Welcome to The Tip Off- the podcast where we take you behind the scenes of some of the best investigative journalism from recent years. Each episode we’ll be digging into an investigative scoop- hearing from the journalists behind the work as they tell us about the leads, the dead-ends and of course, the tip offs. There’ll be car chases, slammed doors, terrorist cells, meetings in dimly lit bars and cafes, wrangling with despotic regimes and much more. So if you’re curious about the fun, complicated detective work that goes into doing great investigative journalism- then this is the podcast for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 10 hours 14 minutes
episode 68: Ep. 68 The deep blue
A tragedy in the English Channel got Aaron Walawalkar thinking. How could it be that people were dying, their boats sinking in one of the busiest stretches of water in the world?
This is how Liberty Investigates went to battle over FOI rejections, knocked on doors and analysed shipping data to reveal the shocking reality behind deaths at sea.
Read all about it:
https://libertyinvestigates.org...
episode 67: Ep. 67 Moths to a flame
The horizon near Ali’s house is filled with flames. Owen Pinnell and Jess Kelly, from BBC Arabic, can't stop thinking of them.
And back in the UK, Unearthed's Joe Sandler Clarke is digging into his own investigation.
This is the story of how journalists worked with citizen journalists and scientists to delve into the impact of oil drilling around Basra, Iraq.
Read all about it:
https://www.bbc.co...
episode 66: Ep.66 What a scoop!
You will have heard about the BBC Newnight interview with Prince Andrew - it was a seismic scoop that reverberated around the world.
But how did it happen? The answer is one woman: Sam McAlister. This is how she bagged the interview of the decade.
Read all about it:
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Sam-McAlister/Scoops--The-BBCs-Most-Shocking-Interviews-from-Prince-And/27025330
https://www.youtube...
episode 65: Ep. 65 Closed ranks
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...
Introducing... Silenced
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...
episode 64: Ep. 64 In the pipeline
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:
https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/lead-in-water.html
https://www.thestar...
episode 63: Ep. 63 Listen
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:
https://groundswell-listenup-hub...
episode 62: Ep. 62 Butternutters
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...
episode 61: Ep. 61 Beyond the Horizon
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...
episode 60: Ep. 60 From the archive: Web of death - part 1
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...