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Kristinn Hrafnsson

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This is anIcelandic name.The last name ispatronymic,not afamily name;this person is referred to by the given nameKristinn.

Kristinn Hrafnsson
Kristinn Hrafnsson speaks inBrisbane, Australia,in June 2011
Born(1962-06-25)25 June 1962(age 62)[1]
Occupationinvestigative journalist
Known forSpokesperson and editor-in-chief ofWikiLeaks

Kristinn Hrafnsson(born 25 June 1962) is anIcelandicinvestigative journalist who has been theeditor-in-chiefofWikiLeakssince 2018.[2][3][4]He was thespokespersonfor WikiLeaks between 2010 and 2017.[5]

Career

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Kristinn has worked at various newspapers in Iceland and hosted the television programmeKompáson the Icelandic channelStöð 2,where he and his team exposed criminal activity and corruption in high places.[6][7]In February 2009, while investigating the connection between Iceland'sKaupthing BankandRobert TchenguizandVincent Tchenguiz,the programme was taken off air and Kristinn and his crew were sacked.[8]

Shortly thereafter, Kristinn was hired byRÚV(The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service). In August 2009, he was working on a story about Kaupthing's loan book which had just been published on WikiLeaks, when the bank got a gag order issued by the Reykjavik sheriff's office, banning RÚV from reporting on the loan book.[9]The prohibition order was withdrawn later.[10]

In April 2010, he flew to Baghdad to interview children of the military attack in theCollateral Murdervideo published by WikiLeaks.[11]He also helped produce the video, winning him the Icelandic journalist of the year award for 2010.[12]Kristinn's contract with RÚV ended in July 2010.[13]

Beginning in 2010, he collaborated with WikiLeaks, serving as the organisation's spokesman after founderJulian Assangebegan to have legal problems. He has called the December 2010 attacks on WikiLeaks byMasterCard,Visa,and others a "privatisationofcensorship".[14]In 2012, in his capacity as WikiLeaks spokesman, he defended the organisation on the website of Swedish Television against what he described as asmear campaignby the Swedish tabloidExpressen.[15]

Kristinn has been named Icelandic journalist of the year three times, in 2004, 2007 and 2010 by Iceland's National Union of Journalists.[16]

In early 2017, Kristinn stated that he was no longer spokesperson for WikiLeaks.[17][18]It was announced on 26 September 2018 that Kristinn Hrafnsson had been appointed editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks byJulian Assangefollowing an extended period in which Assange lost access to the internet earlier in the year. WikiLeaks said Assange would remain as publisher.[19]

References

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  1. ^Louise Osborne (10 December 2010)."Wikileaks-Sprecher Kristinn Hrafnsson: 'Wir hatten einen Notfallplan'"[Wikileaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson: 'We had a contingency plan'].Die Tageszeitung(in German). Berlin.Archivedfrom the original on 10 February 2014.Retrieved6 September2013.
  2. ^"Wikieaks takes swipe at the famously secret Vatican".The Washington Post.18 January 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 31 January 2019.Retrieved31 January2019.
  3. ^"WikiLeaks names one-time spokesman as editor-in-chief".AP NEWS.20 April 2021.Retrieved13 March2022.
  4. ^Welle ( dw ), Deutsche."WikiLeaks names new editor-in-chief as Julian Assange sits in Ecuadorian Embassy | DW | 26.09.2018".DW.COM.Retrieved13 March2022.
  5. ^Andy Greenberg (7 December 2010)."Meet The New Public Face of WikiLeaks: Kristinn Hrafnsson".Forbes.Archivedfrom the original on 14 April 2020.Retrieved17 January2011.
  6. ^Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-."Tímarit.is".timarit.is(in Icelandic).Retrieved3 July2024.
  7. ^"Taking on the World"(PDF).
  8. ^Victor-M Amela; Ima Sanchiz; Lluis Amiguet (17 June 2011)."Vivimos asediados por la Administración de EE.UU"[We live under siege by U.S. Government].La Vanguardia(in Spanish). Barcelona.Archivedfrom the original on 13 March 2016.Retrieved6 September2013.
  9. ^Hafsteinn Gunnar Hauksson (1 August 2009)."Kaupþing fékk lögbann á umfjöllun RÚV"[Kaupþing receives an injunction on the RÚV coverage].Vísir(in Icelandic). Reykjavík.Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016.Retrieved6 September2013.
  10. ^Jón Hákon Halldórsson (4 August 2009)."Lögbanni aflétt af fréttaflutningi RÚV"[Injunction lifted on news reporting by RÚV].Vísir(in Icelandic). Reykjavík.Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016.Retrieved6 September2013.
  11. ^Greenberg, Andy."Meet The New Public Face Of WikiLeaks: Kristinn Hrafnsson".Forbes.Archivedfrom the original on 13 March 2022.Retrieved13 March2022.
  12. ^"WikiLeaks spokesman wins Journalist of the Year in Iceland".Times of Malta.4 March 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 3 March 2016.Retrieved13 March2022.
  13. ^"Kristinn Hrafnsson rekinn af Ríkisútvarpinu"[Kristinn Hrafnsson fired by the National Broadcasting Service].Pressan(in Icelandic). Reykjavík. 27 July 2010.Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016.Retrieved6 September2013.
  14. ^"WikiLeaks Rep in Iceland Requests Government Support".Iceland Review. 13 December 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 29 March 2012.Retrieved17 January2011.
  15. ^"Wikileaks: Vi tänker inte smutskasta Sverige"[WikiLeaks: We do not intend to denigrate Sweden].Debatt(in Swedish). 5 March 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 14 June 2012.Retrieved6 September2013.
  16. ^"WikiLeaks spokesman wins Journalist of the Year in Iceland".The Times.Valletta, Malta. AFP. 4 March 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 3 March 2016.Retrieved6 September2013.
  17. ^Lang, Jeffrey."Wikileaks loses spokesman leaving Julian Assange alone facing eviction".1 Mar 2017.Archived fromthe originalon 9 August 2017.Retrieved27 September2018.
  18. ^"Former Wikileaks Spokesperson On Manning Sentence Commute:" Victory For Justice "".18 January 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 9 February 2021.Retrieved14 May2017.
  19. ^Bridge, Mark (27 September 2018)."Loss of internet forces Assange to step down from Wikileaks editor role".The Times.Archivedfrom the original on 15 February 2022.Retrieved11 April2019.(subscription required)
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