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, a nonfiction account of irregular migration to Europe through Libya, [1] was published in 2022 and awarded the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, [2] the 2022 Michel Déon Prize, [3] and the Overall Book of the Year at the 2022 Irish Book Awards. [4] [5]
Hayden obtained a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from University College Dublin in 2012. Hayden also holds a master's degree in international relations from Trinity College Dublin. [6]
Hayden has written for the BBC, [7] TIME , [8] The Guardian , [9] Newsweek, The Washington Post , [10] Al Jazeera , CNN International , NBC News , Channel 4 News , The New York Times , [11] Thomson Reuters Foundation News , Magnum Photos , The Irish Times , [12] The Financial Times , The Daily Telegraph , [13] RTÉ. [14] In 2014, she was staff writer with VICE News . [14]
In 2020, Hayden was awarded the UCD Alumni Award in Law. [15] She was named "Journalist of the Year" in 2023 by NewsBrands Ireland, and "Foreign Coverage Journalist of the Year" in 2019 and 2023. [16] [17]
Hayden's debut book, My Fourth Time, We Drowned, was published in 2022, documenting irregular migration through Libya from the perspectives of migrants. [18] [19] [1] [20] The book subsequently became available in four other languages (see § Bibliography).
It was distinguished with the Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2022. [2]
In May 2023, author Max Porter named it as a "Book to Change the World". [21] 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. [22] [5] [23]
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. [24]
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