Chris Horrie

Chris Horrieis a journalist, author and lecturerspecializing ininvestigative journalism,finance and profiles of major public figures.

As a freelance feature writer his work can be found inThe Independent,theIndependent on Sunday,theEvening Standard,The Mail on Sunday,The Observer,theNew StatesmanandThe Guardian.

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)
• 2008: Chapters on Investigative Journalism and the Law; and a practical guide to theFreedom of Information Actfor Investigative Journalists in the second edition of Investigative Journalism: Context and Practice,Hugo de Burghed, (Routledge)
• 2007:Play It Again–tie-inbook for the primetimeBBC 1television series of the same name.(Harper Collins)
• 2004:‘Tabloid Nation’ – from the birth ofthe Daily Mirrorto the death of the tabloid(André Deutsch)
• 2002:‘Premiership’. Unauthorised business history of thePremier League(Simon and Schuster)
• 1994:Fuzzy Monsters: fear and loathing at theBBC(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 ofThe Sun,Heinemann. co written withPeter Chippindale
• 1990:What is Islam?(W.H. Allen/The Observer)
• 1988:Disaster - the rise and fall ofNews on Sunday,withPeter Chippindale(Sphere Books)

Academic roles

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.