I'm a freelance journalist specialising in health, science, tech and politics. I perform exclusive investigations, cover breaking news and publish high-quality features for a range of national and international titles. My in-depth coverage of England's PPE crisis was recognised as "Excellence in Reporting Coronavirus" by Press Gazette. My bylines include Forbes, Newsweek, Metro, The Lead, Balance and HSJ.

I'm also a newbie coder working on several projects in Python, Javascript, HTML & R.

You can find me tweeting @krhignett.

Writing

metro cyberwarfare
Features, Interviews & Analysis
From cyberwarfare to celebrities, I've covered many subjects in depth for national, global & B2B titles
Investigations
I've exposed numerous scandals in healthcare
News
Read my exclusive stories, breaking news and consumer science, tech & health coverage.

Past employment

I've worked as a journalist and editor at both consumer and B2B outlets

HSJ
Correspondent
September 2019 — June 2021
Newsweek
Reporter
October 2017 — August 2019
BIBA Medical
Editor / Web editor
October 2015 — September 2017

professional training

I'm learning how to analyse data and build programs with code

Investigating Data with R
Centre for Investigative Journalism
November 2021
DEEP DIVE INTO DATA JOURNALISM
Centre for Investigative Journalism
September 2021

Education

MSc MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
University of Oxford
October 2014 to October 2015
BA PHILOSOPHY
University of York
September 2011 to July 2014

Coding

Easyfoi.com
My interactive FOI database allows you to copy email addresses for hundreds of organisations directly to your clipboard, and use AI to automatically generate FOI requests.
Coming soon
Watch this space for other projects I'm working on!

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