Gavin Rees

Gavin works for Dart Centre Europe, a project of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in New York City that is dedicated to promoting ethical and innovative approaches to the coverage of trauma and violence. The organization provides training and resources on the compassionate, professional, treatment of victims and survivors by journalists, narrative strategies for telling challenging stories, and how media organizations can safeguard the wellbeing of staff working on potentially traumatic assignments. Gavin works as a trauma awareness consultant for news organizations, NGOs, journalism schools, and documentary production houses across Europe.

Earlier in his career, Gavin produced news for U.S., British, and Japanese news channels, and documentary films for the BBC, and Channel 4. He was a lead producer on Hiroshima, a BBC documentary drama that won an International Emmy in 2006. Gavin is a board member of the European Society of Traumatic Stress and the U.K. Psychological Trauma Society.