David Leigh (journalist)

David Leigh (* 1946 ) is a British investigative journalist, publicist and university professor.

David Leigh has written for several newspapers, including over 30 years for the British newspaper The Guardian . He retired in April 2013. He won seven press awards. In his most recent monograph with Luke Harding , he describes his collaboration with WikiLeaks at Cablegate .

Publications

• High Time: The Life and Times of Howard Marks. Heineman, 1984.
• The Wilson plot. Pantheon Books, 1988.
• with Luke Harding, David Pallister: The Liar: Fall of Jonathan Aitken . Penguin Books, 1997.
• with Ed Vulliamy : Sleaze: The Corruption of Parliament. Fourth Estate, 1997.
• with Luke Harding: Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy. Guardian Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1-61039-061-3 .
  • German: WikiLeaks. Julian Assange's War on Secrecy . From the English by Henning Hoff. Edition Weltkiosk, London / Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-942377-08-9 .

Web links

• Professor David Leigh. on the City University London website
• David Leigh. at the Guardian.
• William Turvill: Investigative journalist David Leigh retires after 30 years with The Guardian. In: Press Gazette. April 15, 2013.
• Roy Greenslade: David Leigh, doyen of investigative journalists, steps down. on: guardian.co.uk (Greenslade blog) April 17, 2013.