Radio | Jen Stout

After a year-long investigation which was broadcast in an 8-minute special on the national news, I shared the findings live on that evening's Radio Shetland programme.

27 July 2021

Good Evening Shetland 18 June 2021

I present our half-hour programme, interview our correspondent in London live, and have one package from a boat & another from a pub! Never a dull moment.

Good Evening Shetland 2 June 2021

Live broadcast & interview from one of Shetland's islands, Fetlar, where locals were celebrating a successful bid to save their church.

The Fair Isle vaccine bid

I'd joined a nurse as she flew to Fair Isle to vaccinate the whole 52-strong population, shot a TV news package which was broadcast on BBC network news and BBC World, with the online article reaching a million views.

But this radio piece is a personal reflection on a strange, and brief trip home: hope and sadness.

Leipzig, 1989

The anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall prompted many Berlin-based reflections, but in the west at least, the role played by Leipzig citizens is less known - even though it was crucial to the whole movement. A Reporter's Notebook for Radio Scotland.

The bid to save Stranraer - with skiffs

Reporter's Notebook, BBC Radio Scotland

13 July 2019

PODCASTS/DOCS:

The Return of The Swan (BBC)

November 2021

The extraordinary story of how the last 'Fifie' fishing boat was saved, restored, and used to usher in a new era of sail training and maritime skills in Shetland.

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Lie of the Land podcast (BBC)

Walks with artists, writers and musicians through the Shetland landscapes that have inspired their work

Fair Isle with musician Neil Thomson

16 November 2022

Michaelswood with fiddle player Catriona Macdonald

19 October 2022

Shetland's ancient capital Scalloway, with fiddle player Jenna Reid

12 January 2022

Yell with poet Christie Williamson

17 November 2021

Otterswick with musician Freda Leask