Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast.

Hello and welcome to another episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast.

My name is Andrew Hunter Murray, and as promised last episode, we are at yet another party.

This is the Paul Foot Awards, Privatized Annual Award for

Investigative and Campaigning Journalism. We're going to interview each and every one of the

shortlistees in just a moment, but first here is the Chief of the Judges,

podrigi talking about what a fantastic year it's been. moment, but first here is the chief of the judges,

Podriguiri talking about what a fantastic year it's been.

Well, it was such an astonishing year.

And people have been saying to me, all the same,

like, you know, how much work did you have to do when you say

but my work consisted of the spring sitting down and reading incredible journalism

that's come in the past 12 months and this it's been an exceptional year. I know people say that every

but really you look at the short list this year. It really has been

exceptional. So it was far from a short, the only difficulty was really

whittling trying to whittle down to you know to a long list and then to a short list and then obviously

the judges have incredible conversations and arguments and discussions about who could possibly

we could possibly pick to be a winner out of this?

It is amazing how just how much these stories changed things.

That seems to be a common theme of this year's shortlist. You know, they played into huge national conversations

and in many cases they sparked them.

Exactly, they didn't play into conversations.

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