When?
Tuesday, October 20 at 7:30PM
Where?
The Park5-9 Hotel Street
Leicester
LE1 5AW
Who?
Nick Davies
What's the talk about?
A veteran reporter blows the whistle on his own profession, exposing the scale and origin of falsehood, distortion and propaganda in the news.
Nick Davies has been named Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year for his investigations into crime, drugs, poverty and other social issues. Hundreds of journalists have attended his masterclass in the techniques of investigative reporting. He writes regularly for The Guardian and also makes TV documentaries; he was formerly an on-screen reporter for World In Action. His four books include White Lies (about a racist miscarriage of justice in Texas) and Dark Heart (about poverty in Britain). He was the first winner of the Martha Gellhorn award for investigative reporting for his work on failing schools and recently won the award for European Journalism for his work on drugs policy. Flat Earth News, his investigation into the origins of falsehood, distortion and propaganda in the global media, was published in February 2008.