Maeve McClenaghan
Maeve McClenaghan is an award-winning investigative journalist and founder of the critically-acclaimed podcast The Tip Off. Formerly at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Maeve now works as investigations correspondent at the Guardian.
She has led nationwide, collaborative investigations on issues including cuts to domestic violence refuges, politicians’ use of Facebook “dark ads” and homeless deaths. Her investigation Dying Homeless – a year-long project counting homeless deaths – prompted widespread debate, influenced national and local policy and caused the Office for National Statistics to start recording when and how people are dying homeless in the UK.
Summer Conference Event
— Talk
How to Make a Successful Podcast
Two award-winning podcast creators Maeve McClenaghan (The Tip Off Podcast) and Basia Cummings (Tortoise Studios) share their experience of how to make investigative podcasts. They’ll discuss how to identify compelling subjects for audio stories, provide tips and tricks on sound design and the differences in writing and interviewing for the ear, rather than the eye.
Summer Conference Event
— Panel
The Human Cost of the Housing Crisis
Council estates are being knocked down to build luxury developments and ‘affordable’ housing is out of reach of those that most need it. Meanwhile the number of homeless on the streets and people in temporary accommodation is growing.
