George Arbuthnott

{{short description|British investigative journalist}}

George Arbuthnott is a British investigative journalist at The Sunday Times.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.co.uk/who-we-are/toptalent/george-arbuthnott/|title=George Arbuthnott|website=News UK|access-date=13 November 2019}}

Arbuthnott read economics at Durham University (2005–08) and completed a master's degree in investigative journalism at City, University of London (2008–09).{{Cite web|url=https://www.xcityplus.com/3018/xcity-award-2016-shortlist-george-arbuthnott/|title=XCity Award 2016 shortlist revealed: George Arbuthnott|author= Rhiannon McGregor|date=10 March 2016|website=X City Plus|language=en-US|access-date=13 November 2019}}

His work helped prompt the Modern Slavery Bill and expose a global doping scandal in athletics.{{Reliable source?|date=November 2022|reason=A (likely self-written) accolade advertising him as a speaker on a website about the International Journalism Festival 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.journalismfestival.com/speaker/george-arbuthnott|title=George Arbuthnott|website=Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo|language=en-US|access-date=13 November 2019}} Arbuthnott won young journalist of the year at the 2012 Press Awards, two British Journalism Awards in 2015,and being shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2015 for a piece on the modern slave trade.{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/blog/2012/mar/20/press-awards-2012-live|title=Press Awards 2012 as they happened|last=O'Carroll|first=Lisa|date=20 March 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=13 November 2019}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/double-british-journalism-award-winner-george-arbuthnott-its-about-ringing-phones-hard-you-can/|title=Double British Journalism Award winner George Arbuthnott: 'It's about ringing the phones as hard as you can'|first=Jack|last=Fenwick|date=3 December 2015|magazine=Press Gazette|language=en|access-date=13 November 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.orwellfoundation.com/investigative/george-arbuthnott/|title=George Arbuthnott|website=The Orwell Foundation|language=en|access-date=13 November 2019}} In 2016, he was shortlisted for the European Press Prize with 'The Fifa Scandal', and in 2019, he was a finalist at the British Journalism Awards for an investigation carried out alongside Sunday Times journalists Jonathan Calvert and Gabrial Pogrund.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europeanpressprize.com/laureate/george-arbuthnott/|title=George Arbuthnott|website=European Press Prize|access-date=13 November 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsworks.org.uk/news-and-opinion/british-journalism-awards-2019-shortlist-announced|title=British Journalism Awards 2019 finalists revealed Hannah Ohm Thomas|website=Newsworks|access-date=13 November 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/media/article/11-award-nominations-for-the-sunday-times-npfx5dmw9|title=11 award nominations for The Sunday Times|date=10 November 2019|newspaper=The Sunday Times|access-date=13 November 2019|language=en|issn=0956-1382}}

He is a judge of the Amnesty International UK Media Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://amnesty-media-awards.org.uk/judges/|title=Amnesty Media Awards – Judges|language=en-GB|access-date=13 November 2019}}