Aidan White

Aidan White is the General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists. He was born in Derry, Ireland, and educated in the United Kingdom where he learned his trade as a journalist. He is 57. He joined the International Federation of Journalists from The Guardian in 1987. He has worked as a reporter, feature writer, sub-editor, and editorial manager for leading regional and national newspapers in Britain. Throughout this time he has been an active trades unionist. Today he campaigns for the rights of journalists worldwide. He has written extensively on the social and professional conditions of journalism. He is an international consultant on press rights and journalistic ethics and has produced reports for UNESCO, the ILO, the UN Human Rights Commission, the Council of Europe, and the European Union. He has extensive knowledge of the human rights field. Under his leadership the IFJ has grown into the largest organisation of journalists in the world with a range of projects and solidarity programmes that cover the globe.