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In 2006, Leigh became the Anthony Sampson Professor of Reporting in the Journalism department at [[City University London]].<ref>{{cite news |title= David Leigh to become Britain’s first professor of reporting |url=http://www.city.ac.uk/citynews/archive/2006/09_september/27092006_1.html |publisher= Citynews |date= 27 September 2006 |accessdate=20 November 2006}}</ref> In 2007, he was awarded the Paul Foot prize, with his colleague Rob Evans, for the BAE [[bribery]] exposures. The prize is awarded annually by ''[[Private Eye]]'' and ''The Guardian'' in memory of the campaigning journalist [[Paul Foot]]. Leigh and Evans were also presented with the [[Granada TV]] ''[[What the Papers Say]]'' Judges' Award for "an outstanding piece of investigative journalism that uncovered a story of great significance". In 2010, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists awarded him and five other journalists the Daniel Pearl Award for their investigation of Trafigura.<ref>[http://www.publicintegrity.org/news/entry/2045/ "ICIJ Names Winners of 2010 Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting"], ICIJ, 24 April 2010</ref> |
In 2006, Leigh became the Anthony Sampson Professor of Reporting in the Journalism department at [[City University London]].<ref>{{cite news |title= David Leigh to become Britain’s first professor of reporting |url=http://www.city.ac.uk/citynews/archive/2006/09_september/27092006_1.html |publisher= Citynews |date= 27 September 2006 |accessdate=20 November 2006}}</ref> In 2007, he was awarded the Paul Foot prize, with his colleague Rob Evans, for the BAE [[bribery]] exposures. The prize is awarded annually by ''[[Private Eye]]'' and ''The Guardian'' in memory of the campaigning journalist [[Paul Foot]]. Leigh and Evans were also presented with the [[Granada TV]] ''[[What the Papers Say]]'' Judges' Award for "an outstanding piece of investigative journalism that uncovered a story of great significance". In 2010, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists awarded him and five other journalists the Daniel Pearl Award for their investigation of Trafigura.<ref>[http://www.publicintegrity.org/news/entry/2045/ "ICIJ Names Winners of 2010 Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting"], ICIJ, 24 April 2010</ref> |
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The same year he headed the ''Guardian'' team, which investigated the [[Wikileaks]] releases, and which worked closely with [[Julian Assange]]. This relationship soured however, when |
The same year he headed the ''Guardian'' team, which investigated the [[Wikileaks]] releases, and which worked closely with [[Julian Assange]]. This relationship soured however, when the ''Guardian'' published details of the rape allegations against Julian Assange. This caused David Leigh to [[twitter|tweet]]: "The #guardian published too many leaks for #Assange 's liking, it seems. So now he's signed up 'exclusively' with #Murdoch's Times. Gosh."<ref>Nitasha Tiku [http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/12/julian_assange_picks_a_media.html "Julian Assange Picks a Media Fight With the Guardian"], ''New York Magazine'', 21 Decemberb 2010</ref> |
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==Selected bibliography== |
==Selected bibliography== |
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Revision as of 15:27, 4 July 2011
David Leigh is a British journalist and author, currently Leigh is assistant editor of The Guardian.
Leigh was educated at Nottingham High School and King's College, Cambridge, receiving a research degree from Cambridge in 1968. He was a journalist for the Scotsman, Times, and Guardian, and a Laurence Stern fellow at the Washington Post in 1980. From 1980 he was chief investigative reporter at The Observer.[1]
He has been a prominent investigative journalist since the 1970s, and with his 1988 book The Wilson Plot he did much to increase public interest in alleged attempts by the British security services and others to destabilise Harold Wilson's government in the 1970s. His 1995 TV documentary for World in Action, "Jonathan of Arabia", led after a libel trial to the jailing for perjury of former Conservative defence minister Jonathan Aitken. All involved in the UK/Saudi Arabian Al Yamamah arms contracts deny wrongdoing, however BAE Systems' arms sales are now under criminal inquiry by the US Department of Justice and other international prosecutors.
In 2006, Leigh became the Anthony Sampson Professor of Reporting in the Journalism department at City University London.[2] In 2007, he was awarded the Paul Foot prize, with his colleague Rob Evans, for the BAE bribery exposures. The prize is awarded annually by Private Eye and The Guardian in memory of the campaigning journalist Paul Foot. Leigh and Evans were also presented with the Granada TV What the Papers Say Judges' Award for "an outstanding piece of investigative journalism that uncovered a story of great significance". In 2010, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists awarded him and five other journalists the Daniel Pearl Award for their investigation of Trafigura.[3]
The same year he headed the Guardian team, which investigated the Wikileaks releases, and which worked closely with Julian Assange. This relationship soured however, when the Guardian published details of the rape allegations against Julian Assange. This caused David Leigh to tweet: "The #guardian published too many leaks for #Assange 's liking, it seems. So now he's signed up 'exclusively' with #Murdoch's Times. Gosh."[4]
Selected bibliography
- High Time: The Life and Times of Howard Marks (Heineman) ; 1984)
- The Wilson Plot (Pantheon Books ; 1988)
- The Liar: Fall of Jonathan Aitken (with Luke Harding and David Pallister ) (Penguin Books ; 1997)
- Sleaze: The Corruption of Parliament (with Ed Vulliamy) (Fourth Estate ; 1997)
- Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy (with Luke Harding) (Guardian Books) 2011)
References
- ^ Angus Stewart (1983). Contemporary Britain. Routledge. p. viii. ISBN 071009406X.
David Leigh has been chief investigative reporter, the Observer, since 1980
- ^ "David Leigh to become Britain's first professor of reporting". Citynews. 27 September 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2006.
- ^ "ICIJ Names Winners of 2010 Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting", ICIJ, 24 April 2010
- ^ Nitasha Tiku "Julian Assange Picks a Media Fight With the Guardian", New York Magazine, 21 Decemberb 2010
External links
- Guardian - David Leigh profile page
- Leigh: "European Audience Troubled By The Toll Afghan War is Taking on Innocent People" - video interview by Democracy Now!
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