Colin draws on 18 years of experience to tackle projects tenaciously and accurately with an eye for anecdote and exclusive material. Colin has worked on dozens of in-depth, investigative assignments for several publications.
Journalism
Recently his work has ranged from an investigation into malpractice in the laser surgery industry to ground-breaking research on pre-hospital care and transfats. Colin is also consulting editor to journalism.co.uk and was founding editor of the online journalism news channel on that site. See the pages on journalism for more.
Since 2005 Colin has developed training courses in online research and investigative desk research and delivered those to journalists, campaign staff and policy analysts. He currently delivers regular scheduled courses for NUJ Scotland and Journalism.co.uk. He has also delivered in-house courses for a range of other clients. See the pages on training for more. Colin has recently published www.researchskills.co.uk in partnership with journalism.co.uk to promote these courses.
Research
Colin also works as a research consultant for several organisations and has worked as a policy analyst on high profile projects using a variety of methodologies. See the pages on research for more.