{{Short description|British broadcaster and journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024 }} {{Use British English|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox person/Wikidata | fetchwikidata=ALL | dateformat = dmy }}
'''Nick Wallis''' is a British broadcaster and journalist, known for his extensive coverage of the British Post Office scandal.
== Post Office scandal ==
Wallis has reported on the British Post Office scandal since 2011, having become aware of it while presenting on BBC Radio Surrey.<ref name="Glass">{{cite news |last1=Glass |first1=Katie |title=I helped expose The Post Office scandal – but why has justice taken so long? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/post-office-subpostmasters-mr-bates-drama-b2475675.html |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=The Independent |date=9 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Snoddy">{{cite web |last1=Snoddy |first1=Ray |title=Delivering justice for the sub-postmasters |url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/delivering-justice-for-the-sub-postmasters-20440 |website=InPublishing |access-date=10 April 2024 |date=14 February 2022}}</ref>
He made programmes on it for BBC Television's ''Panorama''<ref name="Tobitt">{{cite news |last1=Tobitt |first1=Charlotte |title=Attention to Post Office Horizon IT scandal follows 14 years of dogged journalism |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/post-office-horizon-it-scandal-journalists/ |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=Press Gazette |date=9 January 2024}}</ref> and presented the ten-part BBC Radio 4 series ''The Great Post Office Trial''.<ref name="Sawyer">{{cite news |last1=Sawyer |first1=Miranda |title=The week in audio: Call Keir; Shade Podcast review – Starmer tells it straight |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jun/13/radio-podcast-call-keir-lbc-review-shade-podcast-nut-jobs-great-post-office-trial-banged-up |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=13 June 2020}}</ref> The radio series was named "Best News and Factual Radio Programme" in 2020 by the Voice of the Listener & Viewer, and won two gold awards in the 2021 New York Festivals Radio Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rbr.com/new-york-festivals-announces-2021-radio-winners/ |title = New York Festivals Announces 2021 Radio Winners |website=Radio & Television Business Report |access-date=10 April 2024 |date = 13 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://whistledown.net/portfolio/the-great-post-office-trial/ |title=The Great Post Office Trial |website=Whistledown Productions |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m000jf7j |title=The Great Post Office Trial |website=BBC Sounds |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref>
From 2018, having left the BBC, he started reporting the ''Bates & Others v Post Office Ltd'' trial on a dedicated blog, www.postofficetrial.com, having raised £9,000 through crowd-funding.<ref name="Tobitt" /><ref name="Tobitt2">{{cite news |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalist-crowdfunds-6000-in-nine-days-to-cover-month-long-public-interest-post-office-group-action-trial/ |title=Journalist crowdfunds £6,000 in nine days to cover month-long 'public interest' Post Office group action trial |first=Charlotte |last=Tobitt |access-date=10 April 2024 |date=14 September 2018 |work=Press Gazette}}</ref> He co-wrote ''Private Eye''{{'}}s 2020 report "Justice Lost in the Post".<ref name="Tobitt" /><ref name="Brooks">{{cite news| url=https://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/special_reports/justice-lost-in-the-post.pdf |title=Justice Lost In The Post |first1=Richard |last1=Brooks |author-link1=Richard Brooks (journalist) |first2=Nick |last2=Wallis |work=Private Eye |date=May 2020 |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref> His book ''The Great Post Office Scandal'' was published in 2021.<ref name="Tobitt" /> He acted as a consultant on the 2024 television series, ''Mr Bates vs The Post Office''.<ref name="Levison">{{cite news |last1=Levison |first1=Jake |title=Mr Bates vs The Post Office consultant hopes 'net may be closing' on those responsible for Horizon IT scandal |url=https://news.sky.com/story/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office-consultant-hopes-net-may-be-closing-on-those-responsible-for-horizon-it-scandal-13043180 |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=Sky News |date=7 January 2024 }}</ref> He also runs his own website about the scandal.<ref name="Tobitt" />
== Other work ==
Wallis covered the ''Depp v. Heard'' defamation trial. His book, ''Depp v Heard: The Unreal Story'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wallis |first=Nick |title=Depp v Heard: The Unreal Story |publisher=Bath Publishing |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-8384390-8-8 }}</ref> about the trials in both the UK and the US and his experiences reporting from court was published in May 2023.
He reports on consumer affairs for BBC Television's ''The One Show'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1sRY2vzR2SPf3j6n37V484h/nick-wallis|title=BBC One – The One Show – Nick Wallis|work=BBC}}</ref> and reported on shared appreciation mortgages for an episode of their ''Inside Out South''.<ref name="2014-09-08">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I37JJ7M8iZ4 Were shared appreciation mortgages sold unfairly?], a BBC Inside Out South investigation by Nick Wallis, broadcast on BBC One on 8 September 2014</ref>
He has also worked as a freelance presenter for Channel 5's ''Caught on Camera''.<ref name="Snoddy" />
== Personal life ==
Wallis is married; he and his wife have three children.<ref name="Snoddy" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
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