Naomi deSouza
@naomi_desouza
Senior reporter @birmingham_live 🗞 | Sometimes @DailyMirror | Prev @live_coventry | Proud @JSchofieldTrust fellow and mentor
Stuff of dreams to win an @NCTJ_news award. My role is only possible with trust of communities & it’s a privilege to share their stories in @live_coventry. Proud of my coverage on skin lightening and Afghan refugees and HUGE honour to bring my mum ❤️ #NCTJawards
Here, we speak to an ex-gang member who carried a gun at the young age of just 14. He's since turned his life around thanks to the opportunities given by a youth club in Walsall - something he says is absolutely vital for kids across the West Midlands birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…
This is why we need journalists. Staff journalists with proper money behind them to investigate things. Not influencers looking for advertising revenue, but journalists with legal depts behind them who can back them up on this stuff. Brilliant work.
Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with The Salt Path: the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. It became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. @chloehadj Read: bit.ly/3GtJXsy
Knife possession here has more than doubled since the pandemic. Kids are sold knives for £5 in shops, but sickeningly, we found them for as little as £1.90 online - with no questions asked. After we called Shein out on it, they quickly removed them... birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…
*We need to talk about knife crime* Today, we're launching Deep Cuts, our three-month investigation exploring the root of serious youth violence. Sharing exclusive data and behind the scenes visits & interviews, we're now calling for urgent change... deepcuts.birminghamlive.co.uk
Today we launch Deep Cuts - our report into the state of knife crime in Birmingham Real Life Editor @JournoBalloo has spent months covering all angles, from ex-gang members to joining gang police patrols, a vital piece of journalism you must read👇🏽 deepcuts.birminghamlive.co.uk
It's become increasingly upsetting to see the nature and prevalence of knife crime in the city. It has always been a scourge but we routinely report on incidents involving children who should in in school or playing with friends. Today we launch Deep Cuts deepcuts.birminghamlive.co.uk
Met some unbelievable residents at house fire wreckage scene in Birmingham yesterday. They calmly revealed they ran in and pulled their neighbour out of his burning house. He is now recovering in hospital. On the Birmingham Mail splash today @birmingham_live
