Tom Cotterill Email & Phone Number

I’ve been a journalist for more than a decade. Starting off at my hometown paper, I became the title’s youngest-ever chief reporter, charged with piecing together the paper, finding agenda-setting front pages and leading campaigns. In 2015 I became the Defence Correspondent for The News, in Portsmouth. The city is the home of the Royal Navy and I played a critical role in reporting on the advances of Britain’s Senior Service. I have conducted investigations which led to praise from former Prime Minister David Cameron. I have also deployed overseas with the military on operations. The role has seen me dealing with a variety of top-level figures in Downing Street as well as senior leaders in the military, from Admirals, Generals, cabinet ministers and those in the special forces. In 2020 I was named JPIMedia’s News Journalist of the Year, having previously been runner-up in 2019. I was also part of the company’s award-winning national investigations team for several years, with articles published nationwide in the i newspaper, Scotsman and Yorkshire Post.In January 2022, I was promoted to The News’s chief reporter, having led the paper’s response to the Covid pandemic. In August 2022, I moved into national news, becoming a senior reporter at the MailOnline - working occasionally as an overnight news editor and assistant editor on the day team. I helped to coordinate the MailOnline’s overnight response to Israel’s assault into Gaza following the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023.

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  University Of Chichester