David Hencke UK Committee Member

David Hencke is an independent award-winning freelance journalist now working for Byline Times. Former lobby journalist for the Guardian and winner of eight awards including for the “cash for questions” scandal which led to two ministerial resignations and the first resignation of Peter Mandelson for a hidden home loan.

He is a former member of the Gosport Independent Panel which investigated unexplained deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital and concluded that 456 elderly people had their lives foreshortened and is now being investigated by the police. Co-author of two unauthorised biographies of Tony Blair and of Marching to the Fault Line, a history of the 1984 miners’ strike.

Latest by David Hencke

Building Trust in Media in South Eastern Europe & Turkey | 26th March 2024

Why should media organisations do an ethical audit?

Building Trust in Media in South Eastern Europe & Turkey | 26th March 2024

Montenegro's Media Maze: Tackling the Three-Headed Monster in a Small Size Arena

Middle East | 8th March 2024

Media slaughter in Gaza and government hypocrisy over killing of journalists

Building Trust in Media in South Eastern Europe & Turkey | 19th January 2024

Building Trust in Media in South East Europe and Turkey - Phase 3

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