Hannah Al-Othman sits in her car in front of a stranger’s house. Inside is a man who might be responsible for a woman’s death. A man whose name is known to a lot of people, but who has not yet been brought to justice.

In this episode we hear how Hannah and her colleague David Collins uncovered a shocking story of silence and inaction.

Read all about it:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-believe-british-soldiers-killed-my-sister-agnes-wanjiru-now-i-want-the-truth-rbc69q9pf 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-army-soldier-murder-mother-kenya-9hffnjqqv 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/crying-with-laughter-british-soldiers-joked-about-mothers-murder-on-facebook-fkj9s6stb 

Supported by Studio To Be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan 

Audio production support: Chloe Behrens

Sound design and audio mixing: Alec Cowan

Original music: Claudia Meza

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We're between series of The Tip Off now - and planning lots more great episodes for you, but while we do, why not take a listen to Silenced.

A new podcast from human rights organisation ARTICLE 19 Silenced tell the Stories of journalists and activists around the world, whose governments attempt to rein them in and cover up the truth. 

Take a listen to this episode, in which Matthew Caruana Galizia, journalist and son of the late investigative journalist Daphne Caruana-Galizia, speaks to host Nicola Kelly about the day of his mother's murder and his determination to continue her legacy, exposing corruption among Malta's elite. Then find Silenced in your favourite podcast app and get subscribing: https://podfollow.com/1619957803

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Rob Cribb had an idea for an investigation, an idea so big it was almost impossible to envisage how the work could be done. But then, it came to him....

This is the story of how more than 100 journalists across Canada banded together to reveal the shocking levels on lead in tap water across the country.

Read all about it: 

in-water.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/lead-in-water.html

we-did-it-inside-the-tainted-water-investigation.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2019/11/04/how-we-did-it-inside-the-tainted-water-investigation.html

This show is a co-production of Studio to be. 

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan 

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Theme music: Dice muse

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Who gets to tell the stories we hear? On this episode we hear from citizen journalists - two women with lived experience of homelessness and surrounding issues, as they talk us through a ground-breaking project.

Warning: this episode contains some explicit language and mention of sexual violence.

Read all about it:

listenup-hub.org/">https://groundswell-listenup-hub.org/ 

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This show is a co-production of Studio to be. 

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan 

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor and sound design: Maeve McClenaghan

Original music: Claudia Meza

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How do you investigate a group that is shrouded in secrecy by its very nature? 

This is the story of how two journalists - Patrick Lohmann and Marnie Eisenstadt tracked down dozens of people, to reveal the concerning goings on in an AA-type support group.

Read all about it:

https://www.syracuse.com/butternutters/#:~:text=The%20organization%20called%20%22The%20Syracuse,Post%2DStandard%20investigation%20has%20found. 

This show is a co-production of Studio to be. 

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan 

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Transcription support: Soobin Kim

Theme music: Dice muse

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Where do you start in unravelling one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in the UK system? For Nick Wallis it all began with a tweet.

This is the story of how Nick’s tenacity, with over a decade of reporting, exposed a scandal of unimaginable proportions.

Read all about it:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-great-post-office-scandal/nick-wallis/9781916302389 

This show is a co-production of Studio to be. 

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan 

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Transcription support: Dan Woodburn

Theme music: Dice muse

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Hi Tip Off Listeners - We are working hard on new episodes for you, and have some more great stories coming up this series. But this week we are taking a dip into our archive.

As the Russian regime is accused of breaking international law and committing untold atrocities in Ukraine, we're re-publishing the first of a two-parter, originally published in 2018. This is the story of how Heidi Blake and her team of journalists at Buzzfeed UK revealed a series of deaths, all on British soil and all linked to Russian actors. These episodes came out just a few weeks before the horrifying news of Novichok poisonings in Salisbury. 

So, stay tuned for more stories behind the headlines, and for now, enjoy a classic from our archives.

Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/from-russia-with-blood/heidi-blake/9780008300098

If you liked this episode go back and find Episode 16 in our archive - called Web of Death Part 2.

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One December day, Samira Shackle found herself in the midst of an unfolding, global story. Drones had been spotted flying around Gatwick Airport. But weeks, then months passed, and no drone operators were ever found.

Samira lays out how she dug into the mystery and revealed all was not as it first seemed. 

Read all about it:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/01/the-mystery-of-the-gatwick-drone  

https://samirashackle.com/karachi-vice/ 

This show is a co-production of Studio to be. 

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan 

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Transcription support: Soobin Kim

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Annabel Hennessy was reporting on another case when she heard a name that would change everything. A lawyer, expert in First Nations’ rights, told her about Jody Gore - a woman convicted of murder with little weight given to the years of domestic abuse she suffered.

This story unravels how Annabel’s groundbreaking series of articles led to real change in Western Australia.

WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of domestic abuse and may not be suitable for all. ​​If you or a loved one is experiencing domestic violence, support is available globally through a number of hotlines and organisations, some are listed below.

Note - a previous version of this episode wrongly called Annabel's paper the Western Australian, it is, of course: the West Australian. Apologies.

Read all about it: 

https://thewest.com.au/news/court-justice/kill-or-be-killed-chapter-one-the-incarceration-of-jody-gore-ng-b881296125z

https://thewest.com.au/features/kill-or-be-killed-chapter-three-the-crisis-centre-files-ignored-at-jody-gores-murder-trial-ng-b881317254z 

Interview with Dr Hannah McGlade, from Noongar Dandjoo TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5o91-fvYiE

This show is a co-production of Studio to be. 

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan 

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Transcription support: Rushana Miller

Theme music: Dice muse

​​If you or a loved one is experiencing domestic violence, support is available globally through a number of hotlines and organisations. Here are just a few:

22 Standout Groups Stopping Domestic Violence: https://greatist.com/happiness/stop-domestic-violence-organizations#get-help-now

AUSTRALIA

Djirra, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation which provides holistic, culturally safe and specialist legal and non-legal support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who experience family violence – predominantly women: https://djirra.org.au/who-we-are/

1800RESPECT: https://www.1800respect.org.au/help-and-support/services-overview

UK

Refuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline: https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

USA

National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/

CANADA

Shelter Safe: https://sheltersafe.ca/

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What do you do if the data you need doesn’t exist? 

When the pandemic hit I couldn’t stop wondering about how the impact of lockdown, sickness or bereavement on people’s ability to pay their rent or mortgage. I wanted to know more, but I couldn’t do it alone. This is the story of how a group of more than 20 journalists, all across England and Wales, came together in one of the largest court-reporting projects of its kind.

Read all about it: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-09-23/evicted-in-less-than-10-minutes-courts-fail-tenants-broken-by-pandemic 

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-11-03/banks-repossessions-pandemic-mortgages 

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2021-10-05/closeddoors-how-local-journalists-exposed-pandemic-evictions 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58643437 

This show is a co-production of Studio to be. 

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan 

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editing and sound design: Maeve McClenaghan

Voice acting: Francis Whittaker

Original music: Claudia Meza

Theme music: Dice muse

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