Mei-Ling McNamara

About

Investigative Journalist
Documentary Filmmaker
Professor + Researcher
TRAINER + Consultant 


With an extensive background in short and long-form storytelling, my work as an investigative reporter, producer and director have broadcast on international media outlets including the Guardian, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera America, Earthrise, CNN International, Channel 4 and the BBC. My print and multimedia pieces have featured in the New York Times, the Guardian Long Read, Guardian Weekend, Observer Magazine and the Observer on Sunday, among others.

Working across print and broadcast media for nearly two decades, my journalism has focused on interrogating the systems that perpetuate human rights violations, modern-day slavery and human trafficking, labor exploitation, corporate negligence, environmental crimes and miscarriages of justice. My reporting has included long-form narrative journalism, print and radio features, live news production, foreign/current affairs productions, multimedia investigative projects and long-form documentaries.

Current Projects

In Production

(undisclosed) Documentary, Guardian Docs

In production (Jan 2025)

Investigative Feature Documentary, 18th Street Productions

In Production

Funders

The Guardian, JournalismFund EU, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting