Paul Lewis is Special Projects Editor for the Guardian. He has pioneered the use of Twitter in journalism and his coverage of the England riots made him the most retweeted news source - gaining 35,000 followers in five days. He recently led 'Reading the Riots', the Guardian's landmark study into the disturbances with the London School of Economics University. Lewis was named Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards 2010 and won the 2009 Bevins Prize for outstanding investigative journalism. He previously worked at the Washington Post as the Stern Fellow. He studied at Cambridge University and Harvard University.

Read an interview with Paul here.