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Tom Beal

Tom Beal is a journalist in the BBC News Investigations team in London where he has a particular interest in financial, political and legal stories. Tom has a background in video journalism and has directed longform documentaries for the BBC.

Past courses

Summer Conference Event
 — Case study Talk
26 June 2025

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.
Journalist at BBC Investigations Unit