Show Notes
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and its reporting partners received hundreds of thousands of documents about British American Tobacco and its hired spies – and what they got up to in South Africa and beyond. It's a tale of spies, lies, tobacco and bribes, but how do you go from thousands of leaked documents to a story people would want to listen to? The team that reported out the story and turned it into an acclaimed eight-part podcast talk to BizNews and reveal how they did it.The resulting podcast "Smoke Screen" is A Novel Production for The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Auddy. Panelists include: Victoria Hollingsworth, reporter and podcast host. Tom Wright, podcast producer Chrissie Giles, global health editor at TBIJ Alec Hogg, founder of BizNews Chair: James Ball, global editor at TBIJ
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We conclude our investigation by speaking to the people who have been affected by the story.
The investigation continues to explore the FSS and finds evidence that the bribes may have extended beyond South Africa’s borders.
We come back to the investigation to understand why there is such much to uncover.