Patricia Clarke

Reporter and Producer

“It’s the people behind the numbers who matter. As our world – and the power structures that uphold it – are increasingly measured through data, my job is to make sense of it all and tell stories that help people understand what is going on around them. Only then can we hold power to account and give a voice to our most marginalised communities. Tortoise gives me the space to do just that.” Patricia Clarke is a reporter and producer at Tortoise, working across investigative podcasts and data stories. She was a reporter on award-nominated investigations into domestic abuse homicides and abuse in the porn industry. She joined Tortoise after completing an MSc in Digital Journalism at Goldsmiths, and was previously Commissioning Editor at Culture Trip. Born in Spain to a British-Argentine family, and having lived in Madrid and Paris, she is now based in London.