Louise Tickle

Award-winning journalist Louise Tickle specialises in reporting on domestic abuse, family courts and child protection.

 

In 2022, her Tortoise investigation Hidden Homicides was nominated for the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils. She was previously shortlisted for her work on the BBC ONE film Behind Closed Doors and her Guardian reporting on domestic abuse.

 

In 2016 she was also shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Journalism, and was joint winner of the Bar Council’s Legal Reporting Award. She has won a number of CIPR Awards for outstanding education journalism, and has twice been winner of the Rosemary Goodchild Award for Sexual Health Journalism.

 

Louise is a committee member of The Transparency Project which aims to promote greater understanding of family law.

 

A confident and engaging public speaker and commentator, Louise is available to chair conferences, workshops and seminars.

 

Louise is based near Bristol. She heads west to the Pembrokeshire coast and its spectacular island wildlife with her partner and two sons whenever she can.