European Anti-Slapp Conference 2024

Susan Coughtrie has been Director of the Foreign Policy Centre, an international affairs think tank, since January 2023. Susan joined FPC in July 2020 to lead the Unsafe for Scrutiny project, which explores the risks and threats facing journalists uncovering financial crime and corruption. The findings of this research led Susan to co-found the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition in January 2021, which she continues to co-chair. She was the lead author of the FPC report ‘London Calling’: The issue of legal intimidation and SLAPPs against media emanating from the United Kingdom, published together with ARTICLE 19 in 2022. Susan has undertaken a variety of consultancy work in the media sphere, having previously worked at the international free expression organisation ARTICLE 19 and as an advisor to the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF).