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JAMES L. WALKER

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Hi there! I’m an award-winning journalist based in Glasgow currently working as a political reporter for The National.

My writing can also be found in The Economist, The Guardian, Vice, Wired, The New Statesman, The Week, OpenDemocracy, The Big Issue and Prospect Magazine among others. I mostly cover foreign affairs, politics and social justice.

I have also produced video content for French national broadcaster, France TV, and worked with brands and NGO’s including Snapchat, Plan International, The International Youth Foundation and Oxfam.

An MHP+ 30 To Watch Gold Award winner in 2021 in the international affairs category, I was also a 2024 Scottish Refugee Council media awards runner-up and shortlisted for an Amnesty International Media Award for human rights journalism in 2025.

A masters graduate from Columbia University School of Journalism, I speak fluent French as well as decidedly sub-fluent Italian, German, and Swedish.

A selection of some of my best exclusive articles and investigations can be found below (︎︎︎)
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After getting hit, they suffered devastating symptoms that wouldn’t go away. It seemed no one could help – until they found each other.
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The Guardian, 2021.
Despite there being no functioning visa centre in Gaza, the Home Office refuses to grant an exemption for Palestinians looking to reunite with their families in the UK.  (read more) 
The Sunday National, 2024
When refugees are neither here, nor there
What happens to the millions of people who leave home to survive, and can never go back?
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Deseret Magazine, 2024
The United Nations' use of both immunity and private risk consultants to investigate accusations makes it hard for victims of sex crimes to get justice.
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Vice, 2020
One of the worker’s issuing a legal claim was just 16 years old when he joined a McDonald’s branch in Glasgow.  (read more) 
The National, 2024