Summer Conference Events
Paul Foot Award 2025: Carer’s Allowance Scandal
It didn't start as an "investigation" but within months a story that began with a relatively straightforward report about tens of thousands of unpaid carers being unfairly forced to repay thousands of pounds in benefits and prosecuted for fraud had snowballed: the injustices exposed by the ongoing reports scandalised the public, led to a government-commissioned independent review, and won the journalists behind the story the prestigious Paul Foot Award for investigative journalism.
Blowing the Whistle on Boeing
Who Did Nord Stream?
In September 2022 a series of massive underwater explosions destroyed sections of the two Nord Stream pipelines built to transport natural gas from Russia to Europe via Germany. The investigation found itself in a highly politicised environment, with three schools of thought: The Russians did it. The CIA did it. The Ukrainians did it.
Six Years of #MeToo Reporting [CHR]
The New York Times's investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and assault by the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017 led to an avalanche of MeToo stories in the media. These are not easy stories to tell, especially in the UK where laws around both defamation and privacy are much tougher for journalists than in the US.