10 Best UK Journalism Podcasts

1. Today in Focus

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Today in Focus brings you closer to the Guardian's journalism. Our award-winning morning edition hosted by Helen Pidd, Nosheen Iqbal and Annie Kelly combines on-the-ground reporting, insightful analysis and personal testimony from the people at the heart of the stories that matter, to give you a deeper understanding of the world we live in. And to make sense of a rapidly-changing news cycle, our new evening edition 'The Latest' hosted by Lucy Hough, brings you up to speed on the big news story of the day in just 10 minutes. Available on YouTube and all podcast platforms.MORE Ranking #6 in Spotify Charts (GB)
Hosts Helen Pidd, Michael Safi
Producer/Network The Guardian
Email ****@theguardian.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 6.8KFacebook 9.4MTwitter 10.3M Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. The Audio Long Read

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The Audio Long Read podcast is a selection of the Guardian's long reads, giving you the opportunity to get on with your day while listening to some of the finest longform journalism the Guardian has to offer, including in-depth writing from around the world on current affairs, climate change, global warming, immigration, crime, business, the arts and much more...MORE Ranking #40 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Samira Shackle, Tom Lamont, Sophie Elmhirst, Samanth Subramanian, Imogen West-Knights, Sirin Kale, Daniel Trilling, Giles Tremlett, Helen Pidd
Producer/Network The Guardian
Email ****@theguardian.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 4.3K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. J-Lab

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A forum for professional, student and community journalists in the north east of England to meet, learn and collaborate. It's supported by Newcastle University.
Producer/Network Civic Journalism Lab at Newcastle University
Email ****@newcastle.ac.uk
Location Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Reviews 3Facebook 118Twitter 729 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. In Search Of Sauce

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In the age of Social Media, clickbait and TMZ-style 'news' has devoured the Journalism industry. Music Journalism is dead. Or is it?One thing is for sure. Music deserves better analysis. Quality journalists and creatives deserve more praise and bigger platforms. Fans deserve to be intrigued and inspired by the content they read. And we all deserve more substance and passion in our lives.Join the CentralSauce Creative Collective as we discuss three pieces of great journalistic content and celebrate the writers who are saving Music Journalism, one article at a time...F*ck clickbait...MORE Producer/Network The 5th Element Podcast Network/Central Sauce
Email ****@gmail.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 14Twitter 558 Avg Length 59 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Journalism.co.uk podcast

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The Journalism.co.uk editorial team brings you a weekly look at some of the latest innovations in digital journalism, and speaks to industry experts on how newsrooms are approaching key challenges and opportunities in the industry.MORE Host Jacob Granger
Producer/Network Journalism.co.uk
Email ****@journalism.co.uk
Location Brighton, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 27Facebook 11.2KTwitter 125.9KInstagram 3K Get Email Contact

6. Empoword Opinions

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Join Empoword Journalisms' Opinion Editors, Aarthee, Caitlin, Eva and Sanjana as they delve further into the articles discussed on the EJ Platform, and give voice to those stories which often go undiscussed. Follow us on Twitter: @evabailey24 @sanjana__18 @caitlinamyparr @aarthee023Visit the website: empowordjournalism.comContact us: ****@gmail.comMORE Producer/Network Empoword Opinions
Email ****@gmail.com
Location United Kingdom
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Apple Reviews 14Facebook 1.3KTwitter 8.6KInstagram 3.2K Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. THE REMATCH PODCAST

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Five sport journalism university graduates discuss and debate the biggest topics surrounding football. New podcast out every Tuesday at 6pm!
Producer/Network REMATCH
Email ****@gmail.com
Location United Kingdom
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Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 71 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. The Ferret headlines

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Listen to the latest stories from The Ferret, Scotland's investigative journalism co-operative.
Email ****@theferret.scot
Location Scotland, United Kingdom
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Facebook 13.1KTwitter 30.6KInstagram 5.4K Avg Length 7 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact