Ella is a reporter at Tortoise, working mainly on the Sensemaker team. Before Tortoise, she interned at the Economist’s 1843 magazine. Prior to journalism, she worked (briefly) as a researcher for an NGO in Jordan.
Ella Hill
Reporter
“For me, Tortoise is all about storytelling: from the clarity of the daily Sensemaker to our investigations shedding light on urgent, complex stories. It’s a privilege to be part of the reporting team.”
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Thursday 11 February 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Women and MBS
What just happened
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Friday 5 February 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Seven year scratch
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Thursday 7 January 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: DC insurrection
What just happened
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Tuesday 29 December 2020
The good that happened in 2020: Wealth
2020 wasn’t all bad. And it’s important that we remember that. This series considers the heartening things that happened this year, according to each of Tortoise’s five main themes
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Thursday 10 December 2020
10 minute readSensemaker: Biology’s breakthrough
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Friday 4 December 2020
10 minute readSensemaker: Brexit: to diverge, or not?
What just happened
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Wednesday 2 December 2020
10 minute readSensemaker: Brexit crunch week part 2
What just happened
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Monday 30 November 2020
10 minute readSensemaker: Eyes off the prize
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Friday 27 November 2020
10 minute readSensemaker: Tiers before Christmas
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Tuesday 24 November 2020
Who was failed the most?
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Thursday 19 November 2020
10 minute read
Sensemaker: Conflict in Tigray
What just happened
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Wednesday 18 November 2020
10 minute read
Sensemaker: Devolution disaster
What just happened
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Monday 16 November 2020
The lost month: what happened in February?
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Monday 9 November 2020
10 minute read
Sensemaker: Biden’s time
What just happened
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Friday 6 November 2020
10 minute read
Sensemaker: Neck and neck
What just happened
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Friday 30 October 2020
10 minute read
Sensemaker, 30 October 2020
What just happened
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Monday 26 October 2020
10 minute read
Sensemaker, 26 October 2020
What just happened
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Monday 12 October 2020
10 minute read
Sensemaker, 12 October 2020
What just happened
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Friday 9 October 2020
10 minute read
Sensemaker, 9 October 2020
What just happened
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Thursday 8 October 2020
10 minute read
Test and trace
A shot in the dark
The prime minister is reaching for the stars, but the test and trace scheme is still in the gutter
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Thursday 1 October 2020
Big Egg
Hatching the egg
Meet the new generation of pioneers in fertility science, technology and ethics
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Wednesday 17 June 2020
The government is unwell
Infection HQ
Britain’s leading politicians are spread across a few buildings and streets in central London. Here’s how – and when – the virus swept through them
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Wednesday 20 May 2020
Social care
A new deal
Could Covid-19 do for social care what World War II did for the NHS?
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Tuesday 18 February 2020
Campus justice
A college with secrets
Sexual assault allegations from three different women against the same man. A grave allegation of sexual assault by a senior academic on a male student. And an historic allegation of sexual assault against another academic.
These three cases all crashed into a Cambridge college within a few months of one another, early in 2018, each more complex than the last.
This investigation asks: does the reputation of an institution and its close-knit group of tutors count for more than the welfare of students in their care?
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Tuesday 2 March 2021
The missing patient
Someone, somewhere in England, has the super-infectious Brazil variant of Covid-19 – and the authorities are racing to track them down.
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Monday 1 March 2021
The story of Shamima Begum
She left London to join Isis in Syria when she was 15. Now, she’s been stripped of her British citizenship and denied any chance to return home. But is Shamima Begum a victim, or a threat?
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Wednesday 24 February 2021
Harry, Meghan and the Royals: why couldn’t they work it out?
Prince Harry and Meghan’s trial separation from the Royal family has just been made permanent. It’s not the outcome anyone involved wanted. So why has it turned out this way?
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Monday 22 February 2021
India cracks down
A 22-year-old activist has been jailed in India for supporting poor farmers. What’s going on?
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Wednesday 17 February 2021
Vaccines Inc
How a horse-racing family created the biggest vaccine-maker in the world
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Monday 15 February 2021
Driving for freedom in Saudi Arabia
Loujain al-Hathloul spent three years in jail in Saudi Arabia for “driving while female”. Why has she just been released?
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Tuesday 9 February 2021
What next for the world’s richest man?
Jeff Bezos is stepping down from running Amazon day to day. What will he do next?
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Thursday 4 February 2021
The Russian vaccine
Russia rushed to develop its Sputnik V Covid vaccine. Can we trust it?
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Tuesday 2 February 2021
The never-ending power struggle
The army seizes control in Myanmar.
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Monday 25 January 2021
87 years in jail for criticising the king
Thailand’s playboy monarch cracks down on his critics.
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Thursday 21 January 2021
One man’s war against the mafia
A fearless Italian prosecutor is trying to free the country from the grip of organised crime.
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Tuesday 19 January 2021
The bravest man in the world?
The Russian secret service tried to kill politician Alexei Navalny but he doesn’t seem intimidated. He’s gone back to Russia regardless.