Adam Matthew J. Tinworth (born 6 November 1971^[2]) is a journalist and writer who co-authored two major role-playing games, Demon: The Fallen and Werewolf: The Forsaken from White Wolf Publishing. He was also an extensive contributor to Hunter: The Reckoning, a game line that was subsequently ported to video games.

Since around 2005, he has become known as a commenter and analyst of digital journalism and social media. The Guardian covered his dispute with the National Union of Journalists over the role of bloggers in the news ecosystem,^[3] and has extensively referenced his work.

Adam Tinworth began his journalistic career by working on student magazines at Imperial College, London and Queen Mary, University of London.^[4] He has written the long-running journalism blog One Man & His Blog since 2003.^[5][6]

His blogging was first written about in the press during the 7 July 2005 London bombings, and was widely cited as an example of citizen journalism^[7] - ironically, as he was a working journalist at the time. By 2009 his site was described by The Guardian as a prominent blog,^[8] alongside publications like Paul Staines' Guido Fawkes.

His blogging work led to him being appointed blogging editor for Reed Business Information,^[9] leading a push by the business-to-business publisher into blogs.^[10] Previously, he was features editor of Estates Gazette, a weekly business magazine for the UK commercial real estate industry.

Tinworth has become known as a commenter, writer and analyst of digital media and its inter-relationship with journalism. His work initially was in the trade press,^[11] but expanded later to cover wider issues in more general forms of journalism. His work was quoted in The Guardian regularly during the late 2000s,^[12] presenting his comments on areas including journalistic blogging^[13] and the rise of paywalls.^[14]

In recent years, he has participated in evolving business models for online publishers.^[15] He has also participated in the debate around "fake news",^[6] and been interviewed,^[16] in his role as a journalism lecturer at City, University of London, on social media's role in its spread. He is regularly interviewed by trade sites for journalists.^[17][18][19]

While no longer a working journalist, he occasionally breaks stories like the closing of Friends Reunited,^[20] and the arrival of a new Kindle typeface.^[21]

Tinworth's work has been quoted in books,^[22] media articles^[23] and academic papers^[24] about digital journalism. He is one of the panel that contributes to the annual Reuters Institute study Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions.^[25]

In parallel to his journalism career, he began writing about RPGs for the British magazine Arcane.^[27] He has contributed to over 25 role-playing game books for White Wolf Game Studio, including Werewolf: The Forsaken and Demon: The Fallen, as well as two for Onyx Path.^[28]