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

Arbuthnott read economics at Durham University (2005–08) and completed a master's degree in investigative journalism at City, University of London (2008–09).[2]

His work helped prompt the Modern Slavery Bill and expose a global doping scandal in athletics.[3] Arbuthnott 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.[4][5][6] 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.[7][8][9]

He is a judge of the Amnesty International UK Media Awards.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "George Arbuthnott". News UK. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  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. ↑ O'Carroll, Lisa (20 March 2012). "Press Awards 2012 as they happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "George Arbuthnott". The Orwell Foundation. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "George Arbuthnott". European Press Prize. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "British Journalism Awards 2019 finalists revealed Hannah Ohm Thomas". Newsworks. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "11 award nominations for The Sunday Times". The Sunday Times. 10 November 2019. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "Amnesty Media Awards – Judges". Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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