 Although he was fired as a bar critic after three weeks, he (and an investigative team of reporters) was nominated for the "Cudlipp Award" (by British Press Awards) for excellence in popular journalism.Until 2008, when he became deputy home news editor, shortly before Roger Alton replaced Simon Kelner as "Independent" editor in April 2008.He was a member of the team that launched the "i" newspaper in October 2010 and he has covered the Olympics, two general elections, the London terror attacks and the phone hacking scandal.