While researching the effects of the One Child Policy in China, LA Times journalist Barbara Demick stumbles upon an extraordinary story: twin sisters, one of whom was forcibly adopted away to the USA. Barbara sets off to find the missing twin, and reunite the family.&nbsp; Read all about it: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-07/how-a-journalist-discovered-and-reunited-identical-twins Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Alice Milliken Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

While researching the effects of the One Child Policy in China, LA Times journalist Barbara Demick stumbles upon an extraordinary story: twin sisters, one of whom was forcibly adopted away to the USA. Barbara sets off to find the missing twin, and reunite the family.&nbsp; Read all about it: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-07/how-a-journalist-discovered-and-reunited-identical-twins Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Alice Milliken Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Ep. 40 O Sister Where Art Thou?

Hundreds of miles apart, journalists Jessica Purkiss and JD are working to get answers. They are looking for accountability and justice for an Afghan man named Masih. Masih’s entire family was wiped out in an airstrike, on his house in a remote part of Afghanistan.&nbsp; This is the story of how Masih worked with journalists around the world to get to the truth.&nbsp; Read all about it:&nbsp; https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-06-03/us-bomb-kills-afghan-family https://youtu.be/cUNihuiCp3o Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Alice Milliken Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Hundreds of miles apart, journalists Jessica Purkiss and JD are working to get answers. They are looking for accountability and justice for an Afghan man named Masih. Masih’s entire family was wiped out in an airstrike, on his house in a remote part of Afghanistan.&nbsp; This is the story of how Masih worked with journalists around the world to get to the truth.&nbsp; Read all about it:&nbsp; https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-06-03/us-bomb-kills-afghan-family https://youtu.be/cUNihuiCp3o Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Alice Milliken Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep.39 Fragments

Jodi Kantor was given a beat and had been pointed at a tweet - a single tweet, without any names included that would set her on a months-long investigation. Teaming up with Megan Twohey, the two New York Times’ journalists set off to uncover one of the biggest scandals of the decade: a slew of allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. (Weinstein and lawyers representing his former company went on to deny all wrong-doing.) This is the story of what went into breaking a major story that started a viral, online movement.&nbsp; Read all about it:&nbsp; Jodi and Megan’s book She Said is out now and available from all good booksellers: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586563/she-said-by-jodi-kantor-and-megan-twohey/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Eyers Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Jodi Kantor was given a beat and had been pointed at a tweet - a single tweet, without any names included that would set her on a months-long investigation. Teaming up with Megan Twohey, the two New York Times’ journalists set off to uncover one of the biggest scandals of the decade: a slew of allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. (Weinstein and lawyers representing his former company went on to deny all wrong-doing.) This is the story of what went into breaking a major story that started a viral, online movement.&nbsp; Read all about it:&nbsp; Jodi and Megan’s book She Said is out now and available from all good booksellers: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586563/she-said-by-jodi-kantor-and-megan-twohey/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Eyers Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep.38 Holding hands to jump

In a crowded tent at Latitude Festival, journalist Charlie Mole explains how he tracked back how a conspiracy theory had grown and developed, finally ending up on US national news. In this show, recorded in front of a live audience, Charlie explains how the death of a young Democrat staffer, sparked an elaborate story about revenge killings, secret leaks and shady forces at work. Help support the show: www.patreon.com/thetipoff Read all about it: https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/conspiracy-files-murder-in-washington-bbc2/5127901.article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-43727858 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Ayers Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

In a crowded tent at Latitude Festival, journalist Charlie Mole explains how he tracked back how a conspiracy theory had grown and developed, finally ending up on US national news. In this show, recorded in front of a live audience, Charlie explains how the death of a young Democrat staffer, sparked an elaborate story about revenge killings, secret leaks and shady forces at work. Help support the show: www.patreon.com/thetipoff Read all about it: https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/conspiracy-files-murder-in-washington-bbc2/5127901.article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-43727858 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Ayers Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep. 37 Latitude Live - Anatomy of a conspiracy theory

After working for years to put together the pieces of how a massacre had gone unsolved, Barry and his team publish their findings. But that is far from the end of the story… This is how Barry got sucked into the story himself - after being arrested and taken to court, all for trying to report the truth. Read all about it: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/31/northern-ireland-judge-rebukes-police-for-seizing-papers-from-journalists https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-48504287 https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/09/19/news/rte-to-screen-loughinisland-documentary-no-stone-unturned-1716947/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Ayers Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

After working for years to put together the pieces of how a massacre had gone unsolved, Barry and his team publish their findings. But that is far from the end of the story… This is how Barry got sucked into the story himself - after being arrested and taken to court, all for trying to report the truth. Read all about it: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/31/northern-ireland-judge-rebukes-police-for-seizing-papers-from-journalists https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-48504287 https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/09/19/news/rte-to-screen-loughinisland-documentary-no-stone-unturned-1716947/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Ayers Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep. 36 What does justice look like? Part 2

