Fellow’s Profile
Fellow’s Profile
Listening to unheard voices: how can radio bring us together?
Giving voices to marginalised members of society through radio broadcasting
2018
North West
I'm an investigative journalist working at BBC News and Current Affairs.
I'm passionate about telling the stories of unheard people and used my Fellowship to travel across the USA, researching the best ways to tell the stories of marginalised people and communities.
Upon my return to the UK I spent a year researching and producing Hope High, a seven-part podcast for the BBC investigating why schoolchildren were being groomed by county-lines drug dealers. Hope High was shortlisted for The Orwell Prize and nominated for Best True Crime Podcast by The British Podcast Awards.
My Fellowship gave me the opportunity to learn new skills and become an expert in my field. I am incredibly grateful to the Fellowship for their support.
Journalist Annabel Deas (CF 2018) was awarded the Orwell Prize for her BBC Radio 5 Live podcast series, Hope High, this month. The series explores the impacts of drug trafficking on young people and was created from the findings of her Fellowship.
By Annabel Deas, 2021
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Journalist Annabel Deas (CF 2018) was awarded the Orwell Prize for her BBC Radio 5 Live podcast series, Hope High, this month. The series explores the impacts of drug trafficking on young people and was created from the findings of her Fellowship.
By Annabel Deas, 2021
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
