“Working within newspapers, so many of them are so used to the status quo, they're so invested in lobby journalism, and assuming that all politics happens in Westminster... but doing social affairs, I spend a lot of time out of London speaking to people who have been hit by cuts, or disabled, or who have been made unemployed.”

Irish-British journalist, broadcaster, and author

Dawn Hayley Foster was an Irish-British journalist, broadcaster, and author. She wrote mainly about social affairs, politics, economics, and women’s rights, and became known for her reporting and commentary on public life. Foster worked as a staff writer for Inside Housing, The Guardian, and Jacobin magazine. She also contributed to The Independent, The New York Times, Tribune, and Dissent, and appeared regularly on television as a political commentator. She was especially known for her coverage of the Grenfell Tower fire.