http://www.alicemccool.com/aboutme daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/4326b1fd-a88e-4347-ac41-ffa211b47e50/52E02645-2851-4A5A-9DE5-373B2ECA92BC.jpeg About me - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.alicemccool.com/home daily 1.0 2024-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/b168ceaf-e165-4712-afd7-e34154445b92/GENDER+%283%29.png Home GENDER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/ced5f00f-a887-47f9-8366-a49ede98c1b8/GENDER+%281%29.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/ba152338-99d9-42d5-8203-2a71756a0c46/GENDER+%282%29.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/73052302-e9ec-4782-bcc1-eadc9ded0839/GENDER+%286%29.png Home http://www.alicemccool.com/2022-copy daily 0.75 2023-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/8bebdef1-2dbd-40cd-842e-f3fb0740ada8/Screenshot+2022-01-24+at+17.13.34.png 2022 (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/c0c96bac-526a-4846-abf4-bf874d839b5a/Migrant+workers-supermax+company_Uma+Bista_001.jpg 2022 (Copy) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.alicemccool.com/2023 daily 0.75 2023-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/8bebdef1-2dbd-40cd-842e-f3fb0740ada8/Screenshot+2022-01-24+at+17.13.34.png 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/c0c96bac-526a-4846-abf4-bf874d839b5a/Migrant+workers-supermax+company_Uma+Bista_001.jpg 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.alicemccool.com/archive-2015-present daily 0.75 2025-02-04 http://www.alicemccool.com/gender daily 0.75 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/a20edcf3-ddac-472d-a44f-0b86af8c4283/DSC04558%281%29.JPG Gender - Make it stand out For New Internationalist, I wrote about Christian feminists in Brazil campaigning for abortion rights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/184d3d5d-aca8-4601-9f82-037899d0324b/01-matheus-8-scaled.jpg Gender - Make it stand out I reported on the reproductive rights of transmasculine people in anti-abortion Brazil for CNN. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/7bce3810-4b0a-407a-af8e-a4bd0e1dda32/2020-12-10T094341Z_1_MTZSPDEGCA4B0SQX_RTRFIPP_4_UGANDA-WOMEN-POLITICS.JPG Gender I produced an award-nominated documentary for The Guardian about Stella Nyanzi, a feminist activist who ran for office in Uganda after being released from prison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/1f2d2075-14c5-41af-b382-3355c7a3e38d/Screenshot+2025-02-04+at+21.06.13.png Gender - Make it stand out For CNN I investigated a case involving the alleged sexual abuse of girls at a shelter run by a German man in Uganda. This piece was a Finalist for an Amnesty International Media Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/a84b3621-93e3-4145-ac70-531585d45c98/Screenshot+2024-12-16+at+15.55.37.png Gender - Make it stand out I commissioned and edited a debate by two feminist experts about domestic violence criminalisation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/ccc4d0ee-aba9-49b3-9707-4d7fe09746ac/5820.jpeg Gender - Make it stand out For The Guardian, I wrote about how women vendors in a market in Kampala are tackling sexual harassment in their workplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/55432df0-1fda-4000-a5b0-ca8ddba2606d/uganda-hiv-masculinity2-1.jpg Gender - Make it stand out For African Arguments and the Daily Monitor I wrote about toxic masculinity and the spread of HIV in Uganda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/1acacfd4-aee7-4396-bfe6-1500fda5bfee/Screenshot+2025-01-13+at+08.42.37.png Gender - Make it stand out I broke this news story which went on to be covered extensively by international media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/d6a62f6c-1789-4cc3-9936-3d574fa9efda/Young+activists+at+the+She+Decides+red+lipstick+and+bodily+autonomy+march.jpg Gender - Make it stand out For Thomson Reuters I reported from Lilongwe, Malawi's capital, on a protest against sexual violence after a series of alleged police assaults on women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/446c225d-1c4d-4975-a2ed-ecd295c38bcc/DSC02408.jpg Gender - Make it stand out For Al Jazeera I reported on the impact the Uganda-Rwanda border closure