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Iain Overton

(He/Him)
London
Covers:  War, conflict, military industrial complex, arms trade, investigative journalism
⚔ Investigating war @aoav 📗 The Price of Paradise (suicide bombers) 📘 Gun Baby Gun (guns) ☞ PhD war-reporting ☞ @bylinetimes ☞ Associate Professor @soas

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Iain Overton is an investigative journalist and the Executive Director of Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), a UK-based charity that documents and analyses armed violence worldwide. A former BBC and ITN journalist, he has reported from more than two dozen conflict-affected countries, focusing on civilian harm, military accountability, arms flows, and the political economy of violence.

Overton is a co-commissioner of a Lancet inquiry into global gun violence and health and regularly presents resea…

What was your first job as a journalist?

Reuters intern. My first week covered Princess Diana's death.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

Spreading fake news, driven by bad actors

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