Best Specialist: Hannah Summers

Freelancing for Journalists

In the final episode of our awards season special we speak to the winner of the Best Specialist Journalist category. Hannah Summers talks about the challenges of family court reporting and how she has curved out a niche in this unreported field.

Show notes

https://twitter.com/hansummers

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/hannah-summers

Hannah's award winning work https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/mar/29/revealed-66-children-still-missing-from-just-one-uk-local-authority-after-vanishing-from-asylum-hotel

President's guidance on the current rules which continue to apply to the non-pilot areas

https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/president-of-the-family-division-guidance-as-to-reporting-in-the-family-courts/

Guidance on the new rules under the pilot

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023-01-30/how-to-operate-in-family-court-and-what-to-think-about-before-you-arrive

Hannah's first story for The Bureau for Investigative Journalism

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023-07-06/family-court-files-parental-alienation-used-to-silence-claims-of-abuse

Freelance Journalism Award winners https://freelancingforjournalists.substack.com/p/freelance-journalism-awards-winners

Award sponsor 5WH https://www.5wh.com/