was having on women small business owners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/13149b68-6934-4b84-bdc0-0dd2cb1eac39/Screenshot+2025-02-04+at+21.24.24.png Gender - Make it stand out I attended Sharjah Architecture Triennial and wrote about a project exploring the lives of women living in public housing in Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/e2f5b189-0f47-484e-b62f-879328704bb0/PeopleMisogyny4-1-1.png Gender - Make it stand out For The People newsletter, I wrote about the role of the algorithm in increasing gender divides and amplifying misogyny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/27a5f065-24dc-47d8-80e3-e74920263a9e/Screenshot+2025-01-13+at+08.30.34.png Gender - Make it stand out I uncovered an event hosted by a Christian right organisation in Uganda, promoting anti-LGBTQ+ laws to delegates from 22 African countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/ac5e8cfa-838d-4212-a1e6-2fe103d73119/1265668.jpg Gender - Make it stand out In the early days of TikTok, for Dazed I reported on how women in South Asia were using it as an unorthodox route into the entertainment industry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/fd48ee11-a186-41ba-be5f-6bfbbf777291/Screenshot+2024-12-13+at+15.16.57.png Gender - Make it stand out I investigated police handling of domestic violence cases in Uganda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/ee534d91-021a-4d97-9285-5e3d481ccd34/180719140115-as-equals-uganda-feminist-djs-femme-famous-01.jpeg Gender - Make it stand out In this multimedia piece for CNN, reported on women DJs in Uganda creating safe spaces for women and LGBTQ+ people in Kampala. This article was nominated for a One World Media Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/4ef6810d-f5ae-40af-8c20-92f1796e493e/Screenshot+2025-01-13+at+08.37.05.png Gender - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/a8118656-53ba-4dca-9d6f-77f7482ef2ce/Censored+film+posters+at+a+cinema+in+central+Dhaka_Credit+Alice+McCool.jpg Gender - Make it stand out For New Internationalist, I interviewed women working as extras in Dhallywood, Bangladesh’s struggling film industry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/512f2978-0648-493b-a64f-a606b1f1112f/DSC01909+%281%29.JPG Gender - Make it stand out For The Guardian, I met with some of the young LGBTQ+ Ugandans imprisoned and tortured during the Covid lockdown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/58f2988a-84e3-4618-ac22-d999e65692d0/TRF-5-2018.JPG Gender - Make it stand out For Thomson Reuters I interviewed transgender men in Uganda about gender inequality and feminism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/d6c21b29-aff0-423d-9eca-7eeeb0d0bcac/Screenshot+2024-12-16+at+15.51.28.png Gender - Make it stand out I investigated a gender discrimination case at a leading science university in Switzerland. http://www.alicemccool.com/tech daily 0.75 2025-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/54729480-6837-4a0c-b53b-2a399c90096d/Fix_feeds.png Tech From June 2024-25 I was Editor of The People, a newsletter by campaign group People vs Big Tech and investigative journalists the Citizens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/4a9ab925-530f-4ae6-8fd5-af626d30b847/Screenshot+2024-11-30+at+17.02.41.png Tech - Make it stand out I investigated a vaccine disinformation campaign on Facebook led by an American Christian right group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/4fbd2bcc-12d5-4cf2-80dd-3229f7e95d56/Screenshot+2024-11-30+at+17.16.05.png Tech - Make it stand out I profiled Ugandan scientists creating an app that detects malaria infection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/7a145e2d-958c-42c3-8c14-542d29c8db84/Screenshot+2024-11-30+at+17.27.22.png Tech - Make it stand out I interviewed communities in Bethnal Green, London, about why health data privacy matters to them amidst the NHS data grab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/7a2048f2-95f6-4d77-94d9-446f31647ca8/Screenshot+2024-11-30+at+16.47.30.png Tech I revealed a huge ad spend on anti-Amber Heard Facebook ads by right-wing outlet The Daily Wire during her trail with Johnny Depp. The investigation went viral in the US and was