WORK

I exposed how former intelligence officers, soldiers and police officers turned private spies for oligarchs and Gulf states, hacking emails, planting trackers on cars, paying witnesses to switch sides and stealing documents from bins for The Sunday Times.

I revealed how Lord Alan Sugar tried – and failed – to a dodge a £186m tax bill for The Sunday Times.

I went long on Carter-Ruck, the UK’s “most feared” libel firm, and found vulnerable fraud victims silenced by London libel lawyers for The Economist’s 1843.

I uncovered a string of HMRC failings for The Observer, including plummeting prosecutions of the wealthy, zero charges for companies dodging tax under landmark laws, and zero penalties for offshore enablers of tax evasion.

I revealed how a City law firm sought £1.1m from climate protestors despite a slew of “green” pledges for The Guardian.

I investigated the Serious Fraud Office, the UK’s only complex bribery and corruption agency, finding an imbalance of arms and a revolving door hampering the country’s fight against economic crime for The Times.

I investigated private equity’s role in the demise of the high street, tracking down hundreds of millions in profits, £50m in unpaid tax owed to HMRC, and some 29,000 jobs lost for Channel 4 Dispatches.

I covered the fight to reign in Big Tech in a profile of one of the UK’s leading tech justice activists, Cori Crider, for the Observer Magazine.

I investigated algorithmic transparency, content moderation and child safeguarding concerns on TikTok for BBC Panorama.

I reported on the torture, escape and survival of a group of LGBTQ Syrian and Iraqi refugees for the Observer Magazine.

I investigated Philip Morris International’s turn against tobacco, and obtained confidential documents detailing the company’s lobbying strategy to loosen UK nicotine regulations for Channel 4 Dispatches.

I revealed how vulnerable migrants were forced onto the streets in contravention of government guidance during the Coronavirus pandemic for the Huffington Post.

I probed the outbreak and spread of the Covid-19 pandemic for a 90-minute documentary for ITV Exposure directed by Robin Barnwell.

I explored the decades-long hunt for an HIV cure, and why it remains elusive for The Guardian.

I wrote about the bravery of roaming support teams helping girls who escape Boko Haram for Quartz.

I exposed local authorities’ use of immigration officers to gather data and intimidate vulnerable migrant mothers for The Guardian.

I worked on two films covering the pressures on domestic abuse refuges in the midst of Covid-19 for Channel 4 News.

I reported on the widespread abuse and exploitation of male models for Newsweek and was interviewed about the story by the New York Times, the Today Programme, BBC News and 5live.

I interviewed Claudia Andujar on a life spent photographing the assault on indigenous communities in the Amazon for the BBC.

I wrote about how Scotland reduced its violent crime rate by treating violence as a public health issue for Apolitical.

I wrote an essay on gossip as a historical tool for TANK.