David Rose | |
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| Born | July 21, 1959 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Education | Magdalen College, Oxford (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Author, investigative journalist |
David Rose (born 21 July 1959) is a British author and investigative journalist. He is a contributing editor with Vanity Fair and a special investigations writer for The Mail on Sunday. His interests include human rights, miscarriages of justice, the death penalty, racism, the war on terror, politics, and climate change denial. He is the author of six non-fiction books and a novel, Taking Morgan, a thriller set in Washington, Oxford, Tel Aviv and Gaza, published by Quartet in 2014. He was named News Reporter of the Year in the Society of Editors British Press Awards for 2015.[1][2]
Rose's journalism on climate has been criticised by climate scientists and environmentalists for an over-reliance on unsound and unscientific sources and has been censured by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Rose admitted to the dissemination of incorrect information from unreliable sources in the run up to the Iraq war.
- ^ "Citations for Winners, Press Awards for 2015". Press Awards. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ @@PressAwardsuk (22 March 2016). "Video: David Rose wins News Reporter of the Year" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 January 2017 – via Twitter.