# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-sweeney-q6259788
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:44:41.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-sweeney-q6259788"
name: "John Sweeney"
slug: "john-sweeney-q6259788"
description: "John Paul Sweeney is a British investigative journalist and writer. He worked for The Observer newspaper, and the BBC's Panorama and Newsnight series. Sweeney ceased working for the BBC in October 2019."
tagline: "British investigative journalist and author (born 1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Sweeney_Peterson_Literary_Prize_Toronto_2024.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1958-06-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.456309333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/johnsweeneyroar"
    handle:    "johnsweeneyroar"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/john.sweeneyroar"
    handle:    "john.sweeneyroar"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
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    handle:    "john-sweeney-87775839"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm1707228"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.johnsweeney.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "جون سويني"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Sweeney (Journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sweeney_(journalist)"
    title: "John Sweeney (journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sweeney_(journalist)"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1449159"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump