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    Alexandra Heal

    Visual storytelling reporter

    Alex specialises in deep-dive and investigative visual long-reads.

    Previously she was a reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism where she won the 2020 Private Eye Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism for her series on domestic abuse by police officers and was part of a team investigating soya- and beef-driven Brazilian deforestation. She spent three months reporting from around the US as the Washington Post's 2023 Stern-Bryan Fellow.

    The visual storytelling team is an interdisciplinary group of journalists using computational tools and traditional reporting to produce explainers and investigations in visual formats. The team won a Press Gazette Future of Media award in 2022 for their coverage of the Ukraine war and multiple awards for the Climate Game.

    Email Alexandra Heal @alexandraheal  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

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    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Visual story
      What is the British countryside really for?

      The UK needs to change the way its countryside is used to meet its net zero targets. But researchers and farmers say the government is shying away from tough decisions about food and biodiversity

    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      News in-depthIndian politics & policy
      India’s communications ‘backdoor’ attracts surveillance companies

      Little-known Israeli groups emerge as key providers of tracking equipment installed at subsea cable stations

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    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      Visual story
      Subsea cables: how the US is pushing China out of the internet’s plumbing

      Driven by fears of espionage and geopolitical tensions, experts say the infrastructure underpinning the internet is in danger of dividing into eastern and western blocks

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
      News in-depthWaste management & recycling
      Throwaway Britain: what happens to our old tech?

      The FT fitted trackers in old, broken laptops and gave them to UK retailers for recycling. Their journey reveals much about the informal trade in waste

      An electrical appliances bin at a household waste centre
    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Infrastructure investment
      EU plans Black Sea internet cable to reduce reliance on Russia

      Move to improve connectivity to Georgia amid global concerns over spying and sabotage

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    • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
      The Big Read
      The illusion of saving the planet with a trillion trees

      Governments have promised to plant an area larger than the Amazon to help save the planet. The goal is laudable. But is it remotely plausible?

      A globe with illustrations of trees overlaid on top of it
    • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
      UK politics
      Police draft new guidance to reduce criminalisation of sex workers

      NPCC advises officers to turn a blind eye to part of ‘blunt’ and ‘outdated’ prostitution laws in England and Wales

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      #techAsia
      Beijing’s grip on tech and TikTok’s woes Premium content

      The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

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    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      China exerts control over internet cable projects in South China Sea

      Beijing imposes strict permit requirements for access to underwater data infrastructure over spying fears

      A montage of a Chinese coast guard ship and a map of the South China Sea and its neighbouring countries
    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      The environmental cost of single-use vapes

      Critical raw metals inside the disposable e-cigarettes enticing Gen Z are more likely to be dumped than recycled

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Telecoms
      China pulls back from global subsea cable project as US tensions mount

      Telecoms groups withdrew investment in Sea-Me-We 6, which will transmit data between Asia and western Europe

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    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Visual investigation
      How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defence industry

      Detailed supply chain mapping reveals a complex web of companies under significant strain

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    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      News in-depthUK police
      UK police face calls for better oversight after Met serial rapist case

      Shocking details of officer ‘hiding in plain sight’ have undermined public confidence in policing

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    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
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      MPs call for inquiry into UK sex worker safety

      Women and equalities committee chair asks government to outline proposals to improve protection

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    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      China’s next stage of the pandemic

      Brent crude oil falls below $80 for first time since January

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      The Big Read
      The women turning to sex work to make ends meet

      As the cost of living crisis spreads, more women are starting to sell sex and many are taking greater risks

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    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      The Big Read
      Why Big Tech shreds millions of storage devices it could reuse

      Companies like Amazon and Microsoft routinely destroy used hard drives in the name of data security — but industry insiders say there is a better option

      Close up picture of pieces of hard drives being shredded in a machine
    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: military strategies
      The 90km journey that changed the course of the war in Ukraine

      How Ukraine’s counter-offensive in the north-east dramatically turned the tide of the seven-month-long invasion

      A Ukrainian soldier overlaid on a map of the route to Kupyansk taken by troops from the 92nd Mechanised Brigade
    • Sunday, 11 September, 2022
      The Big Read
      The ancient subarctic forests at risk from climate change and war

      The boreal ecosystem that covers swaths of Russia and North America is nearing a dangerous tipping point

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    • Saturday, 10 September, 2022
      King Charles III
      King Charles III in his own words

      The new monarch’s views on the environment, architecture and waiting to be king

    • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
      Water scarcity
      Thames Water reviews data centres’ water use as London hosepipe ban looms

      Fast-growing sector in south-east England is switching to water cooling systems to cut electricity usage

      A Thames Water official in Holloway, north London, after a burst water main caused severe flooding on August 8
    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Rebuilding one street in Ukraine

      Drone footage reveals just how scarring Russia’s invasion has been — and the enormous task reconstruction will involve

    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      Natural gas
      Traders expect European gas prices to remain elevated for years to come

      Key fuel delivered in 2023 and 2024 are sitting near record levels

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    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
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      How FTX plans to reshape the US futures market with crypto tech

      Exchange is seeking regulatory approval for products that render margin calls obsolete

      FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried
    • Saturday, 16 July, 2022
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      Investors warn of looming downgrades to US and European earnings forecasts

      Profits are expected to grow for the rest of 2022, even as economic conditions sour

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