Unusual to get a mention in the CIA's in-house magazine, Studies in Intelligence (for my Stakeknife investigation): cia.gov/static/f59e402…

Thank you The Centre for Investigative Journalism for having me today! Well done on yet another amazing summer event. Thank you to all those who took the time to come to my talk with the brilliant James Harkin. So great meeting you all.

Newsflash: Lyra, the fantastic documentary about Lyra McKee by alison millar, has won Human Interest doc of the year at the prestigious AIB Media Awards awards in London this evening. Accepting the award on behalf of Ali and Lyra’s family, our Director @james__Harkin talked about

Spotted in Shakespeare &. Company, Paris 🇫🇷

Thanks, Eliot. Crazy indeed!

My OpEd in tomorrow's The i Paper on Operation Kenova, official secrecy, and how it might take decades to get to the truth about Stakeknife's role in the Northern Irish Troubles. inews.co.uk/opinion/decade…

Investigative journalism is expensive. As the cost of paying for it moves from the audience to big foundations, many of whom enjoy close relationships with Western states, how does that change the tone and rationale of what we produce? Is there a danger that we end up doing the

Hezbollah did better when it wasn't relying on mobiles or pagers: see my look at the 2006 war The Register. theregister.com/2009/02/23/jam…

Be at Source!, our iconoclastic biennial CIJ Logan Symposium, on November 14/15 at the Barbican in London. tcij.org/logan-symposiu… Everyone else will! The Centre for Investigative Journalism Source Protection Programme Global Investigative Journalism Network Columbia Journalism Review Committee to Protect Journalists International Center for Journalists ICIJ

We're really looking forward to seeing everyone next week at Source! Tickets are now SOLD OUT. If you would like to join the waitlist please email [email protected]

Deeply topical since the fall of Hama an hour ago, my long read investigation for British GQ about Hama and Qashoush, the Songbird of Syria: gq-magazine.co.uk/article/syria-…

This is era defining news. Congratulations to the newly free Syrian people. Let's hope that, for the first time in their nation's history, they can progress to sovereignty and democracy without foreign interference of any kind

This is one of the most beautiful videos to come out of #Syria recently!

Final thought - can anyone get us news now about Austin Tice?

As journalists and family await news from Damascus's labyrinth of prisons on missing journalist Austin Tice, reposting my 2014 investigation for Vanity Fair which helped prove where he was: archive.vanityfair.com/article/2014/5…. Let's hope he makes it out!

The Blues Brothers (1980) - MEGA THREAD The adventures of 'Joliet' Jake and Elwood Blues are legendary, on and off screen. So, put your sunglasses on and let's celebrate this 80s comedy classic with 16 of my favourite moments. Ray Charles wants you to Shake a Tailfeather. 1/16

Farewell Gwen Robinson, excellent journalist and editor, and lovely, generous friend: ft.com/content/ec0bbb…

My long investigation for Politico magazine in the US into the disappearance of missing American journalist Austin Tice, just published: politico.com/news/magazine/…

Has a Breakthrough Happened in the Agonizing Saga of Austin Tice? By James Harkin who has been following the Tice story closely from the beginning. Hard to believe that Assad would order Tice's killing, when he was so valuable, but who knows. politi.co/41GPT8U via

Great to hear that AbdulRahman Farhoud, aki Rahmani and the star of my GQ investigation "The Songbird of Syria", is now back in Syria - and singing once again gq-magazine.co.uk/article/syria-…