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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 17/09/2026

Such a great workshop on navigating immigration data w/ @austinkocher.com and @documented.org in NYC. So many good takeaways for immigration reporting 👀 ... and a long-awaited catch up with my old Ochberg trauma journalism Fellows Maria Arce and Jeremy Young

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 09/08/2026

The Town That Took on ICE. My #longform story in today’s @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 30/06/2026

Can Kids Save the News? KidScoop founder Vicki Whiting explains how bringing newspapers into the classroom teaches kids to separate fact from opinion and build lifelong reading - subscribe for free & listen at deadliners.org

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 09/06/2026

One of America's oldest college papers, a university that wanted it gutted, and a professor who wouldn't play along — in a First Amendment fight that went national. Listen to this week's interview on the Deadliners Podcast at deadliners.org (Sign up for free) #journalism #firstamendment

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 02/06/2026

Listen to my interview on how starting a print magazine in 2026 isn’t such a bad idea. Subscribe for free at deadliners.org

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 12/05/2026

Anna Conkling was 24, spoke no Ukrainian or Russian, and was heading into a war zone largely on her own dime. Four years later she's a Livingston Award finalist, still finding the stories nobody else is telling. deadliners.substack.com/p/the-real-c... #journalism #journalists #ukraine

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 05/05/2026

Deadliners.substack.com - on today’s podcast, I speak to Jack Wright, the Scottish journalist who washed up in America and made a town famous…

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 28/04/2026

The Golden Age of Journalism Is Ahead, Not Behind Us: The author of The Story of Stories on why independent journalism, the death of editorial aristocracies, and subscriber models all add up to a surprisingly hopeful moment for the craft deadliners.substack.com/p/the-golden...

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 21/04/2026

I interviewed my pal @oliviamesser.bsky.social for the Deadliners Newsletter about journalism in the age of AI, the mistakes national media makes in Texas, and her mission @thebarbedwire.com to build newsrooms that actually serve the communities they cover. deadliners.substack.com/p/the-journa...

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 14/04/2026

My interview with Dr. Craig Robertson of the the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism is live. It's our first proper dispatch for the Deadliners newsletter, and it's free for everyone to listen to before the paywall drops next week. deadliners.substack.com/p/the-death-... #journalism

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 13/04/2026

The Death of the Newsroom (As We Know It.) My interview with Dr. Craig Robertson on how young people today will dictate the future of news consumption, published tomorrow on deadliners.substack.com

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 08/04/2026

Earlier today, Rex Heuermann, an architect who led a secret life, admitted killing eight women. Back in 2012, I visited Gilgo Beach to write about the search for the the Long Island Serial Killer for GQ magazine www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/gq-c...

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 02/05/2025

Is this the real life The Last of Us?

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 08/01/2025

This Hulu doc on Luigi Mangione is a good reminder why the UK's sub judice laws exist: to prevent prejudicing trials & ensure fair justice

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 30/11/2024

Lovely chat with Jeff @ the Talk Cocktail podcast about my book Lost in Austin. We talked gentrification, climate change, guns, and how the character of what was America’s fastest-growing city has changed. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com · 30/11/2023

I Interviewed The Pogues years ago, and Shane was suitably wasted. It was to promote a “best of” album & he told me he hadn’t seen a copy so I gave him mine. “Oh brilliant,” he said. “Can you sign it for me?” So I did. ‘Dear Shane,’ I wrote. ‘Be lucky. Alex Hannaford’

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