Podcast series editor @theeconomist. Ex BBC News in London, Cairo & Beirut. Languages and choir geek. Opinions borrowed. She/her
Joined August 2011
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20 Jun 2022
The @BBCRadio4 show Soul Music is one of my faves so I'm honoured to be on this week's episode - it's about the impact of violin playing on my life. I'm grateful to @BBCRadio3 for the serendipity they provided on the day my mum died. TW grief bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0018f…
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27 Mar 2025
📣 Some news about me:
Yesterday (Wednesday) I was detained by police in Istanbul, held for 17 hours and then deported from Turkey to the UK. Told I was “a threat to public order”. In the country I lived in - and love.
Journalism is not a crime.
Here’s the BBC’s statement:
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6 Feb 2025
A bank collapses in rural Kansas; a community is reeling.
In episode one, Sue-Lin follows a trail, starting in a small rural town, to uncover a global, underground scam economy built around human trafficking, corruption and money laundering econ.st/40U54dY 👇
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24 Jan 2025
For the past year, I've been investigating the global rise of online scams - a predatory, multi-billion dollar industry that rivals the size of the illicit drug trade. Scam Inc, a new 8-part podcast from @TheEconomist hosted by me, is out in February: econ.st/3CoAdxJ
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23 Jan 2025
New show coming soon from the formidable @suelinwong and @SamColbert - some impressive journalism joining the dots of an industry that's coming for all of us economist.com/audio/podcasts…
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23 Sep 2024
On this dark Monday, a reminder that #Lebanon has some outstanding journalists: @chehayebk for AP, @GebeilyM for Reuters, @aciltab for AFP, @ZeinakhodrAljaz for AlJazeera, @hwaida_saad for the NYT.
And a shout-out to the foreign correspondents reporting against all odds.
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30 Aug 2024
The Sudan episode is now free to listen!
27 Aug 2024
500 days of war in Sudan. This week for The Economist, we trace the origins of the third war in a generation, and hear from those who've lived through too many already economist.com/podcasts/2024/…
With @TomGardner18 @clear_red and @Imogen_Swka
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27 Aug 2024
In the Dark has obtained photos of the 2005 massacre in Haditha, Iraq — which the U.S. military tried to keep from the public for years newyorker.com/podcast/in-the…
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7 Jun 2024
How did the early life of India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, shape him as a leader? @AChilkoti explores his childhood in our new podcast “The Modi Raj”.
Subscribe and listen to the full series here: econ.st/3yR60Fv
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6 Jun 2024
After 10 years in power, Modi has been humbled in national elections. How might he respond? Stories from his youth, his rise through the BJP & his early years as PM hold some clues. Join me for a new podcast @TheEconomist, The Modi Raj. Episode 1 live now: open.spotify.com/show/5YGk9K…
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25 May 2024
Narendra Modi is eyeing a third term as leader of the world’s biggest democracy. What does that mean for India—and the world? @AChilkoti investigates in our new podcast series, “The Modi Raj”. Listen to the trailer: econ.st/3QYGMLC 🎧
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16 May 2024
We're hiring two big roles in London that are central to the growth and success of BBC News on digital...🧵
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28 Mar 2024
Rami, a 12-year old Palestinian boy, was playing with fireworks when he was shot dead by Israeli Border police. Israel's extreme right national security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir praised the officer who did it. Our report from March 12 with @Wburema @Goktay @rajaKhateeb172
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12 Nov 2023
The last message of MD Hamam before he was killed. Listen to it carefully and remember his name.
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12 Nov 2023
Just spoke to the same doctor at Al Shifa
He said a 3rd baby died earlier today & that no-one has been evacuated
He said staff wasn’t able to access the 300L fuel Israel dropped off as they were too afraid of being shot by Israeli forces to go collect it
11 Nov 2023
Just spoke to a senior doctor at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza, could hear gunfire in the background whilst he described a horrific scene:
30 babies from neo natal unit at major risk: taken out of incubators and placed in an operating theatre because barely any electricity, 2 died
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12 Nov 2023
RT @msrmichaelson: From yesterday, an account of people sheltering at al-Shifa amid a desolate and empty Gaza City, with countless numbers…
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8 Nov 2023
Channel 4 News correspondent Secunder Kermani today went into Gaza with Israeli forces. He saw an apocalyptic landscape and desperate Gazans evacuating to the south.
Warning: Distressing images.
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30 Oct 2023
Come for deep wisdom from GSK CEO Emma Walmsley but stay for Andrew Palmer's hilarious asides. I say a few things too. At best, I inspired the title of the episode...!
26 Oct 2023
How can you be a better leader? On “Boss Class”:
🎧 Emma Walmsley, CEO of @GSK
🎧 Nobel prize-winning psychologist, @kahneman_daniel
🎧 Former COO of Stripe, @chughesjohnson
Listen to our new podcast: econ.st/473tDX2 👇
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28 Sep 2023
Congratulations to this year’s winners in the #BritishPodcastAwards Network or Publisher category
Gold : Economist Podcasts / @TheEconomist
Category sponsor: @Campaignmag
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