Juliana Ruhfus became the director of Dart Centre Europe (DCE) in 2022, a relationship that started back in 2010 with her attendance as one of Dart’s first UK retreats. Two years later she received the Ochberg Fellowship, followed by a scholarship for Harvard’s Global Trauma Programme in 2013, and more than ten years as a trustee on the European Board of Directors.

Before working for Dart, Juliana spent twenty years working as an award-winning reporter, film-maker and executive producer in documentary and current affairs production. She was part of the first generation of reporters at Channel 4’s Unreported World, went on to become part of the launch team for Al Jazeera English where she spent 16 years as the face on the People & Power strand, and then joined BBC World Service Eye as an executive producer tasked with setting up investigations in India. Her work has always had a strong international focus including coverage of war, conflict and human rights abuses before turning to investigations.

Outside DCE Juliana continues to work as a mentor on journalism projects for organisations including JournalismFund.eu and Open Democracy. She also serves on the board of trustees for the Environmental Justice Foundation, and on the advisory board for eyeWitness to Atrocities, a project of the International Bar Association. You can find out more about her work in journalism, broadcast TV, as well as the production of innovative, interactive, investigative projects here.

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