Sally Hayden is an Irish journalist and writer. A foreign correspondent, she has reported from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda. Her book My Fourth Time, We Drowned, an investigation into the migrant crisis, was published in 2022 and awarded The Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2022,[1] the 2022 Michel Déon Prize,[2] and is the Overall Book of the Year at the 2022 Irish Book Awards.[3][4]

Early life

Hayden obtained a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from University College Dublin in 2012.[5] Hayden also holds a Masters degree in International Relations from Trinity College Dublin.

Career

Hayden has written for The BBC,[6] TIME,[7] The Guardian,[8] Newsweek, The Washington Post,[9] Al Jazeera, CNN International, NBC News, Channel 4 News, The New York Times,[10] Thomson Reuters Foundation News, Magnum Photos, The Irish Times,[11] The Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph,[12] RTÉ.[5] In 2014, she was staff writer with VICE News.[5]

In 2020, she was awarded the UCD Alumni Award in Law.[13]

My Fourth Time, We Drowned

Hayden's first book depicts the struggle for African migrants and refugees to get to Europe.[14][15][16][17] In May 2023, author Max Porter (writer) named it as a "Book to Change the World".[18] It was named the Irish Book Awards non-fiction, and overall, book of the year in 2022, and was shortlisted for the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize.[19][4][20]

For International Migrants Day 2022, Kim Yi-Dionne and Laura Seay of The Washington Post named the book among the top three new books to read on the topic.[21]

The italian version E la quarta volta siamo annegati will be released in September 2023.[22]

Recognition

Hayden was named "Journalist of the Year" in 2023 by NewsBrands Ireland, and "Foreign Coverage Journalist of the Year" in 2019 and 2023.[23][24]

References

  1. ↑ "Winners of the 2022 Orwell Prizes Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews.
  2. ↑ "Sally Hayden wins 2022 Michel Déon Prize". Royal Irish Academy. 15 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "An Post Irish Book Awards 2022: This year's winners revealed". The Irish Times. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  4. 1 2 Doyle, Martin (7 December 2022). "Sally Hayden wins An Post Irish Book of the Year award for My Fourth Time, We Drowned". The Irish Times.
  5. 1 2 3 "War Journalist Sally Hayden receives 2020 Law Alumni Award". Sutherland School of Law. Retrieved 22 April 2022 – via UCD.ie.
  6. ↑ Sally Hayden (28 September 2017). From Our Own Correspondent (radio). BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Sally Hayden". TIME.com.
  8. ↑ "Sally Hayden". TheGuardian.com.
  9. ↑ "Sally Hayden". WashingtonPost.com.
  10. ↑ Hayden, Sally (3 July 2019). "Opinion:They Hoped to Reach Europe Before They Were Massacred". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ↑ "Sally Hayden". IrishTimes.com.
  12. ↑ "Sally Hayden". Telegraph.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Sally Hayden". UCD Alumni Awards. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  14. ↑ Kissane, Christopher. "My Fourth Time, We Drowned: A book of evidence". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  15. ↑ Walshe, John. "Book review: My Fourth Time, We Drowned – Sally Hayden reveals the shocking truth of a human rights disaster on Europe's doorstep". Business Post.
  16. ↑ Hayden, Sally (21 April 2022). "Think you know what's happening on Europe's borders? The reality is worse". OpenDemocracy. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  17. ↑ Chandler, Mark (13 August 2020). "Fourth Estate wins five-publisher auction for refugee investigation". The Bookseller.
  18. ↑ "Books to change the world: Dua Lipa, Sadiq Khan, Sebastian Barry and more share their picks". The Guardian. 27 May 2023.
  19. ↑ "An Post Irish Book Awards winners announced". 22 November 2022 – via RTÉ.ie.
  20. ↑ "Baillie Gifford Prize 2022 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  21. ↑ Yi-Dionne, Kim; Seay, Laura (18 December 2022). "It's International Migrants Day. These are three must-read books". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  22. ↑ Zeno, Ade. "I messaggi dall'inferno libico e la disgustosa ipocrisia dell'Ue" [The messages from Libyan hell and the disgusting hypocrisy of the EU]. EditorialeDomani.it (in Italian).
  23. ↑ "Sally Hayden named Journalist of the Year 2023". BusinessPlus.ie. 15 November 2023.
  24. ↑ Gleeson, Colin (14 November 2019). "The Irish Times wins News Website / News App of the Year". The Irish Times.
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