Media Storm

Hosted by Helena Wadia and Mathilda Mallinson, Media Storm is the award-winning news podcast that starts with the people who are usually asked last.

“Migrants”, “criminals” and “sex workers” are some of the biggest stars in the headlines, yet we rarely actually hear from them. Here, we provide a space for these minority groups to get their right of reply.

From The House of The Guilty Feminist, Media Storm hands the mic to people with lived experience, to shed new light on old stories and roast the headlines that love to roast them.

Winner of ‘Best Current Affairs Podcast’ at the 2022 British Podcast Awards.

HELENA WADIA is a multimedia journalist and award-winning presenter working across print, video and audio. As well as hosting the Media Storm podcast, she is a regular news anchor on London Live’s News at Six. She has appeared on BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire show, BBC London, BBC Newscast, Times Radio, Channel 4’s Inspiring Women panel, and in the Huffington Post. She also delivers training to newsrooms on how to report responsibly on minority and marginalised groups. She has previously worked for the Evening Standard, Channel 5 News, BBC Asian Network, The Independent, NME, and more.
 
MATHILDA MALLINSON is an award-winning presenter and journalist and has been published in The Guardian, Telegraph, Independent, New Statesman, Evening Standard, i and more. She previously trained in multimedia journalism at The Financial Times. Mathilda first began investigating paedophilia as a public health issue for Media Storm in an ARIA-nominated episode that earned praise from The Guardian and saw her shortlisted for a British Journalism Award. She has become a trusted point of contact for the affected community and earned unparalleled access to the space.