featured by the likes of The New Yorker and The Atlantic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/760d9b3f-7c59-4f16-9ff4-05c4c3620111/signal-2024-07-04-125201_002-1.png Tech - Make it stand out Around the UK and French elections, I wrote about social media’s role in the rise of the far right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/b74c0cda-a143-414e-81f4-271f8389bccd/Screenshot+2024-11-30+at+17.09.10.png Tech - Make it stand out I visited the AI lab in Ethiopia that helped make Sophia, the famous humanoid robot, and interviewed coders about the potential of AI to disrupt conventional models of international development. The story was republished by Quartz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/1ca1baf2-04d3-45f6-a651-6338d0f21f0e/Screenshot+2024-11-30+at+17.17.01.png Tech - Make it stand out I interviewed the founder of a sexual health app in Uganda. http://www.alicemccool.com/climate daily 0.75 2025-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/f940bf15-9e6f-4368-a955-deb1c7590913/Screenshot+2024-12-13+at+14.59.07.png Climate - Make it stand out For this Eco-Bot.Net investigation I analysed ‘indigenous washing’ ads by oil and gas companies operating on First Nations lands in Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/47733a91-ee9b-4eed-8ce1-5e16da4b0982/2019-05-31T141809Z_1_MTZSPDEF5VDH27EP_RTRFIPP_4_CLIMATE-CHANGE-UGANDA-YOUTH+%281%29.JPG Climate - Make it stand out For Thomson Reuters Foundation, I reported from a protest in Kampala on the ‘Fridays for Future’ youth climate movement in Uganda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/f3d8490f-cd28-4466-b8aa-a9b60a225ad5/Screenshot+2024-12-16+at+15.34.34.png Climate - Make it stand out For this Eco-Bot.Net investigation I revealed an ExxonMobil ad campaign featuring misleading information on climate change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/3f4b0002-3dd8-4e32-b665-2220b891f499/People-vs-Pollution-Feature-Image.png Climate - Make it stand out I commissioned and edited an issue of The People about the impact of Big Tech companies on our planet, from data centres to the ad tech industry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/ddfd6af2-003e-4667-b4b5-b132174dcae5/Screenshot+2024-12-13+at+14.54.46.png Climate - Make it stand out I interviewed renowned climate activist from Chad Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim. After publication, she wrote to me saying ‘never has someone described me and my work so simply and nicely.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/74f31ad9-79b9-4ab5-8231-027a23b04b3a/Screenshot+2025-02-04+at+21.16.21.png Climate - Make it stand out I wrote a piece imagining what impact the West exporting second-hand clothing could have on countries where clothing waste is dumped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/199bbb3f-4122-427f-9ec6-63b07aecd11e/%23SaveMurchisonFalls+activists+at+the+AUTO+at+the+top+of+Murchison+Falls.jpg Climate - Make it stand out For The Guardian I went to Murchison Falls national park in Uganda to report on the environmental impact of a hydropower dam project by French oil company Total, and local opposition to it. http://www.alicemccool.com/culture daily 0.75 2025-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/1a3deb00-88db-46f5-b9e4-f92fd71d17c2/Screenshot+2024-12-16+at+16.14.30.png Culture - Make it stand out I interviewed Bobby Kolade, a fashion designer re-purposing second hand clothing dumped in Uganda by the Global North. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/fc7ff364-66ac-40b7-b489-99f15afa0213/Screenshot+2024-12-16+at+16.18.31.png Culture - Make it stand out I interviewed artists inside a New Bell prison in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/6e5d5afe-e20e-479c-ab77-e7039d57f66c/Screenshot+2024-12-16+at+16.02.31.png Culture - Make it stand out I interviewed Ugandan model Judith Heard about her experiences of gender based violence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/11446bdb-bdf4-49b1-8efa-536044b29aaa/Screenshot+2024-12-16+at+16.22.10.png Culture - Make it stand out I interviewed Congolese band Fulu Muziki ahead of their UK debut at