Jonathan Jacobsen

When sick miners sued Britain's National Coal Board in the 1990s, they did so on the basis of research that linked coal dust exposure to lung disease. But that research was soon under attack in court. Jonny Jacobsen reports on his father's role justifying decades of work on coal miners’ lung disease during landmark litigation

Profile of former tank soldier Leslie Reeves first published in the Sunday Mercury

Former tank soldier Leslie Reeves barely survived World War Two. Now in his 90s, he worries about who will remember the fallen once his generation is gone.

Pit bosses plotted to “delay” payouts to tens of thousands of miners dying from lung diseases.

Newly discovered memos from British Coal reveal plans to make it “costly and unattractive” for miners and their families to pursue claims.

This is a selection of my work from my last stint in Agence France-Presse's Graphics and Data Service, with brief explanations of how we went about gathering and presenting the information.

As he lay dying of cancer in a California hospital, Allan Henderson agreed to talk about the devastating effect disconnection had on his family.

Dutch journalist Twan Spierts says mobile journalism doesn’t just get the job done more quickly — it can also get you better access. Interview by Jonny Jacobsen.

Escenas del suave toque de queda en París durante la crisis del nuevo coronavirus

Scenes from the Paris Covid lockdown

A short series for Mexico's Central FM radio on the opening weeks of France's first Covid lockdown, which I adapted for Medium.

I halted the project when the station's funding ran out.

For some observers, the National Audit Office’s gloomy report showing the true cost of Private Finance Initiatives comes as no surprise.

Professor Richard Murphy, a qualified chartered accountant who lectures at the University of London, has been among those warning of the dangers of the PFI model for at least 15 years.

And Professor Allyson Pollock, a public health specialist at Newcastle University, has been warning about PFIs for years, arguing they facilitate the privatization of the NHS.

The judge in the Belgian trial of Scientology threw out the whole case in a ruling that was more a judgment on the prosecutor than the defendants

Coverage of the trial was crowd-funded on the Byline website

When Heribert Pfaff died in 1988 of an epileptic seizure in Clearwater Florida, he was using Scientology processing to try to wean himself off his medication.

One out of every four people stopped by immigration officers in Birmingham are British nationals, a new report has revealed.