Paul Lewis (journalist)


Paul Lewis is a British journalist at The Guardian best known for his award-winning investigation of the death of Ian Tomlinson at the 2009 G-20 summit protests in London. Lewis joined the Guardian as a trainee in 2005, and was Stern Fellow at the Washington Post in 2007. In August 2010 Lewis became head of the Guardian's "multimedia special projects team" which aims to find "new angles on breaking news stories, including using multimedia and crowdsourcing".
Lewis was named "Reporter of the Year" in 2010 at the British Press Awards for his work exposing details of the death of Ian Tomlinson at the 2009 G-20 summit protests. This work was also recognised with the Bevins Prize for outstanding investigative journalism. The Bevins Trust said of his investigation:
In 2013, he received the Innovation Award by the European Press Prize for his project 'Reading the Riots'.