About
I’m a journalist and audio producer based in the UK.My work has appeared at The Guardian, Radiolab, 99% Invisible, NPR, The World, The Kitchen Sisters Present and more.Currently, I am producer at Today in Focus, The Guardian’s flagship podcast.Previously based in Beirut, I was a founding producer at Kerning Cultures. The Guardian described the show as “a This American Life for the Middle East”, and even Sarah Jessica Parker was a fan.
Selected works
The Copernic Affair (Canadaland) – an investigative series about Hassan Diab – a sociology professor living a quiet life in Ottawa who gets accused of carrying out a terror attack. The series won gold at the Signal Awards and was described as "thorough and absorbing" and "a fascinating tale masterfully told" in reviews by The Guardian and The Financial Times.Black Box (The Guardian) – a seven-part series exploring the collision between artificial intelligence and us.Searching for the Shadow Man (The Guardian) – two genocide scholars go undercover to identify a Syrian intelligence commander responsible for a mass killing.The ordinary Brits evacuating children from Gaza (The Guardian) – the British government promised to bring hundreds of sick and injured children from Gaza to the UK for life-saving treatment. But, so far, only five children have safely made it through. Meanwhile, four friends got together, and worked out a way to do it themselves.Abandoned Ships (99% Invisible) – how cargo ship workers end up stuck on ships that have been completely abandoned by the owners, leaving them stranded out at sea with no way back to land.Divining Provenance (99% Invisible) – a Syrian archaeologist risks his life to record ISIS’ destruction of the country’s cultural heritage.Operation Nemesis (NPR) – the secretive operation to avenge the Armenian Genocide, and how it changed the idea of justice in the modern world.Lebanon USA (Radiolab) – a Lebanese man on a mission to visit every American town named Lebanon.In Case of Death (Kerning Cultures) – the volunteers who help repatriate foreigners after they’ve died in the UAE.
Interviews
Question Everything with Brian Reed
Al Jazeera's The Take
CBC's Crime Story