Paul Lewis (journalist)

Paul Lewis
Paul Lewis
Born	1981
Occupation	Journalist
Employer	The Guardian
Awards	Laurence Stern fellowship; "Innovation Award" (European Press Prize, 2013); "Reporter of the Year" (British Press Awards, 2010); Bevins Prize (2009);

Paul Lewis (born 1981) is a British journalist at The Guardian best known for his award-winning investigation of the death of Ian Tomlinson at the 2009 G20 summit protests in London. Lewis joined The Guardian as a trainee in 2005, and was Stern Fellow at The Washington Post in 2007.^[1] In August 2010 Lewis became head of The Guardian's "multimedia special projects team" which aims to find "new angles on breaking news stories, including using multimedia and crowdsourcing".^[1]

Lewis was named "Reporter of the Year" in 2010 at the British Press Awards^[2] for his work exposing details of the death of Ian Tomlinson at the 2009 G20 summit protests. This work was also recognised with the Bevins Prize (2009) for outstanding investigative journalism.^[1]^[3] The Bevins Trust said of his investigation:^[3]

Paul uncovered the truth by persistently questioning and challenging the police account, by following up on the family, and assiduously garnering eye-witness evidence, until finally he obtained incontrovertible video evidence from a bystander who filmed the incident. In achieving this Paul used every method now available to a modern journalist, online and in print, to keep pushing and nudging at the story until he established what had really happened. His work led to internal and independent police inquiry, extensive and international public comment, and has changed the way police behave in potential riot situations, and how they receive and investigate complaints into such incidents. All in all, his story was a triumph for the assertion of civil liberty, as well as a revelation about policing conduct.

At TEDxThessaloniki in April 2011 he gave a talk on how citizen journalism and social media had helped him report on the Ian Tomlinson case and the unlawful killing of Jimmy Mubenga.^[4] In 2013, he received the Innovation Award by the European Press Prize for his project 'Reading the Riots'.^[5]^[6]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Halliday, Josh (24 August 2010). "Paul Lewis to head new Guardian special projects team". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "2010 British Press Awards Winners". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Previous Winners". Bevins Prize. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^ Ha, Thu-Huong (14 August 2013). "How journalist Paul Lewis helped solve two murders using social media". TED Ideas. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ Greenslade, Roy (31 January 2013). "The Guardian's Paul Lewis wins European press prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
^ "Reading the Riots". European Press Prize. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

External links[]

Paul Lewis contributions at The Guardian
Paul Lewis on Twitter

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[Guardian240810-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Halliday, Josh (24 August 2010). "Paul Lewis to head new Guardian special projects team". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[gazetteroll-2] "2010 British Press Awards Winners". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.

[Bevins-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Previous Winners". Bevins Prize. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

[4] Ha, Thu-Huong (14 August 2013). "How journalist Paul Lewis helped solve two murders using social media". TED Ideas. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[5] Greenslade, Roy (31 January 2013). "The Guardian's Paul Lewis wins European press prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

[6] "Reading the Riots". European Press Prize. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

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