Rebecca is an audio producer working across Tortoise’s Slow Newscast, Sensemaker and News Meeting podcasts. She was previously a producer on BBC Radio 2’s The Jeremy Vine Show and Radio 4’s Today programme, and won the Radio Academy’s “30 Under 30” award for her coverage of the 2019 General Election.
Rebecca Moore
Producer
“It’s a real joy to work in a newsroom which gives you the time to get to know a story, see where it leads and consider how to best bring it to life.”
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Wednesday 15 March 2023
Gary Lineker and the BBC
Gary Lineker was asked to step back from presenting Match of the Day after he tweeted about politics. What does the incident tell us about the BBC’s difficulties in achieving impartial broadcasting?
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Monday 13 March 2023
Murdoch: news vs the truth
What happened inside Fox News in those critical weeks following Donald Trump’s election defeat in 2020?
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Thursday 23 February 2023
A year in Ukraine
A year since Russia began its full scale invasion of Ukraine, what are the five key moments which have defined the war so far?
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Wednesday 15 February 2023
UFOs shot down by the US
After shooting down a Chinese spy balloon the US military has downed another three unidentified flying objects. What is going on and are any of them from space?
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Wednesday 8 February 2023
The accusations against Dominic Raab
The deputy Prime Minister, Dominic Raab is accused of bullying civil servants. Could this be Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s next headache?
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Thursday 2 February 2023
OpenAI takes on Google
The company that created an AI-powered chatbot called ChatGPT poses a threat to Google’s dominance as the market-leading search engine. Is it a sign of things to come?
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Wednesday 25 January 2023
The fight against AI art
Artificial intelligence is being used to create works of art in seconds. What can human artists do to protect their livelihoods against the machines?
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Tuesday 17 January 2023
Healing the Ozone layer
The hole in the Earth’s Ozone layer is shrinking thanks to a landmark international agreement.
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Thursday 12 January 2023
What next for the UK’s space industry?
An historic mission to launch satellites from UK soil into orbit has failed. What does it mean for the country’s space race?
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Monday 9 January 2023
Andrew Tate arrested
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has been arrested in Romania as part of an investigation into allegations of human trafficking and rape. Is it the end of his online influence?
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Wednesday 4 January 2023
War aims
As the war in Ukraine grinds on, the chance of peace still seems far away.
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Thursday 22 December 2022
Britain’s housing crusader
This year Kwajo Tweneboa led a searing campaign exposing the squalid living conditions some people are living in, so perhaps it was no surprise when a coroner ruled that a two-year-old boy died from exposure to mould in his home
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Tuesday 6 December 2022
Slavery reparations
A wealthy Conservative MP whose family made its fortune from the slave trade is facing claims for reparations. The government of Barbados wants him to hand over his plantation on the island.
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Wednesday 30 November 2022
The boy killed by mould
Awaab Ishak was two-years-old when he died because of exposure to mould in his home. How does that happen in modern Britain?
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Tuesday 29 November 2022
China’s Covid protests
In China, large scale dissent has burst onto the streets for the first time in decades and President Xi Jinping has been directly criticised. Why now?
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Wednesday 23 November 2022
Tech giants cut jobs
Amazon, Meta, Twitter and Microsoft have all announced they are cutting staff. What’s happening in the tech industry?
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Friday 18 November 2022
Hunt’s autumn statement
The chancellor has announced a raft of new tax rises and spending cuts designed to keep inflation down as the country enters recession
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Tuesday 15 November 2022
Crypto implosion
Could the implosion of the crypto exchange FTX trigger a wider meltdown in the world of digital currencies?
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Monday 7 November 2022
Just Stop Oil
Protestors from the climate activist group have glued themselves to roads, smeared cake on a waxwork of King Charles and thrown tomato soup at a Van Gogh painting. Who are the people risking criminal records in the name of their cause?
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Monday 31 October 2022
Gas price crash
The price of wholesale gas is falling but that doesn’t necessarily mean energy bills will go down. Why?
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Tuesday 25 October 2022
Rish-uffle
The second Conservative leadership contest of the year was conducted with almost no discussion of actual policy, so what kind of prime minister might Rishi Sunak be?
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Friday 21 October 2022
Liz Truss quits
Liz Truss will go down in history as Britain’s shortest serving prime minister. How did we get here and what happens next?
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Thursday 20 October 2022
China’s beatings on British soil
In yet another sign of China’s disrespect for human rights, Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors were dragged into the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester and beaten up. What does it mean for UK-China relations?