Radio programmes and podcasts
Tortoise Media: ‘Hostile Environment: Inside the Home Office’
This episode of the ‘Slow Newscast’ from Tortoise Media was co-reported with journalist Jack Shenker.
Jack looked into the political history of the department over the last two decades, while I focused on Priti Patel’s Home Office.
I appeared live on LBC and on two UK immigration-related podcasts to discuss my reporting. A thread of my work had over 2,000 retweets.
Podcast series: ‘Silenced’
During the spring of 2022, I hosted a podcast series for press freedom NGO Article 19, which told the stories of journalists and activists around the world whose governments have attempted to rein them in and cover up the truth.
‘Silenced’ was highly commended at the Society of Editors Media Freedom Awards 2022 in the ‘Podcast of the Year’ category.
Myanmar’s Drug Vigilantes, Assignment, BBC World Service
On patrol with an anti-drugs vigilante squad on the China-Myanmar border as they perform door-to-door raids. Presented and produced from Myitkyina, northern Myanmar.
Zanzibar: Spirits and Psychiatry, Assignment, BBC World Service
Exploring the mental health crisis in Zanzibar with the island’s one remaining psychiatrist.
Western Sahara’s Champion Athlete, Assignment, BBC World Service
Presented and produced from Tindouf, south-west Algeria, this report highlights the plight of the Saharawi people as they prepare to run a marathon through the forgotten land of the Western Sahara.
Does the world need more babies?, World Hacks, BBC World Service
Reporting on the rise and fall in rates of fertility worldwide from Oslo, Norway.
Fantasies, The Why Factor, BBC World Service
A documentary on why we fantasise and, on occasion, create and live in fictional worlds.