Rob Hastings - journalist
Special Projects Editor at The i Paper - long reads, interviews & investigations
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My recent articles for The i Paper at inews.co.uk
My recent articles for The i Paper at inews.co.uk
Rob is Special Projects Editor at The i Paper. He won the Legal Reporting Award 2019 for 'The Trial: Secrets of Jury Service', and in 2015 he was shortlisted for both the Washington Post's Laurence Stern Fellowship and Amnesty's Gaby Rado Prize for his reportage from Iran.
My award-winning series of features on jury service (2019)
My award-winning series of features on jury service (2019)
Join juror Rob Hastings as he sits on a real trial and examines whether the system still works, in the first installment of a major four-part series
My investigation: Suicide and abuse at fashion factory supplying Under Armour and Columbia (2024)
My investigation: Suicide and abuse at fashion factory supplying Under Armour and Columbia (2024)
A young woman allegedly in forced labour at a clothes factory in Jordan killed herself while making products for the global fashion brands, i has discovered
My interview with imprisoned Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza from his jail cell (2022)
My interview with imprisoned Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza from his jail cell (2022)
Twice poisoned and now facing 14 years in jail, Vladimir Kara-Murza reveals his experiences as a political prisoner in an interview through handwritten messages
My long read: A jury acquitted a killer - his victim’s family can never know why (2021)
My long read: A jury acquitted a killer - his victim’s family can never know why (2021)
The parents of Ryan Passey were shocked when the man who stabbed him was acquitted. Now they’re calling for juries to reveal their reasons.
My exclusive: Missguided on brink of collapse (2022)
My exclusive: Missguided on brink of collapse (2022)
The crisis-hit company is facing a winding-up petition after creditors turned up at the retailer's headquarters in Manchester
My reportage from Iran on underground opposition to the regime (2014)
My reportage from Iran on underground opposition to the regime (2014)
Nothing much has changed since the protests in 2009 despite President Rouhani’s pledges. Young and old are surprisingly open to quietly revealing their frustrations with theocratic rule, even to a Westerner
My investigation: We R Blighty cash collections for homeless veterans probed by police (2024)
My investigation: We R Blighty cash collections for homeless veterans probed by police (2024)
The Kent-based group We R Blighty, which denies any wrongdoing, is being investigated over concerns about its unlicensed street collections
My exclusive: Trump 2.0 is major security risk to UK, warn top diplomats (2024)
My exclusive: Trump 2.0 is major security risk to UK, warn top diplomats (2024)
The British Government must privately come up with plans to mitigate risks to national security if Donald Trump becomes US president again, according to senior diplomatic veterans
My interview with former FBI director James Comey (2021)
My interview with former FBI director James Comey (2021)
The former FBI Director James Comey reflects on the risks posed by “dangerous, conspiracy-minded, racist" armed Donald Trump supporters
My interview with exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky (2022)
My interview with exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky (2022)
Once Russia's richest man, the businessman is doing his best to undermine the regime that jailed him
My opinion article: An air raid siren on holiday made me realise how close we are to World War Three (2024)
My opinion article: An air raid siren on holiday made me realise how close we are to World War Three (2024)
My long read: The last days of a primary school that’s run out of children (2024)
My long read: The last days of a primary school that’s run out of children (2024)
Randal Cremer is among several schools closing in inner London - with locals blaming unaffordable housing, the cost of living crisis and gentrification for pricing families out
My reportage from Somaliland during the East Africa Drought (2017)
My reportage from Somaliland during the East Africa Drought (2017)
From delivering emergency food supplies to building earth dams to collect rainwater, the response to the East Africa drought is impressive
My feature: An ill-timed tour of Syria (2013)
My feature: An ill-timed tour of Syria (2013)
My long read: I did community service – this is what it’s really like (2024)
My long read: I did community service – this is what it’s really like (2024)
Soon thousands more offenders may do Community Payback instead of being jailed. Could this cut crime or are we going soft? To find out, i's Rob Hastings joins a session and is given an alcohol tag
My long read: The truth about how we die - and why many miss out on end-of-life care (2025)
My long read: The truth about how we die - and why many miss out on end-of-life care (2025)
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