Four Rules on How to Survive and Thrive as an Investigative Journalist
“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want published; everything else is public relations.” In the same spirit, Martin Tomkinson distils fifty years’ experience as an investigative reporter into four key lessons, and reveals what you really need to succeed in a sometimes perilous profession.
Chaired by CIJ Director James Harkin.
Martin Tomkinson
Martin Tomkinson is a veteran investigative financial journalist and corporate researcher. He was a financial researcher for The Mail on Sunday‘s ‘Rich List’ from 2000-2004 and has worked on The Sunday Times‘ ‘Rich List’ since 2005. Martin has written for all the UK’s major newspapers.
James Harkin
James Harkin is the director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism. He is a journalist who covers social change and political conflict and whose work appears in Vanity Fair, Harper’s, GQ, The Smithsonian, Prospect and The Guardian.
- 27 June 2025 16.10–17.10
Location: LG02
This event will be recorded