Rob Evans (reporter)

{{Short description|Investigative reporter}}

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Rob Evans is an investigative reporter.{{Cite web |last= |date=2015-10-13 |title=Rob Evans: "Spirit and attitude - main characteristics of what makes a good journalist" |url=https://mediaobservatory.net/investigative-journalism/rob-evans-spirit-and-attitude-main-characteristics-what-makes-good |access-date=2019-12-30 |website=MediaObservatory |language=en}} He was instrumental in the exposé of BAE Systems' corrupt payments.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/true-crime/Undercover-Paul-Lewis-and-Rob-Evans-9781783350346|title=Undercover - Paul Lewis and Rob Evans - 9781783350346 - Allen & Unwin - Australia|website=www.allenandunwin.com|access-date=2019-12-30}} He also worked on the promotion of freedom of information{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2013/07/undercover-rob-evans-and-paul-lewis-best-kind-argument-free-press|title=Undercover by Rob Evans and Paul Lewis: The best kind of argument for a free press|website=www.newstatesman.com|date=18 July 2013 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-30}} primarily via the book he co-authored{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/undercover-with-paul-lewis-and-rob-evans|title=Undercover, with Rob Evans and Paul Lewis {{!}} UK news {{!}} The Guardian|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2019-12-30}} with colleague Paul Lewis, Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police.{{Cite web|url=http://libr.org/isc/undercover-by-paul-lewis-rob-evans/|title=Undercover – By Paul Lewis & Rob Evans {{!}} Information for Social Change|last=Catherall|first=Paul|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}} The two authors exposed 40 years of espionage through the book.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/biography/undercover-the-true-story-of,paul-lewis-rob-evans-9781783350346|title=Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police - Paul Lewis; Rob Evans; {{!}} Foyles Bookstore|website=Foyles|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-30}} Evans also wrote Gassed: British Chemical Warfare Experiments on Humans at Porton Down.{{Cite web |last6=Europe |last7=Neighbourhoods |date=2013-07-29 |title=Book Review: Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police by Rob Evans and Paul Lewis |url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2013/07/29/book-review-undercover-the-true-story-of-britains-secret-police/ |access-date=2019-12-30 |website=LSE Review of Books |language=en-US}} Awards received include for Undercover,{{Cite web|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8194535|title=> As Rob Evans and Paul Lewis write in "Undercover: The True Story of Britain's ... {{!}} Hacker News|website=news.ycombinator.com|access-date=2019-12-30}} and for his exposition of the Al-Yamamah arms deal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/robevans|title=Rob Evans {{!}} The Guardian|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2019-12-30}} He started work at The Guardian in 1999.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/07/bae28|title=BAE files: Author biographies|author=Guardian Staff|date=2007-06-07|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-30|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}