Kristinn Hrafnsson

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Kristinn Hrafnsson 2011 in Brisbane

Kristinn Hrafnsson (born June 25, 1962 ) is an Icelandic investigative journalist and WikiLeaks editor-in-chief since 2018 . From 2010 to the beginning of 2017 he was the spokesman for WikiLeaks. He was considered the “second man” behind Julian Assange and, together with Daniel Domscheit-Berg , who has not worked for Wikileaks since 2010, and Herbert Snorrason, he is one of the few people on the platform who have not remained anonymous.

Life

Kristinn worked for the Icelandic Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV, German State Broadcasting ) before he turned to the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI) after the collapse of the Kaupthing Bank in 2008 , which led to the adoption of the "most progressive media law in the world with comprehensive source protection". He was involved in the preparatory work for the release of the video Collateral Murder and then traveled to Baghdad with Ingi Ragnar Ingason to interview survivors of the 2007 air strikes. RÚV co-financed this trip, but later dismissed him, apparently after an argument with his superior. Since 2010 he has been a partner in Sunshine Press Productions , a company founded by WikiLeaks in Iceland. At the beginning of 2017 it was announced that Hrafnsson had resigned from his position as spokesman for Wikileaks for personal reasons. Kristinn has been editor-in-chief of Wikileaks since 2018.

Awards

Kristinn Hrafnsson was named Journalist of the Year 2010 by the Icelandic Journalists' Association for his work on Collateral Murder . He commented that it was the third award he had received for his work, but that he had been fired just as many times.

Handed private mail from Google to the FBI

In December 2014 it became known that Google had handed over 43,000 emails from Hrafnsson to the American FBI . Since Wikileaks does not appear to communicate internally via Google, it is probably Hrafnsson's private communication.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview in: taz.de, December 10, 2010. Accessed December 12, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Stern.de on December 8, 2010: "We won't be silenced". Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt on December 9, 2010: Mastercard paralyzed: "Operation Payback". Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Bild.de on December 9, 2010: Is this Icelander controlling the cyber war? Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
  5. ↑ gulfnews.com on October 1, 2010: Exposing an outrageous act. Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
  6. ↑ 20 minutes online on December 9, 2010: The new face of WikiLeaks. Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Golem.de of November 13, 2010: Wikileaks founds a company in Iceland. Retrieved December 21, 2010 .
  8. ↑ WikiLeaks spokesman quietly steps out of the spotlight. Retrieved March 1, 2017 .
  9. ^ Kai Strittmatter: Kristinn Hrafnsson. In: www.sueddeutsche.de. April 14, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 .
  10. ↑ WikiLeaks spokesman wins Journalist of the Year in Iceland. In: Times of Malta. Allied Newspapers Limited, March 4, 2011, accessed February 25, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Wikileaks: That was a Google attack on freedom of the press. Retrieved January 29, 2014 .
Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .
personal data
SURNAME Kristinn Hrafnsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1962