BuzzFeed UK hires Sunday Times journalist Michael Gillard
by Jasper Jackson from Technology | The Guardian on (#C2AX)
Reporter who exposed criminal boss David Hunt is second high-profile journalist from paper to join website
Sunday Times journalist Michael Gillard is joining BuzzFeed UK, becoming the second high-profile journalist from the paper to join its investigations team, which is run by former colleague Heidi Blake.
Gillard won journalist of the year and investigation of the year at the 2013 British Journalism Awards for his work exposing criminal boss David Hunt. The Sunday Times subsequently fought off a libel suit by Hunt during which a firm of bodyguards hired to protect Times journalists pulled out after one day.
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