In high school, Sambrook won the
Vellacott History Prize from the
University of Cambridge. She later studied at Cambridge. After university, Sambrook began working for the
John Lewis Gazette, then worked for the
Haymarket Group. She later was employed by
The Daily Telegraph newspaper, before leaving to become a freelance journalist so that she could concentrate on investigations. In 2010, Sambrook won the
Paul Foot Award and the
Bevins Prize for her articles that exposed government policies concerning the arrest and detention of asylum-seeking families and for her work with the "End Child Detention Now" campaign, which she co-founded. She was nominated for the
Orwell Prize in 2013 ==References==