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Andrew Jennings is an
investigative reporter, writer and documentary filmmaker. He is best known for his work concerning corruption in sports organizations and the politics of international sports, particularly within
FIFA and the
International Olympic Committee.
Biography
Jennings worked for the
Sunday Times Insight team in the late 1960s, after which he worked for other British newspapers before becoming an investigative reporter on
BBC Radio Four's Checkpoint. In
1986 the BBC refused to broadcast his documentary concerning corruption in
Scotland Yard -- Jennings reacted by resigning and transforming the material into his first book,
Scotland Yard's Cocaine Connection, and the documentary was aired by
World In Action. Jennings subsequently worked for
Granada, filming several international investigations and small documentaries. His investigation of British involvement in the
Iran-Contra affair won the gold medal at the
1989 New York TV Festival.
In
1993 Jennings entered
Chechnya with the first western TV crew ever to enter the country, to investigate
Caucasus mafia activity.
1997 saw Jennings working with World In Action, with an investigation on British olympic swimming coach Hamilton Bland, and in
1998 he presented a documentary on rail
privatisation.
In
2006 Jennings investigated several allegations of bribery within FIFA for the BBC's
Panorama, including million dollars bribes to secure marketing rights for company ISL along with vote-buying (to secure the position of FIFA president
Sepp Blatter), bribery and graft attributed to
CONCACAF president
Jack Warner.
Books
- Scotland Yard's Cocaine Connection, 1989
- The Lords of the Rings, 1992
- The New Lords of the Rings, 1996
- The Great Olympic Swindle, 2000
- FOUL! The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote-Rigging and Ticket Scandals, 2006 (External Link
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Awards
Royal Television Society Award for his Channel 4 News investigation on Olympic corruption, 2000.
The first "Integrity in Journalism" award given by OATH, 1999.
Gerlev Prize for "contribution to free speech and democracy in sport", 1998.
Honorary Life Member of American Swimming Coaches Association, given for his investigative work regarding doping scandals and cover-ups in Olympic swimming.
Best International Documentary, New York TV Festival, 1992Further Information
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