IBP Futures Group: Investigative Journalism

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You are invited by the IBP to attend the first in a series of free Futures Group journalism events. The first on Tuesday 3rd November is themed around investigative journalism and features an incredible line-up of three of the UK’s best respected investigative journalists. Two of our panelists have been shortlisted for this year’s Orwell Prize for journalism and the third was instrumental in winning The Guardian’s Pulitzer Prize last year:

James Ball, Buzzfeed
George Arbuthnott, The Sunday Times
Nick Mathiason, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

They have kindly agreed to share with IBP members the investigative techniques they used to land some of the biggest scoops of the past two years, and what lessons they learned along the way. Journalism students at City University, which is supporting the Futures Group events, will also be attending and keen to network in the pub afterwards.

To attend, please click the link to RSVP below. In order to be eligible for a place, you must join the IBP LinkedIn group. Tickets are free, but limited so will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

More on the panel:

James Ball

James, who has recently joined Buzzfeed from the The Guardian has broken some of the biggest scoops of the past two years. No stranger to lawyers and spreadsheets, after working at Wikileaks and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, James was the byline behind the revelations that emerged from Edward Snowden’s leaks about the US government’s covert surveillance of its citizens – and also the German Chancellor. Last year he was part of the team of hacks behind a forensic investigation which bust open the global scandal of HSBC aiding tax evasion.
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/08/hsbc-files-expose-swiss-bank-clients-dodge-taxes-hide-millions?CMP=share_btn_tw@jamesrbuuk
 
George Arbuthnott

George Arbuthnott’s work both on his own and as part of The Sunday Times’ Insight investigations team has been consistently powerful and compelling. He has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for his expose of the modern slavery in Britain, ranging from the exploitation of Vietnamese workers to Eastern European migrants working in a bed factory for £2 a day – the owner of which became the first UK boss to be charged with human trafficking. George was also behind The Sunday Times athletics doping scandal which leaked drug testing findings that continue to rock the world of sport months later.
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/article1361185.ece
@arbuthnott

Nick Mathiason

Nick Mathiason, from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, will be a name familiar to most journalists writing about the built environment. His incredible FOI investigations exposing how developers are shrugging their affordable housing obligations have put the housing crisis into the spotlight for the first time. Nick’s year-long investigation, ‘A Great British Housing Crisis’, appeared in Vice and The Guardian and sparked furious political debate, while his scrutiny of the affordable housing delivery of the Crown Estate and the Dutchy of Cornwall.
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/12/15/investigating-the-great-british-housing-crisis/
@nickmathiason

We hope you can make it. Please RSVP immediately to secure a ticket: Gerald@geraldbowey.co.uk