About me

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Tansy Hoskins is an award-winning author, journalist and researcher based in London. Her work traces the hidden connections between global economics and everyday life, exploring globalisation, the impact of austerity on UK communities, and supply chains. She teaches investigative methods and information security at the Centre for Investigative Journalism.

How I can help you with your investigations or getting started in journalism:

• I teach Supply Chain Journalism and Information Security at the Centre for Investigative Journalism. To see my upcoming courses click here.
• I have a free newsletter which you can find here.
• You can check out a selection of my articles, reports and documentaries on my Journalism page.

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Longer about me:

Tansy Hoskins is an award-winning writer, winning the ICA Bookshop Book of the Year Award and a Freelance Writing Award, she has been shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing and nominated for a British Journalism Award.

Tansy teaches Supply Chain Journalism and Information Security at the Centre for Investigative Journalism. She has worked as a current affairs documentary maker at ITV and the Islam Channel.

Her books include Foot Work – What Your Shoes Tell You About Globalisation which Nature Journal called 'A pioneering, pugnacious study,' and The Anti-Capitalist Book Of Fashion which Vogue selected for its 'Best Fashion Books Of All Time.’ Tansy’s books have been translated into seven languages and her latest is available now: Charity Shop World - an investigation into community, consumption and waste.

Tansy guest lectures on journalism and supply chains across the UK at universities, museums, cultural events and political gatherings and regularly does the ‘heavy lifting’ for media interviews and discussions on the workings of the global garment industry.

Media appearances include BBC Breakfast and BBC Woman’s Hour. Events include the Shakespeare & Co. Bookshop in Paris, Barbican panel events, the BFI London Film Festival and the Appledore Book Festival.

Tansy lives and works in London and I has a BSc in International Relations from LSE and a Masters in Broadcast Journalism from Cardiff University (Outstanding Academic Achievement Award). She has completed Carbon Literacy for Journalists training and is certified Carbon Literate by the Carbon Literacy Project.

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