Ep. 5 It started with a body

It started with a body and ended up in a months long investigation exploring the scale of homelessness in a London borough. 

We follow Emma Youle as one simple story grows and morphs into an award-winning campaign.

Read all about it: http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/hackney-council-pays-35million-a-year-to-keep-the-homeless-homeless-1-4851576

http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/revealed-shocking-modern-day-slum-conditions-at-hackney-hostel-for-homeless-people-1-4589067

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan
Music: Dice Muse and Podington Bear

The Tip Off

Ep.5 It started with a body

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 England manager stepping down.

Read all about it:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/26/exclusive-investigation-england-manager-sam-allardyce-for-sale/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football-for-sale/

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan
Music: Dice Muse and Clare Marks
https://soundcloud.com/claremarks

Ep.6 Caught offside?

Ep. 7 Codename: Prometheus

Everyone’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 herd hundreds of journalists to the same finish line?

Bastian Obermayer (Süddeutsche Zeitung), Holly Watt (Guardian) and Will Fitzgibbon (ICIJ) talk us through the trials and tribulations of the world’s biggest cross-border collaboration.

Read all about it:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/07/david-cameron-admits-he-profited-fathers-offshore-fund-panama-papers

https://panamapapers.icij.org/about.html

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan
Music: Dice Muse and Josh Spacek

Ep.7 Codename Prometheus

Ep.8 The stories untold

It’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 up the baton, reporting from the perilous sea-crossings on the Mediterranean. 

Working freelance, both women struggle to do the stories they care about while making a living.

WARNING: This episodes contains descriptions of domestic violence.

Read all about it:
http://www.newstatesman.com/world/africa/2017/03/i-want-try-live-or-die-how-refugees-decide-whether-make-dangerous-trip-europe

http://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/culture/longform/a36785/moroccan-teen-girl-fleeing-slavery/

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan
Music: Dice Muse, Clare Marks and Komiku
Audio of sea rescues from Medicins Sans Frontier
https://soundcloud.com/claremarks

Ep.8 The stories untold

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 by the system designed to support them.

Meanwhile, a team of journalists all across the country, dug into FOI data, pulled in local council funding bids and surveyed experts on the ground. Together we uncovered a country-wide crisis, with huge cuts to refuge funding and hundreds of vulnerable women turned away. 

WARNING: This episodes contains descriptions of domestic violence and strong language.

If you need to talk to someone about domestic violence contact Women's Aid/Refuge free helpline on 0808 2000 247. If you are in immediate danger, call 999. 

Read all about it:

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-10-16/a-system-at-breaking-point

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-10-16/new-entry

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2017-10-19/refuges-at-breaking-point-stories-from-around-the-country

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan
Testimony voiced by: Emer O Connor and Stephanie Soh

Music: Dice Muse and Komiku
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Its_time_for_adventure__vol_3/Komiku_-_Its_time_for_adventure_vol_3_-_09_You_yourself_and_the_main_character

Ep.9 When the roof came down

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.

The Tip Off

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