Fiona Walker
372 posts
@FinScotland
Former BBC. TBIJ Global Health Editor. Doorstep Murder Podcast. Investigative documentaries incl Panorama.
💫 NEW! Two reporters from @TBIJ’s global health team explain how they uncovered the shady world of phony snakebite anti-venom. 📝 Paul Eccles & @FinScotland. twp.ai/4imZbY
Typhoid is an infection that’s often caused by contaminated food or water – in the past it was almost eliminated But drug-resistant variants of the illness have now made the infection more deadly👇 thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…
EXCLUSIVE: A former employee of tobacco giant Philip Morris has blown the whistle to @TBIJ, revealing a web of payments funding tobacco research Shiro Konuma told us: “We have to tell the people about this” (🧵) 1/8 bit.ly/scienceforsale
#UofStirling will award an honorary degree to @DeaconBlueMusic drummer and celebrated broadcaster @DougieVipond at next week's graduation ceremony. Read the full story 👉 brnw.ch/21wHU6c #StirGrad
"Nick has been a wonderful colleague. He was a hugely talented journalist, presenter and author – and one of those rare people who light up the lives of everyone around them." Head of News and Current Affairs at BBC Scotland Gary Smith pays tribute to Nick Sheridan.
New offence comes into force in Scotland making it a crime to encourage or assist another person to self-harm. The law was first passed by the UK Govt & extended to the Scottish Parliament through a legislative consent motion. We'll speak to @MareeToddMSP #bbcgms 0740
🆕 We’re banning disposable vapes in the UK to protect children’s health. This is part of new measures to clamp down on underage vaping and create a #SmokefreeGeneration by making it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009. Details 🔻
Couldn’t ask for a more joyful, kind, hardworking colleague. Total team player. And a cracking human. Here’s to you, JB @BBCJohnBeattie
Today we’re launching Bureau Insiders – a membership community for those who believe in the power of investigative journalism to change the world 🌍 1/5 thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2023-11-2…
