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JAMES 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 and The Sunday 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.

My work, including an investigation into the torturous process sexual assault survivors at the United Nations go through and a longform article about a hidden society of lightning strike survivors, led to an MHP+ 30 To Watch Gold Award in 2021.

I also received a Scottish Refugee Council media award in 2024 and was shortlisted for an Amnesty International media award for human rights journalism in 2025 for an investigation which revealed two Palestinians were killed while waiting for the Home Office to waive its cruel fingerprint rules.
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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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
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
Inside the UK Government’s cruel battle to separate refugee families
It has been an unbelievably tough week for refugees across the UK. For immigration and human rights lawyers, it has been frantic. (read more) 
The National, 2025
Google giving free ads to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant Scots
Google has been giving free advertising to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant women in Scotland and across the UK (read more) 
The National, 2025
In lockdown with a conspiracy theorist
    
Coronavirus was only one of Mary’s worries. Her mother had become obsessed with the QAnon conspiracy. And Q always came first.
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The Economist, 2020