Philippa Thomas is an international journalist and academic known for her high-profile career with the BBC. During her three-decades-long broadcasting career with BBC News, Thomas anchored live news shows on BBC World TV and live election coverage for World Service Radio. Thomas first attended the Oslo Freedom Forum in 2011 as a Harvard University Nieman Journalism fellow. She has returned many times to conduct panel debates and in-depth on-stage interviews, helping bring the stories and insights of human rights defenders to a wider audience.
