Chris Horrie is a journalist, author and lecturer specializing in
investigative journalism
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, finance and profiles of major public figures.
As a freelance feature writer his work can be found in ''
The Independent
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'', the ''
Independent on Sunday
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'', the ''
Evening Standard
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In October 2009, after be ...
'', ''
The Mail on Sunday
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'', ''
The Observer
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'', the ''
New Statesman
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'' and ''
The Guardian
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''.
Authored books
Horrie is also the author or co-author of several books, usually concerning major media figures:
*2009: ''True Blue – Strange Tales from a Tory Nation'' (with David Matthews). (Fourth Estate/
HarperCollins
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)
*2008: Chapters on Investigative Journalism and the Law; and a practical guide to the
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* Freedom of Information Act 1982, the Australian act
* ...
for Investigative Journalists in the second edition of Investigative Journalism: Context and Practice,
Hugo de Burgh ed, (
Routledge
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)
*2007: ''Play It Again'' –
tie-in
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book for the primetime
BBC 1
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television series of the same name. (Harper Collins)
*2004: ''‘Tabloid Nation’ – from the birth of
the Daily Mirror
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to the death of the tabloid'' (
André Deutsch
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Biography
Deutsch was born on 15 November 1917 in Budapest, Hungary, the son of a Jewish dentis ...
)
*2002: ''‘Premiership’. Unauthorised business history of the
Premier League
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'' (Simon and Schuster)
*1994: ''Fuzzy Monsters: fear and loathing at the
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'' (Heinemann)
*1992: ''Sick as a Parrot: the inside story of Tottenham Hotspur PLC take-over''.
*1990: ''Stick it up your Punter: the rise and fall of
'', Heinemann. co written with
*1990: ''What is Islam?'' (W.H. Allen/''
Chris Horrie was the Head of the Department for Film, Media and Journalism at Staffordshire University until April 2018.
He has previously held lecturing roles at the University of Winchester and Salford University.