Katharine Viner

“Sadly, we can't eliminate bigotry. But that doesn't mean we have to tolerate it, much less give it a platform on which to thrive.”

“The Nauru files lifts the secrecy surrounding Australia's hidden detention regime for asylum seekers through vivid reporting and the words of the guards and officials on the island themselves.”

“The most important relationship the 'Guardian' has is with its readers.”

“My friendship with the great actor and director Alan Rickman did not have a particularly auspicious start.”

“For 500 years after Gutenberg, the dominant form of information was the printed page: knowledge was primarily delivered in a fixed format, one that encouraged readers to believe in stable and settled truths.”

“Nearly one year on from his election, Donald Trump disregards the constitution, offends allies, and attacks minorities, the powerless, and those who are holding him to account.”

“The web has changed the way we organise information in a very clear way: from the boundaried, solid format of books and newspapers to something liquid and free-flowing, with limitless possibilities.”

“Online abuse has been a problem since the earliest days of the web.”

“Helping refugees settle and integrate peacefully, often in the face of distrust and prejudice, is essential work.”

“Making sense of a political moment when you're in the midst of it is difficult: even if you avoid commercial and personal conflicts, it can still be hard to see it and understand it.”

“At a moment when people are losing faith in their ability to participate in politics and make themselves heard, the media can play a critical role in reversing that sense of alienation.”

“In the news feed on your phone, all stories look the same - whether they come from a credible source or not.”

“The resignation of the British home secretary, Amber Rudd, over the Windrush scandal marks an important moment for independent, investigative journalism, demonstrating how it can hold power to account in order unequivocally to change people's lives for the better.”

“Muslim women deplore misogyny just as western women do, and they know that Islamic societies also oppress them; why wouldn't they? But liberation, for them does not encompass destroying their identity, religion, or culture, and many of them want to retain the veil.”

“People long to help each other, to be together, to share experiences, to be part of a community, to influence the powers that control their lives.”

“Digital is not about putting up your story on the web. It's about a fundamental redrawing of journalists' relationship with our audience, how we think about our readers, our perception of our role in society, our status.”

“Journalists must work to earn the trust of those they aim to serve.”

“In the world of British poetry, Carol Ann Duffy is a superstar.”

“After working at the 'Guardian' for two decades, I feel I know instinctively why it exists. Most of our journalists and our readers do, too - it's something to do with holding power to account and upholding liberal values.”

“The global movement of displaced people, many of whom end up in detention without hope, is one of the most pressing issues of our times.”