Reporting for television
David Hickey is a London-based multimedia journalist. His work has appeared online, in print and on television. His wide range of interviewees include prime ministers, Nobel Laureates, whistle-blowers and rebel leaders. He has produced stories from the field on the turmoil of the Arab Spring (Libya, Egypt), the riots in Turkey, Greece's financial collapse and President Obama's first visit to Israel and Palestine for a major national broadcaster. His writing has been published by USA Today, Timeout, CNNGo and Wire among other publications.
Reporting for television
Selected feature-length interviews
The whistleblower sees parallels between Olympus and TEPCO, the troubled firm behind the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant
A government pledge designed to boost community-led football club ownership could protect the game and aid local areas, says the movement's chief.
It took Tokyo-based author David Peace six novels before he wrote about his adopted city. Now he can't stop, reports David Hickey.
The surreal twists in Kan Mikami's musical 'heresies' alienated him from Japan's 1970s acid-folk scene. But since the 1990s he has released a deluge of defiantly raw albums and embarked on genre-defying collaborations.
Selected feature stories
He looks and plays the parts so well, that Tokyo Bob could almost be the Bard of Hibbing himself
They were four simple words that I never wanted to hear: "Ha wo warimasu, ne (歯を割りますね, I'm going to split your tooth, OK?)."
David Hickey endures 150bm cyber-rave music at Tokyo's Hell's Gate, home to goth girls in Victorian nightgowns sporting phlebotomy kits and male fake-haired blondies flashing devil horns.
Short-form journalism
These three grooming salons are top of the chops for the increasingly large number of Japanese men choosing facials over fancy cars
Even as some record shops close, Tokyo remains a haven for vinyl junkies. Here are five of the best