Kieran Guilbert

About Me

I spent seven years working for the Thomson Reuters Foundation in various roles including West Africa correspondent, News Editor, and Slavery and Trafficking Editor.

I have a track record of breaking exclusives and delivering investigations with impact. As an editor, I have experience managing journalists across general news and on specific beats.

My work has seen me invited to speak at major anti-slavery conferences worldwide, and won recognition and awards from the United Nations and Forbes.

Featured Stories

Thomson Reuters Foundation • 5th November 2020

Taking on the Traffickers

'Taking on the Traffickers' is an animated series that profiles three anti-slavery advocates in Brazil, Mexico and Vietnam, offering insight into the lives of those who dare to disrupt the business of trafficking.

Thomson Reuters Foundation • 22nd April 2021

As fashion sales fall, brands leave Asia garment workers in limbo

The livelihoods of millions of Asian garment workers are at risk after cancellations by top fashion brands, with unions, researchers and campaigners warning coronavirus could lead to a rollback of labour rights.

Thomson Reuters Foundation • 22nd April 2021

UK found sending home slavery victims despite re-trafficking fears

Britain has sent home or aided the return of dozens of modern slaves to trafficking hotspots including Albania, Nigeria and Vietnam in recent years, raising concerns this put people at risk of being re-trafficked.

Thomson Reuters Foundation • 31st May 2018

Labour abuses brew trouble for 'slave-free' Indian tea

Some Indian tea plantations stamped slavery-free are abusing and underpaying their workers, according to exclusive new data that experts say could erode consumer trust in ethically-sourced products.

Thomson Reuters Foundation • 22nd April 2021

Life after slavery

The project 'Life After Slavery' brings to life the challenges facing three survivors of modern slavery globally - in India, Mauritania, and the United States - through a combination of text, video, photos and graphics.

Thomson Reuters Foundation • 1st September 2018

Chasing shadows: can tech help to save the slaves it snared?

'Chasing Shadows' is a nine-part series examining the links between technology and trafficking, with feature stories about satellites in Thailand, cybersex in the Philippines, and blockchain in Moldova.

Thomson Reuters Foundation • 22nd May 2017

Driven back and desperate, Boko Haram heaps misery on Niger

Military offensives by Nigerian and Cameroonian troops have pushed Boko Haram further back into northeast Nigeria, prompting the militants to scatter and ramp up attacks across the border in Diffa.

Thomson Reuters Foundation • 10th May 2016

No country for young men

Slumped on a bench in a village in southeastern Senegal - which is lifeless but for the occasional bleating of goats and splutter of old motorcycles - Aliou Thiam has only one thing on his mind - migration.

Thomson Reuters Foundation • 1st May 2016

Liberia's Ebola orphans rebuild lives with new families

About 8,000 children in Liberia lost one or both parents to Ebola, leaving them vulnerable to abuse and exploitation as the country seeks to rebuild after the outbreak.

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