Tortoise. The Slow Newsroom


We don’t do breaking news, but what’s driving it. We don’t cover every story, but reveal
a few. We take the time to see the fuller picture, to make sense of the forces shaping our future, to investigate what’s unseen.
The Tortoise app provides a premium listening experience, allowing you to personalise your feed by following your favourite journalists to get the stories they think you shouldn’t miss. You can also binge on our award-winning series and investigations, and listen to playlists curated by our editors.

Download our app for free and listen to all of our audio stories and podcasts in high-fidelity, including:
The Sensemaker – bringing you one story every day to make sense of the world
The Slow Newscast – taking news slowly: every week we investigate one story that really matters in the UK and around the world
The News Meeting – behind the scenes in the Tortoise newsroom: each Friday, three journalists pitch the story they think mattered most that week
Award-winning investigative series including Sweet Bobby, Londongrad and Hoaxed

Become a Tortoise member for only £4.99 a month and get exclusive early and ad-free access to all our audio stories.

About us

Tortoise is the slow newsroom making sense of a fast-moving world. Support our journalism by becoming a Tortoise member and enjoy benefits such as exclusive early app access and ad-free listening.

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