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David Leigh: Investigations becoming ‘impossible luxury’

By Sally Newall

Veteran investigative journalist David Leigh has said he is concerned that the global financial crisis and the decline of newsstand sales will turn serious investigative journalism into an ‘impossible luxury’.

Leigh, the Guardian investigations editor, was speaking at a seminar on the future for investigative journalism held yesterday at the Reuters Institute at Oxford University.

He said investigations were among the first areas of journalism to come under threat when money is tight.

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