Foreign Journalists and Human Rights: A Conversation with Emma Daly of Human Rights Watch

On April 17, the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents (AFPC-USA) held an educational program featuring Emma Daly, who serves as the Head of the Collaboratory at Human Rights Watch (HRW), leading an initiative that focuses on enhancing external collaboration and maximizing impact. Daly is also a former foreign correspondent who has previously worked with major media outlets in the U.S. and U.K.

This program was designed to educate foreign journalists about Human Rights Watch's global work and provide AFPC-USA members with up-to-date information on the international organization's latest human rights reports for use in their daily news coverage.

Topics covered in this educational program included:

  • An overview of Human Rights Watch's structure and its engagement with world leaders

  • HRW's long-standing efforts to defend human rights worldwide

  • HRW's role in armed conflicts

  • How foreign media can bring attention to abusive policies and advocate for change to improve people's lives

  • How to stay current with the latest reports from Human Rights Watch

The program was led by Patrícia Vasconcellos, an AFPC-USA board member and White House Correspondent for the Brazilian television network, SBT.

SPEAKER BIO

Emma Daly

Emma Daly is Head of the Collaboratory at Human Rights Watch, an initiative to foster more effective external collaboration and impact. The Collaboratory’s goal is to enhance Human Rights Watch’s role as a collaborative and innovative partner in the human rights movement and explore different methodologies to bring about change. Her previous roles included overseeing the Media department and Communications team. 

Before joining Human Rights Watch, Emma Daly spent 18 years as a journalist, mostly as a foreign correspondent, working for the New York Times, the Independent, Newsweek, theObserver and Reuters, among others. She has contributed to several books including Secrets of the Press - the Penguin Book of Journalism and Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know. A native of the U.K., Daly graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BA in Philosophy and Literature.

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