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’