Tom J Bennett

Tom Bennett is a dynamic, multi-format journalist with extensive experience across reportage, documentary and hard news. Tom develops and produces films, write concise, absorbing copy, conduct sensitive, probing interviews, and piece together complex facts into compelling narratives. Above all, Tom is a storyteller. His work primarily covers conflict, extremism, crime and human rights issues. He has worked on in-depth investigations, award-winning feature documentaries, six-part TV series, digital video, and high-pressure, on-the-ground foreign news. Tom has worked for the BBC, VICE News, Channel 4 News, The Guardian, The New Statesman and more. I’m a first-rate self-shooter with my own kit, including the Sony FX3, DJI Mini 2 drone and 24-70mm GM Sony Lens. I’ve worked as a journalist in Lebanon, Armenia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Poland, Hungary, France, Turkey and the UK. Tom is HEFAT-trained, hold a BA in Journalism from City, University of London, and am a member of the National Union of Journalists. I was named ‘Best Up and Coming Journalist 2015’, an award given by the Universal Peace Federation.