Jack Watling

Jack Watling is an investigative journalist who has contributed to The Guardian, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review, Reuters, Haaretz, VICE News and other publications, reporting on civil conflicts in Mali, Yemen, Iraq and further afield. Jack was formerly planning editor at NewsFixed where he coordinated a network of over 700 journalists. He is currently undertaking a PhD at Birkbeck, University of London, examining the history of British policy responses to civil war.

Jack Watling was selected for the 2016 European Press Prize shortlist with ’The Struggle for Mali’

Paul Raymond

Paul Raymond is an editor for Agence France-Presse, based in Cyprus and covering the Middle East and North Africa. He reported on the Syrian uprising for McClatchy Newspapers before working in Turkey, Morocco, and the UK for The Economist, Al Jazeera, the BBC World Service and others. As a 2015 Fellow of the International Reporting Project, he reported from Mali for Foreign Policy and The Guardian with Jack Watling. Their Guardian Long Read was nominated for a European Press Prize in 2016. Paul speaks fluent Arabic and French.

Paul Raymond was selected for the 2016 European Press Prize shortlist with ’The Struggle for Mali’