J-Lab Episode 31: Reporting county lines drugs gangs and knife crime, with Annabel Deas

Published: July 8, 2021, 12:42 p.m.

b'Annabel Deas, an investigative journalist who works for BBC Radio 5 Live and Radio 4, has just won the Orwell Prize for Hope High, a seven-part podcast documenting the year she spent with a community in Huddersfield where a number of children were being exploited by county lines drug dealers. Judges described Hope High as \\u201cBritish public service journalism, impartial and hard hitting, at its best.\\u201d\\nIn this episode, Annabel explains the background to her reporting, how she won a community\\u2019s trust and offers her advice to young or emerging journalists who want to do this kind of investigative work.\\nThis podcast is brought to you by the Civic Journalism Lab at Newcastle University.'