Harlo Holmes Freedom of the Press Foundation

February 25, 2026

Harlo is the chief security programs officer at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF). She leads a team that boosts newsmakers’ confidence and effectiveness in securing their communications within their newsrooms, with their sources, and with the public at large. She is a media scholar, software programmer, and activist. Harlo was a regular contributor to the open source mobile security collective Guardian Project, where she spearheaded the media metadata verification initiative currently empowering ProofMode, Save by OpenArchive, eyeWitness to Atrocities, and others.