David Leigh | |
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Nationality | British |
Education | Nottingham High School, King's College, Cambridge |
Occupation(s) | Investigative journalist, assistant editor |
Years active | 1970 – present |
Title | The Guardian's former Investigations editor |
David Leigh is a British journalist and writer who was the investigations editor of The Guardian and is the author of Investigative Journalism: a survival guide.[1] He officially retired in April 2013,[2] although Leigh continued his association with the newspaper.[1]
In 1977 Leigh exposed to the public the existence of the Information Research Department (IRD), a secret British government propaganda department and one of the largest covert anti-communist propaganda organisations in history.[3] This expose led to further discoveries including the existence of Orwell's list, smear attacks against British trade unionists, and British propaganda operations in Korea, India, Malaya, Cyprus and Ireland.