Gavin Rees

Gavin Rees is Senior Advisor for Training and Innovation at the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma, an organisation dedicated to promoting ethical approaches to the coverage of trauma and violence. For many years, Gavin was the director of Dart Centre Europe. He has run trainings and workshops in more than 25 countries which explore how trauma-informed skills in interviewing, self-care, and trauma-informed management can help media teams cover crises, human rights abuses, and other high-stakes situations. With a prior background in documentary filmmaking and broadcast journalism, Gavin was a producer on the BBC film Hiroshima, which won an International Emmy in 2006. He has also served as a board member for both the UK Psychological Trauma Society and the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and is currently a visiting fellow at the Media School at Bournemouth University.