Simon Murphy
MirrorFrom war zone dispatches to undercover exposés, Simon Murphy is an award-winning journalist.
Now a senior news reporter at the Mirror, he has worked in Fleet Street for over a decade.
Earlier this year, Simon reported from Ukraine – going inside hospitals and an underground school in a visit to a frontline city. For his Orwell prize entry, he worked with charities to cover the scandal of homeless women. The special investigation exposed the true scale of women sleeping rough. The probe formed part of the Mirror’s hidden homeless series, which was knitted together with a short documentary.
Simon is a five-time finalist at the British Journalism Awards, including winning New Journalist of the year in 2015. In 2024, he was a finalist in the business, finance and economics category for his Post Office scandal investigations.
His shortlisted pieces are:
- Hidden scandal of homeless women
- Angels in hi-vis
- The hidden homeless: Mirror investigates England’s rough sleeping scandal
Simon Murphy’s reporting for The Mirror was not only incredibly well written, but also excited me that red top newspapers are highlighting such a pressing issue in such an ethical way.
– Lorna Tucker, Judge, The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness 2025
