With over 30 years journalistic experience, managing a worldwide team in excess of 3,000 journalists and reporting from over 200 international bureaux;Michael Lawrence is a force to be reckoned with.

After all, this is the man who led Reuters’ acclaimed coverage of Iraq from the war in 2003 to the chaos that ensued in the following decade. So naturally we’re both delighted and very excited to welcome Michael as ditto’s latest Campfire speaker in April. Global news editor at Thomson Reuters until this September, Michael’s career has led him from Sydney to London, during which time there can be few corners of the planet left untouched by his passion for reporting the news.   

Having started his career in Australian media, Michael joined Reuters in 1994. Given his major role in leading Reuters’ multimedia drive, Michael’s experience in working across all the major media platforms is both impressive and enviable. Watch Michael's pre-Campfire interview here.  

As if that wasn’t enough, ditto is also excited to present the work of multi-award winning photojournalist Goran Tomasevic. Last year Tomasevic won the coveted Reuters Photographer of the Year prize, making it the third time he has received this prestigious accolade. We’d list the other awards bestowed upon him, but there simply isn’t room. And besides, they say a picture tells a thousand words.  

Goran is currently based in Nairobi where he works as Reuters’ East African Chief Photographer. Photographs from throughout his career will be presented on the ditto doors at The Lighthouse.