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Guy Porter

Guy has a background in investigations and data analysis for campaign organisations Global Witness, Avaaz and Purpose, and training and development for the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ), Public Media Alliance and Tactical Tech.

Working across projects focused on climate, technology and human rights, he uses open source data and tools to support advocacy campaigns and investigations that focus on people, power and the planet.

His work has been published in the UK and internationally by The Guardian, The Times, Coda Story, Crikey, RTE and Deutsche Welle.

You can contact him on signal via the username gpp.03 or using encrypted email: guypporter AT proton DOT me

Experience Projects

Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ)

Trainer

AUGUST 2019 - PRESENT

Design and deliver in-person and online workshops introducing the latest investigative tools and methods to participants from across the journalism, civil society, corporate and education sectors.

Global Witness

Senior Investigator

AUGUST 2023 - MARCH 2025

Led the delivery of high-quality investigations into how digital platforms are used to undermine democracy and climate action, and how tech companies enable and incentivise this.

Purpose

Data Insights Manager

AUGUST 2019 - MARCH 2023

Managed research and analysis projects that delivered data-driven insights for Purpose’s advocacy and public mobilisation campaigns, communicating the value of actionable insights in a way that was accessible and relevant to a range of stakeholders.

Goldsmiths, University of London

Assistant Tutor

OCTOBER 2021 - JANUARY 2022

Provided support and coaching to students in coding, multimedia, copywriting, data visualisation and story development for MA/MSc Digital Journalism programme.

Avaaz

Senior Researcher

APRIL 2019 - JUNE 2019

UK Team Lead responsible for managing a research team investigating EU election interference on social media platforms.

Open Climate Reporting Iniative (OCRI)

Organisation: Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ)

The Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) is an initiative of the CIJ. It focuses on raising the standard of environmental investigations to enable thoroughly researched public interest reporting and evidence-based advocacy through training and skill-sharing with target audiences across six different regions. I led on the development of the curriculum for using Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) for environmental and climate reporting and delivered a number of workshops as part of the international programme.

Digital Investigative Toolkit

Organisation: Public Media Alliance

The goal of this Public Media Alliance project was to ensure that broadcast journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa feel empowered by new technology and use it to continue to deliver powerful reporting that drives change. Working in collaboration with local journalists, I designed a digital investigations toolkit to complement the wider programme of events.