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Keeping this thread alive! Tenacious Journalist Award winner Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff yesterday launched "The Missing Sister" — a powerful story of "truth, lies, a young woman yearning to belong, and a family still waiting for answers." Listen now: wondery.com/shows/the-mi...
The Missing Sister
Back in 2015, a girl named Joy Morgan started watching strange videos on YouTube. Videos of men with loud voices, draped in purple and gold robes, reciting fiery scripture from the Bible.At first, she...
wondery.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Thanks, will take a look- and do please bear with us if it takes a while!
August 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Catch up with our most recent review of the data here: www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/local-news-m... (and we're hoping to do a 2025 update of that too!)
LOCAL NEWS MAP | PINF
www.publicinterestnews.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
And they keep coming! Wil Crisp again in @thetimes.com on the dramatic fall in the number of Gambling Regulator inspections: www.thetimes.com/article/camp... (£) #gambling
Campaigner says watchdog lets gambling groups act ‘with impunity’
Jackie Olden, whose mother lost thousands while battling cancer, says premises are not being inspected, with assessments down 98 per cent in ten years
www.thetimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Continuing our thread of highlighting stories from our Tenacious Journalist Award winners, here's Wil Crisp in @scotsman.com, looking at the influence of giant oil companies on regulators : www.scotsman.com/news/scottis... (£)
Inside the battle for North Sea control: How oil giants like BP lobbied over emission restrictions
Documents show BP was among the respondents to a consultation that ultimately led to emissions requirements being watered down for the North Sea.
www.scotsman.com
June 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“It feels like the journalists have really good relationships with their sources.”

“The tone manages not to be too heavy, even if the subject matter is.”

“Too much housing content! I turned over”

“Some of the design doesn’t draw you in as much as the photography.”

“It’s a very sparky newspaper!”
June 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We’re reviewing the latest print edition - a beautiful product!
June 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
And by happy coincidence, what she says on the relationship with the BBC and other news providers —  "a partnership — not competition" chimes with what we've heard from providers in this year's survey of providers: www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/research/pin...
June 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM