Ivan Broadhead is a veteran journalist who has filed and produced extensively on issues relating to human rights and social justice. His 2008 investigation into the radioactive contamination of Enewetak atoll sparked global concern and provided evidence for a case before the International Court of Justice, while in 2009 he was the first non-Chinese journalist to be granted access by the Chinese Government to PLA peacekeeping operations in the DR Congo. That same year, his RTHK investigation, Shellfish Habit, linked Chinese and South African organised crime syndicates to a multimillion dollar trade in abalone and crystal meth.
Broadhead's work has been recognised at the Amnesty International Human Rights Reporting Awards including his South China Morning Post investigation into Australia Zoo's land use policy and its impact on aboriginal communities and his RTHK documentary, Kony and Us, which tracked the eponymous warlord across central Africa. His reporting with refugee communities, particularly in the area of gender equality, has also been widely acknowledged. Soccer Nuns, the tale of the Tibet women's football team was described by The Spectator as: "A documentary that shows why we should preserve this corner of the BBC." Reviewing The Number One Ladies' Landmine Agency, Broadhead's BBC documentary about Sahrawi women on the frontline of Africa's last colonial war, the Daily Telegraph wrote: "Sobering and inspiring in equal parts."