The Centre for Investigative Journalism
The Centre for Investigative Journalism
Menu

Daniel De Simone

Daniel De Simone is investigations correspondent for BBC News, where he mainly researches stories involving injustice, crime, and terrorism. Daniel was educated at Goldsmiths College.

Summer Conference Event
 — Talk

How to Use LinkedIn to Find Spies: the Bulgarian cell

In an explosive investigation published in March, journalists from BBC News used open source investigative research as well as their sources to track down and name two Bulgarian women who spied for Russia.
Summer Conference Event
 — Talk

Investigating MI5

Earlier this year the journalist Daniel De Simone published a long-form investigation into the activities of a rogue, abusive MI5 agent, the end result of a months-long tussle between the BBC and the British government which ended with his employer being taken to court.
Investigative Journalist at BBC News
@DdesimoneDaniel