Heliograph: The Investigative Journalism Playbook
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<p>Heliograph: The Investigative Journalism Playbook is the The Investigative Journalism Bureau's monthly podcast, examining powerful investigative journalism from around the world. The podcast will pull back the curtain on the strategies, lessons learned, and stories behind the stories that change the world.</p><br><p>Hosted by IJB journalists, listeners can expect candid conversations with accomplished reporters sharing the inspirations, challenges, risks and rewards behind some of the world’s most impactful investigative reporting.</p><br><p>Heliographs were devices for capturing images of the sun. As a podcast, Heliograph will attempt to examine the brilliant, elusive and inspiring work of some of the world’s best investigative reporters in an attempt to understand their methods, techniques, motivations and reverberations. </p><p> </p><p>Each installment of Heliograph focuses on reporting that creates meaningful change and reflects the IJB’s core values: collaborative and innovative storytelling in the public interest. The podcast also embodies the IJB’s educational mission to offer top-notch training in investigative research and reporting. </p><br><p>Thanks for listening. </p><br><p> </p><p>The Investigative Journalism Bureau is an impact-driven, collaborative newsroom that brings together professional and student journalists, academics, graduate students and media organizations to tell deeply-reported stories in the public interest. Based at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, the IJB has national reporting honours since its inception in 2020.</p><br><p>Media contact: <a href="mailto:ijb.dlsph@utoronto.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ijb.dlsph@utoronto.ca</a> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
December 4, 2025
Heliograph LIVE: Jennifer Fraser on how the "gaslit brain" rewires us
<p>Heliograph LIVE, a special feature of the Investigative Journalism Bureau’s Heliograph podcast, where we showcase compelling interviews. </p><br><p>In this episode, host Rob Cribb reconnects with author and researcher Dr.Jennifer Fraser, whom he first met in 2014 while reporting on allegations of physical and emotional abuse involving young athletes in Victoria, B.C., including her son. Fraser’s experience propelled her into a distinguished career studying the neuroscience of abuse. Her latest book, The Gaslit Brain, examines how psychological abuse doesn’t just wound emotionally, it also alters the brain, eroding trust, critical thinking and resilience.</p><br><p>In an age of disinformation, where evidence is contested and social media often eclipses journalism, we are all increasingly vulnerable to manipulation.</p><p>Rob and Jennifer, dive into the mechanics of gaslighting, how it operates, its effect on truth-telling and journalism, and what it means for all of us.</p><br><p>Stay up to date with IJB investigations, podcasts and events by subscribing to the newsletter<a href="https://mailchi.mp/ijbureau/signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> here</a></p><p>Learn more about IJB at:<a href="http://ijb.utoronto.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> ijb.utoronto.ca</a></p><p>Support the IJB at:<a href="https://ijb.utoronto.ca/support-us/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://ijb.utoronto.ca/support-us/</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 9, 2025
Heliograph: Arthur Caplan on Can We Trust the System Behind Drug Trials
<p>In this episode of Heliograph, host Blair Bigham sits down with world-famous bioethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan to pull back the curtain on the shadowy world of phase one clinical trials, where new drugs are tested on humans for the first time in a broken system of incentives and lies.</p><br><p>The IJB had the pleasure of speaking with the professor from his office at NYU Langone in New York City. Caplan, the founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s Department of Population Health, dives deep into the ethics of recruitment techniques used by Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and discusses ways technology, such as AI, can help CROs prevent trial participants from 'double-dipping' in multiple trials, contaminating both their bodies and the trial results.</p><br><p>Stay up to date with IJB investigations, podcasts and events by subscribing to the newsletter <a href="https://mailchi.mp/ijbureau/signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></p><br><p>Learn more about IJB at:<a href="http://ijb.utoronto.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> ijb.utoronto.ca</a></p><br><p>Support the IJB at: <a href="https://ijb.utoronto.ca/support-us/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ijb.utoronto.ca/support-us/</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
March 14, 2025
Heliograph Snapshots: Ben Hallman, Breaking Ground on International Health Reporting
<p>In the latest episode of Heliograph Snapshots, host Ryan McMahon speaks with Ben Hallman, founder and executive director of The Examination. The IJB had the pleasure of catching up with him after the inaugural IJB x IRE cross-border investigative journalism conference to speak about holding big corporations accountable for global health harms, the growth of collaborative journalism in the investigative world and how he’s built The Examination’s collaborative model to an international scale.</p><br><p>Stay up to date with IJB investigations, podcasts and events by subscribing to the newsletter <a href="https://mailchi.mp/ijbureau/signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></p><br><p>Learn more about IJB at:<a href="http://ijb.utoronto.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> ijb.utoronto.ca</a></p><br><p>Support the IJB at: <a href="https://ijb.utoronto.ca/support-us/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ijb.utoronto.ca/support-us/</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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<p>Heliograph: The Investigative Journalism Playbook is the The Investigative Journalism Bureau's monthly podcast, examining powerful investigative journalism from around the world. The podcast will pull back the curtain on the strategies, lessons learned, and stories behind the stories that change the world.</p><br><p>Hosted by IJB journalists, listeners can expect candid conversations with accomplished reporters sharing the inspirations, challenges, risks and rewards behind some of the world’s most impactful investigative reporting.</p><br><p>Heliographs were devices for capturing images of the sun. As a podcast, Heliograph will attempt to examine the brilliant, elusive and inspiring work of some of the world’s best investigative reporters in an attempt to understand their methods, techniques, motivations and reverberations. </p><p> </p><p>Each installment of Heliograph focuses on reporting that creates meaningful change and reflects the IJB’s core values: collaborative and innovative storytelling in the public interest. The podcast also embodies the IJB’s educational mission to offer top-notch training in investigative research and reporting. </p><br><p>Thanks for listening. </p><br><p> </p><p>The Investigative Journalism Bureau is an impact-driven, collaborative newsroom that brings together professional and student journalists, academics, graduate students and media organizations to tell deeply-reported stories in the public interest. Based at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, the IJB has national reporting honours since its inception in 2020.</p><br><p>Media contact: <a href="mailto:ijb.dlsph@utoronto.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ijb.dlsph@utoronto.ca</a> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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