work reporting on worldwide conflicts with New Yorker staff writer Jon Lee Anderson, who has reported extensively from Latin America.
Iraqi-born Hind Hassan has broadcast for Al Jazeera from the West Bank, Lebanon and Washington DC, and is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, covering conflicts and humanitarian crises. Mexican reporter Marcela Turati focuses on human rights, the impact of drug violence and its victims. She is co-founder of the non-profit organisation Quinto Elemento Lab, dedicated, since 2018, to helping journalists in silenced regions to keep investigating.
This event is part of the Hay Festival and British Council’s Equity Series that pairs authors from the UK and around the world, and began with a conversation at Hay Festival Querétaro 2024.
