June 2017, in conjunction with Global Strategy Forum at the National Liberal Club in London

A conversation between Max Hill QC, the UK Government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation and the BBC’s Peter Taylor who is best known for his television reporting on”The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland and his investigation of Al Qaida and Islamicist extremism in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

The event examined how the media covers terrorist attacks and the individuals who carry out these attacks.and what responsibilities and challenges the media face when doing so. The event made The Times leader July 3 2017 “Reporting Terror: Evil thrives in Darkness”. Max Hill KC praised the “investigative zeal” of journalists in reporting the aftermath of attacks but felt more care needed to be taken to deprive terrorists of “the oxygen of publicity in death”. The Times warned that “…Editors taking it upon themselves to decide what the public may know abut terrorists’ motives, methods and impact is condescending and almost certainly counter-productive.”