Jodie Ginsberg is a former journalist who is passionate about the power of words and the importance of debate. Prior to joining Index, Jodie worked as a foreign correspondent and business journalist and was UK Bureau Chief for Reuters news agency. She sits on the council of global free expression network IFEX and the board of the Trust for The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and is a regular commentator in international media on freedom of expression issues.
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Rachael Jolley is the award-winning editor of Index on Censorship magazine. In 2016 she was named specialist editor of the year by the British Society of Magazine Editors. And in 2017, the magazine was given a grand award in the Awards for Publication Excellence. She previously won a merit award in the Telegraph’s Young Science Writer of the Year awards. She is currently a visiting fellow in journalism at Sheffield University. She has written for newspapers and websites in the UK and internationally (including The Times, the Financial Times, The Telegraph, Irish Times, Big Issue, New Statesman and The Guardian). She has been editorial director at think tank British Future, managing editor for monthly magazine Business Traveller, and editor of Business Traveller Middle East. She was a judge at the Rory Peck journalism awards and regularly speaks at the world’s biggest literature festival, the Hay Festival. She co-wrote the play Murdering The Truth (Greenwich Theatre).
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David Sewell had 20 years of experience of finance management in retail before joining Index in 2009. He is a highly experienced and talented finance professional. He leads Index’s financial reporting, budget management and ensures sound governance according to charities laws and guidelines. He has also taken on the role of HR director and is responsible for office management.
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Sean Gallagher was the Managing Editor Online at the Los Angeles Times and an early producer at The New York Times among other leading media outlets. He has expertise in web development, international editorial and social media. Sean leads Index’s news and online team in addition to contributing to coverage. He studied at Fordham University in New York.
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Helen Galliano joined Index in January 2015 as a freelance Associate Producer, focusing on Index events and development, She has an arts background and has previously worked for organisations such as LIFT and Artangel, producing events at the Barbican and Southbank Centre among others. In addition to her work at Index she is co-founder and director of site-specific theatre company Arbonauts. Helen studied Theatre & Performance Arts at Goldsmiths College.
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Joy Hyvarinen is head of advocacy at Index on Censorship. She has many years’ experience of advocacy, campaigns and policy, in particular international advocacy. Her work has covered environmental issues and international negotiations such as the global climate change talks. It has included advising governments and civil society organisations from many countries on international policy issues. Joy was an associate fellow with Chatham House for several years. She has been executive director of an environmental law charity and also served as a trustee.
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Sally Gimson is deputy editor of Index on Censorship magazine. Sally has worked as a reporter for national newspapers including the Sunday Telegraph and the Observer as well as being a producer and translator at Deutsche Welle Television in Berlin. She has written for the New Statesman, the Guardian and Index on Censorship magazine. She also worked as director of communications for a parenting charity.
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Ryan McChrystal is Assistant Editor, Online at Index on Censorship, where he provides support for the news and online team in addition to creating content. He has previously held various editorial roles, including as a local reporter, a market reporter and most recently as a features writer at an SME-focused magazine. He graduated in history and politics from Queen’s University, Belfast.
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Lewis Jennings is the editorial assistant at Index on Censorship. He graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in July 2017. He is the 2018 recipient of the Liverpool John Moores University Tim Hetherington Fellowship. He can be found tweeting @lewispjennings.
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Anna Millward joined Index in February 2018 and has a background in literature programming and producing. She also freelances for the Poetry School. She was previously Festival Manager of Cambridge Literary Festival and Wimpole History Festival. Anna studied a medieval literature and languages at Cambridge and an MA in Old Icelandic Poetry, Performance and Mythology at the University of Iceland.
Perla Hinojosa is Index’s Fellowships and Advocacy Officer. Originally from Belize, Central America, she received her bachelor’s degree in international studies from the University of South Florida and recently completed her master’s degree from Swansea University in development and human rights. She has experience in advocacy, grassroots organising and campaigns in the United States. Her work has covered civic engagement, elections and Latino immigrants’ rights issues. She has also worked on LGBTQI+ issues and HIV prevention and care.
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Julia Farrington started Index on Censorship’s arts programme in 2010 working with young people, self-censorship in UK arts and artists working under a dictatorship. Julia organised Index’s conference Taking the Offensive, ran Art in Transition, a conference in Yangon when the censorship laws in Myanmar were repealed, and edited information packs on the laws that impact on what is sayable in the arts. In 2014 she left Index and now works freelance as Associate Arts Producer, running Index’s UK arts programme Risks, Rights, Reputations – Challenging a Risk Averse Culture.
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Rosie Gilbey is Index on Censorship’s office administrator. She has previously worked as a sales executive for Dyson, a sales manager at a cocktail bar and has a background in music, literature and arts. Rosie studied at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, Surrey and graduated in BA (Hons) Photography in June 2014. She has had her work exhibited at The Old Truman Brewery, as well as for The Contemporary Body; a symposium at the ICA, and to promote The Red Shoes theatre show as part of Mimetic Festival. You can find some of her work at her website.
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Jemimah Steinfeld has lived and worked in both Shanghai and Beijing where she has written on a wide range of topics, with a particular focus on youth culture, gender and censorship. She is the author of the book Little Emperors and Material Girls: Sex and Youth in Modern China, which was described by the FT as “meticulously researched and highly readable”. Jemimah has freelanced for a variety of publications, including The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Vice, CNN, Time Out and the Huffington Post. She has a degree in history from Bristol University and went on to study an MA in Chinese Studies at SOAS. She can be found tweeting @JFSteinfeld.
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Jessica Ní Mhainín has experience in international human rights advocacy through her work at Front Line Defenders and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). She holds a Master’s degree in EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies from the College of Europe (Bruges), where she specialised in peace and conflict studies.
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