Jason Gwynne
British journalist known for undercover reporting on the British National Party.
Jason Gwynne became known in 2004 for undercover reporting inside the BNP for the BBC documentary The Secret Agent.
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Jason Gwynne is a British investigative journalist best known for the BBC documentary The Secret Agent. He spent months undercover inside the British National Party before the programme was broadcast in 2004. The assignment depended on gaining access to party activity while concealing his journalistic role, a method that placed him at personal risk.
The BBC said Gwynne's investigation exposed party members' activities and led to arrests. Speeches recorded during his work later became evidence in racial-hatred prosecutions against BNP figures Nick Griffin and Mark Collett. Both men were cleared at their 2006 retrial. The programme's audience and legal aftermath made Gwynne's reporting a prominent example of undercover current-affairs journalism.
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