Bio

Anna Therese Day is an award-winning reporter and filmmaker, focused on social movements, human rights, and the intersection of technology and security. In 2021, Day was honored with the James Foley World Press Freedom Award for her conflict journalism and advocacy.

In recent years, Day’s domestic investigations into America’s radical right-wing movements received the 2021 Religion News Association Award for Excellence and the 2020 New York TV & Film Award. Previously Middle East-based, her international coverage focuses on security, youth and women’s movements, and the impacts of US foreign policy. Her reports have appeared on CNN, Al Jazeera English, VICE News, among others. From 2015-2017, Day served as a regular contributor to The New York Times Women in the World, and her print reporting has been translated into Arabic, Hebrew, and Spanish.

For her work, Day was recognized as one of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in Media in 2017. She is a 2018 Atlantic Council Millennium Fellow, a 2016 Truman National Security Partner, 2013 Fulbright Fellow, a 2012 United Nations Press Fellow, and was named one of Google Zeitgeist’s Great Young Minds of Our Time in 2011. The Shorty Awards for Social Media recognized her as one of the Top 10 journalists of the Year in 2013 and 2014. In 2015, she was named a national finalist for Running Start's Emerging Young Leader Awards and selected as one of Mic.com's #Mic50 Millennial Leaders. Day was Skype's global brand ambassador for "The Things We Can Do" English-language campaign in 2015.

Day is the co-founder of Fovrth Studios, an independent multimedia documentary house. Day's series, AUTHENTICALLY US, was selected by Cannes, Tribeca, and SxSW film festivals in 2018. Day’s latest immersive film, Children Do Not Play War, premiered at Tribeca Film Fest in 2019.

Day regularly speaks on international affairs, women’s issues, human rights, and press freedom for broadcast news channels, at government and international forums, and in university and educational settings. For interviews or speaking engagements, contact Day here. In 2013, she was selected for The Progressive Women's Voices Training by the Women's Media Center and is currently recognized as a foreign policy expert in their SheSource interview database. In 2012, Day completed her first speaking tour, “Social Media and the Revolution: the Arab Spring and Beyond.” She was also popularly selected for widely publicized debates with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, and President Barack Obama. Day is also known for her high-profile interviews with renowned politicians, activists, and celebrities, including Nobel Laureate Tawakkol Karman, feminist icon Eve Ensler, award-winning activist journalists Jeremy Scahill and Mona Eltahawy, and Oscar award-winning actor Forest Whitaker.

Day is a founding board member of The Frontline Freelance Register, a representative body for freelance conflict journalists organized by freelance conflict journalists, supported by the Frontline Club Charitable Trust in London. Day is a former board member of the ACOS Alliance for journalist safety. Since 2012, Day has been a proud member of the International Anti-Corruption Conference’s Journalists For Transparency network of investigative reporters. You can follow her on the ground via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Follow her on Twitter @annathereseday.