Womad Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/ea93922d-cf0a-4f9e-a1e7-f57fc2b04372/Screenshot+2024-12-16+at+16.17.14.png Culture - Make it stand out Reporting from Delhi, I wrote about the rise in popularity of Urdu poetry in the face of increasingly divisive sectarian politics in India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/c8fd9d23-e3b7-4f46-bdd8-a546c991fbae/Screenshot+2024-12-16+at+15.59.47.png Culture - Make it stand out I spoke to women rappers at Nyege Nyege festival in Uganda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/49e937c5-3746-455c-9079-7a7a10450cdf/Screenshot+2024-12-13+at+15.11.39.png Culture - Make it stand out I went to a club night in London by and for neurodiverse people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/fcc5df1a-b680-4d11-8796-dd943f167a16/Screenshot+2025-01-13+at+08.39.27.png Culture - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/61895071-fd84-4b73-ab58-e802dee81e0b/Screenshot+2024-12-16+at+16.06.38.png Culture - Make it stand out For US magazine The Outline I interviewed East African hip hop and dancehall artists who have entered politics, including Ugandan musician Bobi Wine. Bobi Wine later went on to run for President. http://www.alicemccool.com/goodlawproject daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/0044cb8c-23c6-4a21-bfcc-91a7ed7e7c91/Screenshot+2026-03-06+at+10.13.21.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/94c732c0-5beb-4c1b-8a4f-4ffffb890c21/Screenshot+2026-03-06+at+09.46.24.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/481a9a6e-fab5-42f0-9de0-8e112faa798e/Screenshot+2026-02-14+at+00.07.22.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/5900c662-1884-457c-9293-c964743efd0e/Screenshot+2025-12-17+at+14.42.21.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out I investigated the anti-abortion group behind anti-trans campaigner Keira Bell’s legal threat against the NHS puberty blockers trial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/63270d99-26bf-4aeb-b2eb-ac6a70b87dd1/Screenshot+2026-03-06+at+09.44.35.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/150f3733-8c53-4db6-aa49-b8013f1dcd93/Screenshot+2025-09-18+at+14.21.02.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out I investigated a Christian right lawyer’s involvement in a legal threat against a GP practice, and interviewed families impacted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/660c3401-bc89-461b-a9db-4e14e40f6d06/Screenshot+2025-09-18+at+14.08.26.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out I spoke to the parents of trans kids in Scotland in light of the For Women Scotland ruling, and uncovered Edinburgh council’s trans-exclusionary school bathroom policy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/d644e6e3-0957-46d5-9631-65d0a484303a/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+00.14.21.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/b50322b0-e8c4-4945-ba8f-3e2f3b101789/Screenshot+2026-02-14+at+00.04.43.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/8da5b89f-9f12-4f2b-8920-12c2bb0f3b6d/Screenshot+2026-02-14+at+00.02.38.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/84557d09-8d6f-426a-b1d5-750eb7c97edb/Screenshot+2026-03-06+at+09.45.27.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/b463def0-fd4a-4ff9-8656-83f956c6e5fe/Screenshot+2025-10-08+at+16.39.53.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out I interviewed trans and intersex people who are fleeing the UK due to the ongoing rollback of their rights, and international LGBTQ+ groups which confirmed an uptick in requests for help from trans Brits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/6132cf70-e4aa-4040-84ce-68a7c77580c5/Screenshot+2025-09-18+at+14.18.38.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out I investigated the links between March for Life UK and US Christian right group Alliance Defending Freedom, and exposed allegations against participating religious leaders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b20d6459cc68da80331991/72b51767-7020-45f1-b238-b0d723662d95/Screenshot+2025-09-18+at+14.13.05.png Good Law Project - Make it stand out I interviewed a trans journalist on the impact online harassment has had on her life, and reported on her action with Good Law Project.