Greenpeace hires team of investigative journalists

Former BBC and New York Times journalists among new team, with ex-Newsnight correspondent Meirion Jones acting as a consultant

Greenpeace has hired a team of investigative journalists as part of plans to make investigations one of three pillars of its environmental campaigning.

Former Newsnight and Panorama correspondent Meirion Jones is a consultant on the project, which will be staffed by journalists including former BBC reporter Damian Kahya, New York Times and Vice stringer Lucy Jordan and Maeve McClenaghan, formerly of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.