Alex Atack
@alexatack.bsky.social
Audio producer & journalist
@theguardian.com's Today in Focus
Co-host, The Copernic Affair
📍Brighton
@theguardian.com's Today in Focus
Co-host, The Copernic Affair
📍Brighton
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"It didn't matter who had been in charge before." - ALEX ATACK, Abandoned Ships, 99% Invisible
June 8, 2024 at 5:17 AM
"It didn't matter who had been in charge before." - ALEX ATACK, Abandoned Ships, 99% Invisible
my #CopernicAffair co-host Dana Ballout and I are on Question Everything this week with @brihreed.bsky.social talking about the series and some of the more tricky editorial decisions along the way. listen where you get podcasts (then go back and listen to the rest of QE's work - it's a great show)
When should reporters say what they think? It's a personal and often fraught decision.
On Question Everything, I talk to a reporter who was all set to include her personal take in a recent story. And then, just before the story was about to air, cut it.
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q...
On Question Everything, I talk to a reporter who was all set to include her personal take in a recent story. And then, just before the story was about to air, cut it.
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q...
March 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
my #CopernicAffair co-host Dana Ballout and I are on Question Everything this week with @brihreed.bsky.social talking about the series and some of the more tricky editorial decisions along the way. listen where you get podcasts (then go back and listen to the rest of QE's work - it's a great show)
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A great example of what I think makes our podcast so special. My co-host Michael Safi takes a trip through the new Syria - it's funny, moving, sad and scary... and illuminating throughout. Production by @alexatack.bsky.social & sound by @tomglasser.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Joy, hope and murder in free Syria – podcast
Syria has a new leader, and for thousands it is a time of celebration and optimism. But old enmities and fears about what comes next haunt the country. Michael Safi reports
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A great example of what I think makes our podcast so special. My co-host Michael Safi takes a trip through the new Syria - it's funny, moving, sad and scary... and illuminating throughout. Production by @alexatack.bsky.social & sound by @tomglasser.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
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Have you spotted The Copernic Affair billboard at Yonge and Dundas?
Luckily for us — and thanks to Amazon Music Canada — The Copernic Affair got to grace the Toronto skyline this past week.
Luckily for us — and thanks to Amazon Music Canada — The Copernic Affair got to grace the Toronto skyline this past week.
February 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Have you spotted The Copernic Affair billboard at Yonge and Dundas?
Luckily for us — and thanks to Amazon Music Canada — The Copernic Affair got to grace the Toronto skyline this past week.
Luckily for us — and thanks to Amazon Music Canada — The Copernic Affair got to grace the Toronto skyline this past week.
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It's Monday so here's my @FT pod column on the twisty and suspenseful The Copernic Affair, about a bombing outside a Parisian synagogue in 1980 and the case that has lumbered on for decades to bring the bomber to justice. www.ft.com/content/a943...
The Copernic Affair podcast review — in search of the truth behind a Paris bombing
Series describes how shockwaves are still being felt from a 1980 terrorist attack on a synagogue
www.ft.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It's Monday so here's my @FT pod column on the twisty and suspenseful The Copernic Affair, about a bombing outside a Parisian synagogue in 1980 and the case that has lumbered on for decades to bring the bomber to justice. www.ft.com/content/a943...
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"After bingeing on all six episodes in a day..." Is there any higher praise for a podcast? I'm so proud of the Copernic Affair team, especially Dana Ballout & @alexatack.bsky.social who brought this story to @canadaland.com. Thanks for yr careful ears and thoughtful words @fionasturges.bsky.social!
It's Monday so here's my @FT pod column on the twisty and suspenseful The Copernic Affair, about a bombing outside a Parisian synagogue in 1980 and the case that has lumbered on for decades to bring the bomber to justice. www.ft.com/content/a943...
The Copernic Affair podcast review — in search of the truth behind a Paris bombing
Series describes how shockwaves are still being felt from a 1980 terrorist attack on a synagogue
www.ft.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"After bingeing on all six episodes in a day..." Is there any higher praise for a podcast? I'm so proud of the Copernic Affair team, especially Dana Ballout & @alexatack.bsky.social who brought this story to @canadaland.com. Thanks for yr careful ears and thoughtful words @fionasturges.bsky.social!
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On today's podcast we follow two Gazans on their return home. It's a beautiful, heartbreaking episode full of little details that will stay with you - produced by @alexatack.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
‘A city of ghosts’: two Gaza residents return home – podcast
A fragile ceasefire has allowed thousands of people in Gaza to go back to their homes. Two Palestinians explain why it has been bittersweet
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
On today's podcast we follow two Gazans on their return home. It's a beautiful, heartbreaking episode full of little details that will stay with you - produced by @alexatack.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
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I've had the honor & pleasure of working with this team on this new series for the past year. It's a new genre of storytelling for me. I've learned tons & have new-found respect for the rigor & determination of investigative journalism. Seems obvious, but I've never been up close quite like this.
The Copernic Affair is Canadaland's newest investigative series.
Reporters Dana Ballout (Wall St Journal, Al Jazeera English, This American Life) & Alex Atack spent a year investigating the 1980 bombing and the man convicted for it: Ottawa professor Hassan Diab.
www.canadaland.com/podcast/1055...
Reporters Dana Ballout (Wall St Journal, Al Jazeera English, This American Life) & Alex Atack spent a year investigating the 1980 bombing and the man convicted for it: Ottawa professor Hassan Diab.
www.canadaland.com/podcast/1055...
#1055 The Copernic Affair: Chapter One
Is he a terrorist? Or a scapegoat?
www.canadaland.com
November 13, 2024 at 7:34 PM
I've had the honor & pleasure of working with this team on this new series for the past year. It's a new genre of storytelling for me. I've learned tons & have new-found respect for the rigor & determination of investigative journalism. Seems obvious, but I've never been up close quite like this.