George Arbuthnott

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George Arbuthnott is a British investigative journalist at The Sunday Times.[1]

Arbuthnott read economics at Durham University (2005–2008) and completed a master's degree in investigative journalism at City, University of London (2008–2009).[2]

His work helped to shape the Modern Slavery Bill, expose a global doping scandal in athletics, and revealed several controversies (conflict of interests) involving the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.[3][4][5] For this, Arbuthnott has won young journalist of the year at the 2012 Press Awards, two British Journalism Awards in 2015,and being shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2015 for a piece on the modern slave trade.[6][7][8] In 2016, he was shortlisted for the European Press Prize with 'The Fifa Scandal', and in 2019, he was a finalist at the British Journalism Awards for an investigation carried out alongside Sunday Times journalists Jonathan Calvert and Gabrial Pogrund.[9][10][11] He is the co-author of one of the first social histories of the COVID-19 pandemic, “Failures of State.”

He is a judge of the Amnesty International UK Media Awards.[12]

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  2. ^ Rhiannon McGregor (10 March 2016). "XCity Award 2016 shortlist revealed: George Arbuthnott". X City Plus. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. ^ "George Arbuthnott". Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Behind the scenes of our investigative journalism". Times+. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Press Awards for 2015: full list of winners". The Guardian. 23 March 2016. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  6. ^ O'Carroll, Lisa (20 March 2012). "Press Awards 2012 as they happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. ^ Fenwick, Jack (3 December 2015). "Double British Journalism Award winner George Arbuthnott: 'It's about ringing the phones as hard as you can'". Press Gazette. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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  9. ^ "George Arbuthnott". European Press Prize. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  10. ^ "British Journalism Awards 2019 finalists revealed Hannah Ohm Thomas". Newsworks. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  11. ^ "11 award nominations for The Sunday Times". The Sunday Times. 10 November 2019. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Amnesty Media Awards – Judges". Retrieved 13 November 2019.

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