James Ball is the development producer for the Bureau for Investigative Journalism and oversees their web presence.
He was previously chief reporter for food industry trade journal The Grocer, and has had work published in The Times, Sunday Telegraph, Independent on Sunday and the Guardian.
He has trained and given talks on the emerging field of data-driven journalism internationally.
He completed his postgraduate diploma in Investigative Journalism at City University in summer 2008. He blogs at jamesrb.co.uk, and can be followed on twitter at jamesrbuk