It’s a red-letter day here at 22 Old Queen St: Miles Goslett’s exposé of Kids Company has just been named Scoop of the Year. The awards, by the London Press Club, differ from the others in that you can’t nominate and you can’t pay to enter: the shortlist is drawn by a distinguished judging panel. It’s a huge credit to Miles that he won, and an even bigger compliment considering who he beat: the Sunday Times’ Insight investigation into athletics doping, the Sun’s exposé of Lord Sewel’s cocaine habit, and the Daily Mirror’s scoop about how the diamond heist thieves got away with it.
For a tiny magazine to beat competition from the well-resourced titans of Fleet St can be put down to one thing: the tenacity and the courage of the reporter. Miles Goslett went after Kids Company at a time when its founder, Camila Batmanghelidjh, was seen as a secular saint – and to subject her to scrutiny was seen as a kind of sacrilege.
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