Guy Basnett

Deputy Investigations Editor, Channel 4 News, London. Signal: [phone]

[Guy Basnett @guybasnett]

So impressed by the determination of @CharlotteRowle1 to pursue this. Well done, and to @jamiemroberton and @JackieLongc4

[Charlotte Rowles @CharlotteRowle1]

I worked in this report examining police failures with digital evidence. Thanks ⁦@jamiemroberton⁩ ⁦@JackieLongc4⁩ ⁦@jobrabkin⁩ ⁦@guybasnett⁩ ⁦@EdHowker⁩ https://t.co/tP6wcUpUgl

[Jamie Roberton @jamiemroberton]

A @Channel4News investigation reveals the scale of the forensic backlog facing police across the UK - 20,000+ phones and devices are stuck waiting to be examined in criminal investigations.

This technological backlog has a huge - and very human - impact

https://t.co/PNmccDMS9u

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

“I think it’s explosive.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reacts to claims made by an ExxonMobil lobbyist that the oil giant is fighting climate legislation.

@AOC calls their actions “shameful” and says there is a “dark underbelly of Washington that works this way.”

[Becky Emmett @Beckyemmett]

CQC to look at whether criminal offences have been committed at maternity units
https://t.co/K5lGMFfJzx

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Exclusive: Senior ExxonMobil lobbyist Keith McCoy has been captured on camera by Greenpeace UK @UE revealing his company uses "forever chemicals", which independent research has linked to cancer, hormone disruption and weakened immunity. https://t.co/kuXK2QkihK

[@eliothiggins.bsky.social @EliotHiggins]

Having spent many hours piecing together footage from Jan 6th I know the sort of effort needed to put this together, and it's a great demonstration of how much detailed can be gathered from open source when it's correctly reviewed and analysed.

[Emily Dugan @emilydugan]

As more families have been in touch about child abuse investigations and months of separation prompted by fractures misdiagnosed in their babies, I’ve been investigating the impact of a chronic shortage of expert paediatric radiologists

https://t.co/IR1xFXs8NG

[Daniel Hewitt @DanielHewittITV]

Three months into our housing investigation, the National Housing Federation - which represents England’s 800 leading social housing providers responsible for 6 million residents - has issued an apology for how tenants have been treated.

Full report here: https://t.co/31ISKHzVTM

[Unreported World @UnreportedWorld]

“This is our 84th unsuccessful attempt to get into Western Europe.”

Meet the migrants caught in a brutal loop trying and failing to enter the European Union from Serbia.

[Maeve McClenaghan @MaeveMCC]

It's here! Today we launch the paperback of No Fixed Abode. I'm so grateful to all those who allowed me to tell their stories - these are voices that must be listened to. Copies in bookshops and online stores now: https://t.co/Ezg0zjjwh2

[Jackie Long @JackieLongc4]

The hidden victims of domestic violence, the women who take their own lives Enormously grateful to the families who spoke to us about such a sad, difficult subject. Prod @jamiemroberton.https://t.co/OJuwuKjnhT

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

For some children in school, incidents of sexual harassment are so commonplace, they see no point in reporting them. That was one of the conclusions of a recent Ofsted report.

@JackieLongc4 asks why our schools are no longer safe spaces on @C4TheFourcast https://t.co/vQYNRsSIch

[Cathy Newman @cathynewman]

And aside from the stellar team 👀 all those awards behind @jonsnowC4 !

[Hardcash Productions @HardcashProd]

Our ITV investigation into the persecution of the Uyghurs wins Hardcash our third Peabody. Congratulations to Robin and Gesh.

[Richard Pallot @richpallotitv]

Our investigation into how Amazon gets rid of unsold, often unused stock - business secretary Kwasi Kwarteny just told me he’s very concerned

[𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚔 𝚟𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚜𝚜 @henkvaness]

At #newsgeist I hosted a session about what the media can learn from open source investigators. I would love to see a newsroom that is not organized around beats, but skills. In the next tweets: outline of some non-journalistic projects that won prizes or got praise (1/...)

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Revealed: British police received further complaint of sex crimes in relation to Jeffrey Epstein in 2019

https://t.co/j5q5qc6yP9

[Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm]

#C4News #WithoutFearOrFavour

[Hayley Barlow @Hayley_Barlow]

Tonight, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police told Channel 4 News it would “review” the information put to them by this programme. However, they said they stand by their decision not to open a full investigation.

[Dani Isdale @DaniIsdale]

Must watch tonight from the C4N Investigations team - https://t.co/cPbxq1X76j