Lizzie Dearden — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Independent British journalist specializing in home affairs and security
Served as Home Affairs Editor at The Independent until August 2023
Author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed' (2023), covering foiled jihadist and far-right attacks
Highly commended for crime and legal affairs journalism at the British Journalism Awards in 2020
Won the Ted Bottemley Award in 2013 for her media law and practice paper

Biography

Lizzie Dearden is an independent British journalist specializing in home affairs and security. Until August 2023, she served as The Independent's Home Affairs Editor, a role she held after being the Home Affairs and Security Correspondent from 2017 to 2021. Her reporting focuses on extremism, terrorism, crime, policing, and legal affairs.

During her tenure at The Independent, Dearden also covered the Mediterranean refugee crisis and Isis-inspired attacks in Europe.