Janine Di Giovanni is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished foreign correspondents of her generation. She is the Executive Director and CEO of the Reckoning Project, a transactional war crimes documentation initiative. 

Over a career spanning more than three decades, di Giovanni has reported from nearly every major conflict zone of our time: the siege of Sarajevo and conflicts throughout Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, South Sudan, Yemen, and Ukraine. 

Previously, she was the Senior Foreign Correspondent for the Times of London and from 2013-2018, served as Middle East Editor at Newsweek. 

She is the author of eight novels and her work has garnered widespread critical acclaim. The Daily Telegraph called her the “finest foreign correspondent of our generation”. 

Through the Reckoning Project, she helped pioneer a model for documenting war crimes that is rooted in both trauma-informed interviewing and international legal standards. Her work directly supports prosecutions by Ukrainian courts and international mechanisms, including the International Criminal Court. She has advised the United Nations, Nato, and the European Union on issues related to conflict and transitional justice, and has played a vital role in elevating the importance of survivor testimony.