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, and for evidence-informed psychological support of news professionals.
Previously, he was the longtime director of Dart Centre Europe. Gavin has led workshops and discussion groups on trauma awareness, resilience and interviewing skills for working journalists and journalism students in a range of countries around the world. Gavin produced business and political news for US, British and Japanese news channels, and has worked on drama and documentary films for the BBC, Channel 4 and independent film companies. He was a leading producer on the BBC film Hiroshima, which won an International Emmy in 2006. He is a visiting fellow in the Media School at Bournemouth University, a board member of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and was a board member of the UK Psychological Trauma Society for more than ten years.
UKPTS Bites is a series of short, online seminars on leading topics from the world of traumatic stress and beyond.
