The Reformer was a newspaper which reported on politics, business, art, and international events. It had an office in Manchester as well as a main bureau. Daniel Barton dismissed it as "legacy media", but also noted that his mother read it.
The staff of The Reformer included:
- Ben Davis, the politics and economics correspondent;
- Ellie Simmons, who reported on global online events; and
- M Porter, the paper's Senior Arts Editor.
When investigating VOR, Yasmin Khan and Ryan Sinclair posed as the journalists Sofia Afzal and Logan Jackson, working for the paper. (TV: Spyfall [+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020).)