Janine di Giovanni

At-a-Glance

Recipient of the IWMF Courage in Journalism Award and the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Blake-Dodd Prize for non-fiction.
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of The Reckoning Project, an NGO documenting war crimes.
Senior Fellow at Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs.
Author of nine books, including "The Vanishing" and "The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria."
Member of the Board of Advisors for Atlas of Impunity.
Holds an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Biography

Janine di Giovanni is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of The Reckoning Project, an NGO dedicated to documenting war crimes. She also serves as a Senior Fellow at Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Her expertise spans human rights, transitional justice, and accountability, with a focus on regions such as the Middle East, Balkans, Ukraine/Russia, and Africa.