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Our Summer Symposium featured our fellows ๐ฆ๐บ@bridgeyb ๐ฏ๐ต Hideki Mushiake ๐ฉ๐ฐ @jacob_fuglsang ๐ฟ๐ฆ@MsRaborife ๐ฒ๐ฒ@thuttag ๐ธ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ Ayen Bior ๐ง๐ฉ@ASAsifulIslam ๐ฎ๐ณ@rjadHinduBL ๐ณ๐ด@tarjeils ๐ณ๐ฌ@fisayosoyombo ๐ง๐ท@phillctw ๐ซ๐ฎ@jlatvala & our ๐ท๐บ fellow reutersinstitute.politics.oxโฆ
ALT The Journalist Fellows and the Reuters Institute's Fellowship team pose for a photo
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For more details, read this write-up of the evening by @Marina__Adami
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๐๏ธHow to prevent brilliant journalists from leaving the profession? "We need more opportunity for development, a more nurturing environment, flatter leadership structures," said @MsRaborife
"We need more innovation and a more audience-centric approach," said Hideki Mushiake
ALT Mpho Raborife and Hideki Mushiake presenting on stage.
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How to prevent brilliant journalists from leaving the profession?
๐ฟ๐ฆ "We need more opportunity for development, a more nurturing environment, flatter leadership structures," said @MsRaborife
๐ฏ๐ต "We need more innovation and a more audience-centric approach," said Hideki Mushiake
ALT Our Journalist Fellows Mpho Raborife and Hideki Mushiake
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๐ง๐ฉ "A huge paradigm shift is unfolding around the world, and it impacts every newsroom. I call it the Climate Nexus. Itโs a series of emergencies forcing journalists to ask of every story: how does this help address the crisis?," said our Bangladeshi Fellow @ASAsifulIslam
ALT Our Journalist Fellow Abu Sayeed Asiful Islam
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๐ณ๐ฌ "Could something have been done to avert the discrediting of journalists? Mexican journalist Daniel Sanchez believes not much can be done about it in the Third World: 'We require the support of international civil organisations,'" said our Nigerian Fellow @fisayosoyombo
ALT Our Journalist Fellow 'Fisayo Soyombo
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๐ฉ๐ฐ "Iโve been talking to foreign correspondents and they all recognise that negative stories will leave media users depressed and with an untrue image of the countries they are describing," said our Danish Fellow @jacob_fuglsang, who's working on a project on solutions journalism
ALT Our Journalist Fellow Jacob Fuglsang
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๐ง๐ท "Humans are good at getting used to things. Imagine how problematic that can be with the climate crisis. But I believe that journalism can play a part. The only way for people to be aware of change is showing them. That is our job," said our Brazilian Fellow @phillctw
ALT Our Journalist Fellow Phillippe Watanabe
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๐ฆ๐บ "We canโt do this alone. We need non-Indigenous editors and colleagues to shoulder some of this burden. We need leaders to have the tools to empathise with the unique and often demoralising experience of being an Indigenous reporter," said our Australian Fellow @bridgeyb
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๐ฆ๐บ "As First Nations journalists, we've had to fight for every story to get told. In largely white newsrooms, not only do we suffer vicarious trauma from the personal nature of our work. We are often arguing with editors to simply believe in our investigations," said @bridgeyb
ALT Our Journalist Fellow Bridget Brennan
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๐ซ๐ฎ "The million-dollar question is: does transparency increase audience trust? There has been lots of research on this, and the results are disappointing: journalistic transparency tends to have zero or modest effect on evaluations of trust," said our Finnish Fellow @jlatvala
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๐ณ๐ด "Cross border journalism has exposed how oligarchs jump jurisdictions to pay as little tax as possible. We journalists should also learn to cross borders to obtain as much information as possible," says our Norwegian Fellow @tarjeils, whose projects focuses on this topic
ALT Our Journalist Fellows Tarjei Leer-Salvesen and Jussi Latvala
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๐ท๐บ "I still believe in the power of words and knowledge to achieve the real victory of light over darkness," said our Russian Fellow, who is working on understanding the role of the Russian Orthodox church in advancing Putinโs war narratives
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๐ฎ๐ณ "Only 3% of stories about agriculture, land rights, and rural economy and 2% of the stories on development issues feature women. None of the stories on climate change address gender issues," said Indian journalist @rjadHinduBL, whose project aims to address this problem
ALT Our Journalist Fellow Radheshyam Jadhav
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๐ฒ๐ฒ "My interviews show how much danger & personal sacrifice citizen journalists have to undertake. There is an urgent need to provide emergency budgets to exiled media outlets, and training to citizen journalists," said @thuttag, who's reported on Myanmar extensively for @Reuters
ALT Our Journalist Fellow Thu Thu Aung
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๐ธ๐ธ "In some countries, a device can be a serious threat. This mic that I'm speaking through is probably not intimidating to you. But a journalist in South Sudan told me that in his country the presence of a mic is more alarming than that of a gun", said our Fellow Ayen Bior
ALT Our Journalist Fellow Ayen Bior
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Our Summer Showcase has featured our Fellows ๐ฆ๐บ@bridgeyb ๐ฏ๐ต Hideki Mushiake ๐ฉ๐ฐ @jacob_fuglsang ๐ฟ๐ฆ @MsRaborife ๐ฒ๐ฒ @thuttag ๐ธ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ Ayen Bior ๐ง๐ฉ @ASAsifulIslam ๐ฎ๐ณ @rjadHinduBL ๐ณ๐ด @tarjeils ๐ณ๐ฌ @fisayosoyombo ๐ง๐ท @phillctw ๐ซ๐ฎ@jlatvala & our ๐ท๐บ Fellow
๐งตHere's a summary of their talks
ALT A picture of our awesome Journalist Fellows
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In military-ruled Myanmar, there seemed to be a new criminal offense this week: wearing a flower in oneโs hair on Aung San Suu Kyiโs birthday. nyti.ms/42X86gn
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Former Bapedi acting king Kgagudi Kenneth Sekhukhune, affectionately known as K.K., has been described by family members and associates as a man of unmatched diplomacy and vision.
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