Five years ago I watched a young woman die on the street after a gunman fired a gun indiscriminately at us during a riot. Poor Lyra McKee was hit by one of the bullets I heard whizz past my head as I ran for cover. That sound haunts me still. As does the screaming and the 1/

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🔴3 - 4 July 2024
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The Centre for Investigative Journalism Emma Youle Jenna Corderoy Thanks so much, the Lyra McKee training course gave me so much confidence. I would not be doing this without you <3

Applications for #CIJLyraMcKee Investigative Journalism Bursary and Mentoring Scheme 2024 are now open.
Apply by 1 April 2024.

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Very proud of our #CIJLyraMcKee 2023 graduate Ali Rees Ali Rees (they/she). They are freelancing at ReadWrite, specialising in tech and gaming stories.

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Also, the story they pitched to the editors during last year's scheme was published by Brig Newspaper.…

I am so excited to announce my first ever national byline for Independent Voices calling for a ban on disposable vapes in the UK. Please read using the link below independent.co.uk/voices/disposa…

Making an appearance on the Belfast Telegraph front page today with a story I started working on last summer during the   #CIJLyraMcKee training scheme.

After 4 months I'm really pleased to say I have graduated from the #CIJLyraMcKee training programme. So grateful to the The Centre for Investigative Journalism team and our wonderful mentors Jenna Corderoy and Emma Youle for the opportunity and all the support!

#ICYMI : 'An investigation into the policing of UK festivals has revealed arrest rates at Notting Hill Carnival are almost identical to Glastonbury, suggesting controversial crime narratives surrounding the London event are misplaced'. (2019)
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Wrote a piece for The Vinyl Factory about some very thin and very blue records that were a pretty big deal in the Soviet Union

#CIJSummer Conference Day 2.

The gas meters scandal hit the headlines last winter. It was the investigations by two journalists for two different newspapers that changed the policy on pre payment gas meters. Dean Kirby, PhD (the i newspaper) and Paul Morgan-Bentley (The Times) soeak to…

.Emma Youle talks to The I's Dean Kirby, PhD about his work on the prepayment meter scandal at #cijsummer

Looking forward to doing two talks at the The Centre for Investigative Journalism summer conference today and tomorrow on my i newspaper investigations into Russian filtration camps and prepayment meters. #cijsummer tcij.org/person/dean-ki…

Delighted to see our #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference 2023 speakers Dean Kirby, PhD and Paul Morgan-Bentley shortlisted for the #PaulFootAward 2023.

Dean and Paul will be speaking to Emma Youle on 29 June.

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Context behind prosecutions of police officers - following deaths in custody. Emma Youle covered this for HuffPost UK: