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Birmingham, UK
Joined September 2012
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🤩 The BBC and @MyBCU are partnering "to equip the next generation of media professionals with the practical skills and industry experience needed to succeed in the UK's rapidly evolving creative industries" bcu.ac.uk/news-events/news/b…
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🗞️ As a new era is set to begin at #Salop, I wanted to share some personal news. I will soon be leaving my role as Town reporter for the Star.
What a year it has been covering this brilliant club. I have loved every minute of it, and I hope you have enjoyed the coverage (1/2)
Around 90% of UK local news agencies appear to have closed since the 1980s
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Vital Impacts is offering fellowships for visual storytellers producing solutions-focused environmental stories at the local level.
💰 One $20,000 fellowship and six $5,000 fellowships are available.
📅 Apply by November 30. twp.ai/4hxlLl
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The government has named 50 local news publishers to receive a share of its £6m local media funding, aimed at helping fill "news deserts"
Seven organisations have also been awarded funding to develop infrastructure that can benefit the journalism industry
“Local journalism is in peril: Google and BBC seen as part of problem”
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“Digital Content Next says members are seeing revenue downturn after arrival of AI search tools”
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🖤💛 Applications are now open for people who want to volunteer at @Birmingham2027 and be part of Invictus Games Spirit 27.
In July 2027, Birmingham and the West Midlands will welcome the world for the Invictus Games. We’re inviting people from across our region to be part of the volunteer team helping bring the Games to life.
This is an opportunity to showcase the warmth, diversity and pride of our communities, meet people from around the world and help create a welcoming experience for competitors, families and visitors. 🫶
By joining Spirit 27, we’re part of a wider movement supporting the Invictus community and helping bring the Games to life. 🖤💛
Apply now: orlo.uk/xvEHf
ALT A man and woman in yellow Invictus Games volunteer uniforms waving, with text announcing that volunteer applications are open.
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🚨 Are you a skilled video editor with a passion for press freedom? Come join us! 🎬
@FreedomofPress is hiring a multimedia editor to support its growing visual-first platforms.
Learn more and apply here: freedom.press/careers
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📏 Journalists often use standard references to put very large or very small things in perspective. Comparing something unfamiliar with something widely known helps readers understand facts and concepts. This GIJN guide offers references for different types of measurements, plus examples of stories that have used them. It also includes tools, tip sheets, and a bonus quiz!
Read the full guide here ⬇️
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The NUJ will always defend the right of bona-fide newsgatherers to do their jobs without fear or obstruction.
Members covering protests and other public order events can find useful advice and emergency contacts on our website ⬇
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Check out the work shortlisted for the British Journalism Awards for some inspiration this weekend!
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When hackers become sources: Inside the new craft of reporting on hacked data
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The third and final part of our free Investigating the Climate Crisis with Results webinar series is fast approaching!
Hosted by @mar_supa, @TaisGadeaLara and @Theyolu will take on conflict, security and climate solutions as important segments of the #climatecrisis to interrogate.
Registration is still on via: tcij.org/initiative-event/we…
🇨🇳 Check out this feature exploring the secret success of Birmingham’s China Town by alumna @olivialeejourno for @brumdispatch
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Fellowship opportunity for journalists interested in science writing.
@Open_Notebook & @BWFUND are looking for early-career journalists to pitch, report, & write articles with guidance from a mentor.
Stipend: $6,600
Deadline: October 31.
Learn more 👇 twp.ai/4hw4TB
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Around 100 Telegraph staff are believed to have been told they are losing their jobs, almost four months after its takeover by Axel Springer
Focus being put on new revenue streams such as "video, audio, puzzles, events, B2B, licensing, commerce and new products"
Chief exec of the News Media Association on Meta delaying new terms:
“As things stand, Meta will still use its dominance to force publishers into an impossible choice: let Meta scrape their websites or lose access to audiences on Facebook”
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Popular AI chatbots have been found to often ignore local publishers, even on queries about local issues such as council decisions and crime
ChatGPT was found to cite national newspapers (18.8%) almost as much as local ones (21.2%), even on a local query
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Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said:
"The NUJ strongly condemns attempts to subdue scrutiny and investigative reporting [...] Journalists have a right to report without fear - including on the behaviour and beliefs of people standing for office.”
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“Lifestyle and news site for British Muslims Hyphen set to close” after UAE-based backers of the site withdrew funding.
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