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Military charity Combat Stress failing to help desperate veterans

By Will Tullis, MA Investigative Journalism This investigation reveals serious faults and deficiencies at leading military mental health charity Combat Stress. Health experts have said its miscommunication has “directly” impacted the mental health of veterans. At least 186 veterans have suffered, some of whom have attempted suicide. New and exclusive revelations from former Combat Stress…

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Pride and solidarity: Rainbows and the NHS

By Cait Findlay, MA Newspaper Journalism Before Sarah* met her wife, she found that conversations in bars about her job always led to the same jokes – jokes she describes as “low-hanging fruit”. Sarah is a registrar doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology. She is also a lesbian. She says: “When I was single, there…

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Defeated – The Journeyman Boxers Who Survive By Losing

MA Television Journalism This documentary was winner of Best TV Documentary at the 2018 BJTC Awards. Callum McCulloch – Producer, Co-Director Christian Olsen – Director Vedika Bahl – Reporter

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WHO classifies burnout as a disease but stigma still dogs British workplaces

By Michael O’Dwyer, MA Financial Journalism The World Health Organisation has added burnout to its official diseases classification list in a move that “adds legitimacy” to the struggles of sufferers. Burnout is a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. In addition to adding “legitimacy”, the decision to recognise the…

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The Lady’s not for turning: Sam Taylor, editor of Britain’s oldest women’s magazine

By Abigail Buchanan, MA Newspaper Journalism Stepping into the offices of The Lady magazine in Covent Garden is like stepping back in time. Behind a cream exterior and gilt doors that read ‘General Enquiries’ and ‘Classified Advertising’, there is an unmanned old-timey oak reception and a bell that says, ‘PLEASE RING’. Old issues of the…

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Clowning around in church

By Lydia Veljanovski, MA Newspaper Journalism I’m sat in the church pews with a plate of curried fish on my lap, bubbles are floating in the air above and everyone around me is intent on finding Geoffrey: an invisible man who is accused of kicking a dog. As a custard pie is carried down the…

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The dark underworld of dating apps

By Alice Hall, MA Newspaper Journalism ~ More and more people are turning to apps such as Tinder to meet future partners. Alice Hall explores a hidden world where users become hooked in a cycle of addiction and despair. It’s three in the morning and Sam* is partying with some friends in an east London…

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