The violent, protracted conflict known as The Troubles claimed many innocent victims in Northern Ireland. But one atrocity stood out for journalist Barry McCaffrey - the massacred of six men in the quiet, tiny village of Loughinisland. The killings stuck with him, in part because it seemed so clear who the suspects were, so why were they walking free? Barry explains how he spent years digging into what happened after the massacre, an investigation that would be developed into the acclaimed Alex Gibney film No Stone Unturned. It is a story that would have unintended consequences…&nbsp; Read all about it: https://www.thedetail.tv/articles/loughinisland-collusion-or-myth https://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Stone-Unturned-Aidan-OToole/dp/B078HQSC2M Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Ayers Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

The violent, protracted conflict known as The Troubles claimed many innocent victims in Northern Ireland. But one atrocity stood out for journalist Barry McCaffrey - the massacred of six men in the quiet, tiny village of Loughinisland. The killings stuck with him, in part because it seemed so clear who the suspects were, so why were they walking free? Barry explains how he spent years digging into what happened after the massacre, an investigation that would be developed into the acclaimed Alex Gibney film No Stone Unturned. It is a story that would have unintended consequences…&nbsp; Read all about it: https://www.thedetail.tv/articles/loughinisland-collusion-or-myth https://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Stone-Unturned-Aidan-OToole/dp/B078HQSC2M Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Ayers Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep. 35 What does justice look like? Part 1

Amelia Gentleman’s work exposing the Windrush Scandal is some of the most impactful and well-renowned journalism of recent years. But where did it all begin? Amelia explains how a simple email she received while on holiday, set off a chain of events that would lead to arguably the biggest story of her illustrious career. Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-windrush-betrayal/amelia-gentleman//9781783351848 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Alice Milliken Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Amelia Gentleman’s work exposing the Windrush Scandal is some of the most impactful and well-renowned journalism of recent years. But where did it all begin? Amelia explains how a simple email she received while on holiday, set off a chain of events that would lead to arguably the biggest story of her illustrious career. Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-windrush-betrayal/amelia-gentleman//9781783351848 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Alice Milliken Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep. 34 The start of a scandal

A video of an extrajudicial killing haunts Aliaume Leroy - but how do you get to the truth from a short film posted on social media?&nbsp; Aliaume found himself banding together with open source investigators across the world in a race to uncover the truth behind the atrocity. This is the story of how they did it. Read all about it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-45599973/cameroon-atrocity-finding-the-soldiers-who-killed-this-woman Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Alice Milliken Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

A video of an extrajudicial killing haunts Aliaume Leroy - but how do you get to the truth from a short film posted on social media?&nbsp; Aliaume found himself banding together with open source investigators across the world in a race to uncover the truth behind the atrocity. This is the story of how they did it. Read all about it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-45599973/cameroon-atrocity-finding-the-soldiers-who-killed-this-woman Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Alice Milliken Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep. 33 Clues of a killing

Back in 2000 Jim DeRogatis received a fax that would change the course of his career forever.&nbsp; This is the story of how one journalist stayed on a story for decades, continuing to report allegations of abuse while the rest of the world covered its ears. Read all about it: https://www.abramsandchronicle.co.uk/book/soulless-the-case-against-r-kelly/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Alice Milliken Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Back in 2000 Jim DeRogatis received a fax that would change the course of his career forever.&nbsp; This is the story of how one journalist stayed on a story for decades, continuing to report allegations of abuse while the rest of the world covered its ears. Read all about it: https://www.abramsandchronicle.co.uk/book/soulless-the-case-against-r-kelly/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Alice Milliken Theme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep.32 "Brother needs help"

Brexit. It is all anyone is talking about. But while politicians argue and wring their hands, what is going on behind the scenes? Alice Ross and Lawrence Carter, part of Greenpeace's Unearthed team, set out to find out and discovered one way that lobbyists might try to get their ideas in front of the right people. Read all about it: https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/07/29/iea-hard-brexit-think-tank-access-ministers/ https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/07/30/iea-brexit-shanker-singham-mark-littlewood-us-donors/ Fund in Lyra McKee’s memory: https://uk.gofundme.com/in-memory-of-lyra-mckee Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support and edit: Cheeka Eyers Music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Brexit. It is all anyone is talking about. But while politicians argue and wring their hands, what is going on behind the scenes? Alice Ross and Lawrence Carter, part of Greenpeace's Unearthed team, set out to find out and discovered one way that lobbyists might try to get their ideas in front of the right people. Read all about it: https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/07/29/iea-hard-brexit-think-tank-access-ministers/ https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/07/30/iea-brexit-shanker-singham-mark-littlewood-us-donors/ Fund in Lyra McKee’s memory: https://uk.gofundme.com/in-memory-of-lyra-mckee Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support and edit: Cheeka Eyers Music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep.31 Chicken

Madlen Davies has been reporting on a concerning topic for years: the rise of antibiotic resistance and superbugs. Her reporting started in the UK but she soon realised she would need to travel further to get the real story. Here she talks about one international reporting trip... a story with a tragic ending. Read all about it: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2018-08-08/scourge-superbugs-killing-babies-malawi Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support and editing: Cheeka Eyers Music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Madlen Davies has been reporting on a concerning topic for years: the rise of antibiotic resistance and superbugs. Her reporting started in the UK but she soon realised she would need to travel further to get the real story. Here she talks about one international reporting trip... a story with a tragic ending. Read all about it: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2018-08-08/scourge-superbugs-killing-babies-malawi Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support and editing: Cheeka Eyers Music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep.30 A Post Antibiotic Era

Ashley Fantz often covers police press conferences as part of her day job at CNN. But a few years ago she would attend one that would set her on a months long journey, forensically piecing together the evidence to reveal the systematic destruction of vital police evidence. This is the story of how a team at CNN revealed widespread issues in sexual assault investigations, across the USA. WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault and listener discretion is advised. Read all about it: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2018/11/investigates/police-destroyed-rapekits/index.html Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Eyers Music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Ashley Fantz often covers police press conferences as part of her day job at CNN. But a few years ago she would attend one that would set her on a months long journey, forensically piecing together the evidence to reveal the systematic destruction of vital police evidence. This is the story of how a team at CNN revealed widespread issues in sexual assault investigations, across the USA. WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault and listener discretion is advised. Read all about it: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2018/11/investigates/police-destroyed-rapekits/index.html Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Eyers Music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep.29 Proof

Ep.28 W1G What connects a wide-screen TV in the toilet, a faked blockbuster film and an elaborate Las Vegas heist? Turns out... it's one address in central London. This is the story of how Oliver Bullough followed a tangle of financial crimes back to the source, discovering a far-from-transparent system on the way! Read all about it: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/19/offshore-central-london-curious-case-29-harley-street and https://www.waterstones.com/book/moneyland/oliver-bullough/9781781257920 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Eyers Music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Ep.28 W1G What connects a wide-screen TV in the toilet, a faked blockbuster film and an elaborate Las Vegas heist? Turns out... it's one address in central London. This is the story of how Oliver Bullough followed a tangle of financial crimes back to the source, discovering a far-from-transparent system on the way! Read all about it: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/19/offshore-central-london-curious-case-29-harley-street and https://www.waterstones.com/book/moneyland/oliver-bullough/9781781257920 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Eyers Music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep.28 W1G

Ep.27 Mother Lorna Tucker doesn’t think of herself as a journalist, more of a collector of stories. So years ago, when she stumbled on a story that needed to be told, she knew she wouldn’t stop until the truth came out. This is how she helped to document the stories of several Native American women who had undergone forcible sterilisation in the USA. Correction: Maeve mistakenly refers to former US president LBJ as Lyndon Boyd Johnson, it is of course Lyndon Baines Johnson. Apologies. Read all about it: https://amamovie.com/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Eyers Music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Ep.27 Mother Lorna Tucker doesn’t think of herself as a journalist, more of a collector of stories. So years ago, when she stumbled on a story that needed to be told, she knew she wouldn’t stop until the truth came out. This is how she helped to document the stories of several Native American women who had undergone forcible sterilisation in the USA. Correction: Maeve mistakenly refers to former US president LBJ as Lyndon Boyd Johnson, it is of course Lyndon Baines Johnson. Apologies. Read all about it: https://amamovie.com/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Eyers Music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep. 27 Mother

Shiv Malik thought he was onto something special. He’d been working with a source who was offering incredible insights into the UK terrorist scene. And now, this same source was saying he was ready to turn his back on his past life and he wanted Shiv to tell that story. Then things fell apart. Shiv's book The Messenger will be released in June 2019. Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-messenger/shiv-malik/9781783350452 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Eyers Music: Dice Muse, Poddington Bear, Blue Dot Sessions and Komiku This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Shiv Malik thought he was onto something special. He’d been working with a source who was offering incredible insights into the UK terrorist scene. And now, this same source was saying he was ready to turn his back on his past life and he wanted Shiv to tell that story. Then things fell apart. Shiv's book The Messenger will be released in June 2019. Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-messenger/shiv-malik/9781783350452 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Eyers Music: Dice Muse, Poddington Bear, Blue Dot Sessions and Komiku This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ep. 26 Burnt

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.

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