David Cohen
The Standard, The London StandardDavid is the Investigations and Campaigns Editor of the London Evening Standard. He has won many prestigious UK press awards, including Campaign of the Year, the Cudlipp Award for campaigning journalism, the Paul Foot Award for investigative campaigning journalism and the London Press Club Edgar Wallace Award for fine writing. He is a Harkness Fellow and author of three books, including People Who Have Stolen From Me (Picador) and Chasing the Red, White and Blue (Picador). In 2010 he founded the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund, which has since raised £60M for charities tackling poverty, inequality, homelessness and exclusion.
His shortlisted piece are:
- “I was told I could stay in the UK – then kicked out of my asylum accommodation’
- ‘I was pregnant and homeless after a family rupture and didn’t know where to turn’
- ‘Move on’ period for refugees doubled to 56 days in major homelessness victory for London Standard
The panel was highly impressed by David’s dedicated commitment and the well-researched focus on timely challenges.
– Ligia Teixeira, Chair of Judges, The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness 2025
