Nicholas Jones

Nicholas Jones has spent a lifetime in journalism. After starting on local evening newspapers, he joined The Times and then for 30 years was a BBC industrial and political correspondent. He has written extensively on the way politicians and public figures seek to use and manipulate the news media. His books include Strikes and the Media (1986), Soundbites and Spin Doctors (1995), Sultans of Spin (1999), Trading Information: Leaks, Lies and Tip-offs (2006), and The Lost Tribe: Whatever Happened to Fleet Street’s Industrial Correspondents (2011). Jones is an honorary visiting professor at the School of Journalism at Cardiff University and holds an honorary doctorate at the University of Wolverhampton. www.nicholasjones.org.uk