About
The Tip Off is an independent podcast created, produced and hosted by UK-based investigative journalist Maeve McClenaghan. Launched in 2017, each episode goes behind the scenes of some of the best investigative journalism from recent years, as journalists tell us about the leads, the dead-ends and of course, the tip offs.
There are car chases, slammed doors, terrorist cells, meetings in dimly lit bars and cafés, wrangling with despotic regimes and much more.
If you’re curious about the fun, complicated detective work that goes into making great, impactful investigative journalism—then this is the podcast for you.
Meet
Maeve
Maeve McClenaghan is a multi-award winning journalist, writer and host of The Tip Off podcast. She is an investigations correspondent for the Guardian, and previously worked for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. She has produced investigations for BBC radio, UnEarthed, the Guardian and Buzzfeed UK.
Her first book No Fixed Abode was published by Picador in September 2020. She has won the Bar Council’s Legal Reporting Award, the Royal Statistical Society’s Excellence in Journalism Award and the Expert Citizen’s Insight through Journalism Award. Maeve has been a finalist at the British Journalism Awards four times; shortlisted for five Amnesty Media Awards, the Paul Foot Award, London Press Club Digital Journalist of the Year, Words by Women News Reporter of the Year; and nominated for the prestigious Orwell Prize three times. She was an inaugural Bertha Foundation Fellow from 2019-2020 and her work has been used in parliamentary inquiries, a foreign Truth Commission, a Supreme Court judgement, and as an influence on new UNHCR guidelines.
Behind
The Tip Off
Executive Producer, Creator & Host
Maeve McClenaghan
Co-Executive Producers
Joaquin Alvarado
Ken Ikeda
Producer
Olivia Aylmer
Audio Editors
Chloe Behrens
Cheeka Ayers
Alice Milliken
Audio Mixer,
Sound Designer, Composer,
& Editorial Consultant
Claudia Meza
Transcription Support
Rushana Miller
Soobin Kim
Theme Music
Dice Muse
The Tip Off is a co-production of Studio to be, an Oakland, California-based creative media and consulting agency that supports artists, journalists and organizations with strategy, growth and impact. Studio to be’s work centers on collaboration, courage and opportunities for women and BIPOC creatives in media. They believe stories fuel movements, collaboration creates stronger communities and information is power.