Meet the team

Tom Trewinnard
Chief Operating Officer, Co-Founder

Tom is dedicated to driving creative change in news, media, and communications. Passionate about journalism's mission in society, he helps institutions become more agile, proactive, and sustainable.

With expertise in crafting compelling information products around new technologies, Tom excels in high-impact collaborations and data-driven business and editorial strategies.

At Fathm, Tom collaborates with global clients to forge new partnerships, launch brands and initiatives, develop newsroom AI strategies, and measure journalism's impact.

In 2023, Tom co-founded Syli. Its flagship initiative, climateXchange, innovates climate reporting to engage and empower new audiences.

Previously, as Director of Programs at Meedan, Tom led the creation of Check Global, developing cutting-edge technologies and training for journalists, fact-checkers, and human rights researchers worldwide. He co-founded Pop-Up Newsroom, leading major initiatives to combat election misinformation globally, including the award-winning Verificado 2018.

Tom has also served as Programme Director for media sustainability and investigative reporting at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Centre for Media Studies. A Senior Fellow with the John Schofield Trust, he mentors early career journalists from diverse backgrounds in the UK and Ireland.

Beginning his career as a journalist and translator in Egypt, Tom's work has been published in The Economist and the Huffington Post. He is an experienced open-source investigator, contributing to numerous journalistic and human rights investigations, and training hundreds of journalists and communications professionals around the world in verification and information integrity.

Tom holds an MBA from the Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, and a BA (Hons.) in Middle Eastern and Modern European Languages from the University of Manchester.