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 15: Ep.15 Web of death- part 1
In the corner room of Buzzfeed’s office is a wall is covered with photographs. Photographs that are linked up in a web of connections. Photographs of dead men.These are the people Heidi Blake suspects were killed with impunity on British soil.This i...
episode 14: Ep.14 Hoping to be wrong
Tip offs for a story can come in many forms, but for Alistair one investigation he worked on started in the worst way imaginable: with the death of a loved one.From a hospital car-park in the Midlands to a meeting with the Health Secretary, the BBC’...
episode 13: Ep.13 Voices in the ether
When you set out on an investigation you usually start with a hypothesis- an idea that you will test and challenge as you go. But not Paul Myles… Working for On Our Radar, Paul set out to tell the story of dementia in the UK. Hours spent on trains, ...
episode 12: Ep. 12 The sound of news
Leah Borromeo sees journalism differently to most. Or rather she hears it. Leah and colleagues are working on a project to tell investigative journalism through music.So Maeve went along to the studio, to hear just exactly what that means. Read a...
episode 11: Ep.11 Putting a price on health
Ep. 11 Putting a price on healthBilly Kenber set out to look into one story and ended up finding another. Hidden within open datasets was proof of a practice that was costing the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds a year.Battling to put the piece...
episode 10: Ep. 10 Brown paper envelopes
Jennifer Williams, of the Manchester Evening News, was hearing horrible stories coming from two hospitals in her patch. Rumour had it, there was a damning report out there... but getting hold of it would be easier said than done.Sources, FOI battles...
Ep.9 When the roof came down
Ep.9 When the roof came down In late July I read a Facebook post that would send me on a three month journey- from town council steps, to bland hotels to dirty council flats- I followed the stories of women fleeing domestic violence only to be let down...
Ep.8 The stories untold
Ep.8 The stories untoldIt’s one thing breaking a story- but how do you keep reporting a story that unfurls over years and not days?Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi explains how she travelled to the vast refugee camps of Ethiopia before Rossalyn Warren takes...
Ep.7 Codename Prometheus
Ep. 7 Codename: PrometheusEveryone’s heard of the Panama Papers- the stories from the biggest data lead in history rocked the world. But how did it happen? Where did the data appear from? How do you sift through 11.5m files? And how on earth do you ...
Ep.6 Caught offside?
Ep. 6 Caught offside?A two year investigation took reporters undercover as they met with top football managers and agents.Claire Newell explains how the Daily Telegraph’s investigation team exposed the murky world of British football, ending in the ...