Journalist/Media Trainer @taboommedia @TRF. Formerly @RNS @indexcensorship @onfreespeech.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined January 2010
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🥳 @taboommedia & @GALAarchives present "Love, Trouble" our 4th Queer Activism in Africa anthology feat. 22 new illustrations & stories in English and French. Stay tuned for special eds in Arabic, Swahili, and Portuguese in coming weeks.
Free download:
taboommedia.com/2024/10/15/t…
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@KenyaRedCross, a shareholder of the @bomacollege, is set to host an anti-gender conference in May. This is contrary to their @GlobalFund Mandate
Sign this Petition to STRONGLY urge Red Cross to withdraw Boma Hotel from hosting these anti-rights groups.
action.allout.org/en/m/76247…
A small tribute to an absolute giant. Rest in Power, Muhsin. #JusticeforImamMuhsin #JusticeforMuhsin @RNS religionnews.com/2025/02/18/…
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Assassins tried to silence our friend and colleague Imam Muhsin Hendricks. He will not be silenced. Here's a presentation he shared with our first group of journalists in 2016. Rest in Power, Muhsin. Your wisdom and truth live on. #JusticeforMuhsin taboommedia.wordpress.com/wp…
Tributes pour in for Muhsin Hendricks, openly gay imam shot dead #JusticeforMuhsin dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
😢 Muhsin Hendricks: World's 'first openly gay imam' shot dead in South Africa #JusticeforMuhsin bbc.com/news/articles/c05l33…
Please change your headline @News24 "Self-confessed gay imam who was allegedly going to marry lesbian couple gunned down" #MuhsinHendricks #JusticeforMuhsin @taboommedia news24.com/news24/southafric…
This is just...devastating. Horror as Muhsin Hendricks, "World’s First Gay Imam," Assassinated in Gqeberha mambaonline.com/2025/02/15/h…
Imam Muhsin Hendricks was a gentle and loving soul who often spoke with our journalists. The facts are still emerging. Here's the first news report I've come across beyond social media.😢🙏vocfm.co.za/founder-of-the-i…
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Voters in Oak Park, IL said YES to better elections with #RankedChoiceVoting! 🥳 👏 @FairVoteIL
As a journo, I don't think news outlets should endorse. Not enough readers understand the newsroom/editorial team divide. Whatever your policy, don't change it last minute (@latimes @washingtonpost). And don't say "only" when you mean "best" @nytimes. Words matter.
Santa Cruz v. Big Soda: Vote Yes on Z (tax sugar-sweetened beverages) foodpolitics.com/2024/11/san…
All States produce some pumpkins, but six States produce most of them (Illinois is #1) ers.usda.gov/newsroom/trendi…
Ranked choice voting (RCV) is on the ballot in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon this year. Alaska and Maine already have it. No matter your politics, it's a better system. More voice, more choice. Happy voting! @fairvote youtu.be/gq7N2hmX9FI?si=scI4… via @YouTube
Southwest Airlines switches to bamboo cups to reduce plastic (they contain plastic lining, so presumably not compostable - BYO reusable bottle). Some airlines use glass cups (aka...glasses). W/ added weight & cleaning, which is more sustainable? thepointsguy.com/news/southw…
5 questions about the next U.S. dietary guidelines, and the ‘impossible restriction’ on them statnews.com/2024/10/27/diet…
The World’s Doomsday Plant Vault Gets Thousands of New Seeds nytimes.com/2024/10/29/world…
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BREAKING.. yesterday the DGAC proposed reducing the federal focus on chronic disease risk reduction in a stunning development that ignores record setting shorter U.S. lifespans and sick children. @SecBecerra @SecVilsack @SenSanders @SenBillCassidy @CoryBooker @MikeCrapo
Poisoning forests to graze cattle to sell to McDonald's to sell Ozempic. What could go wrong? -- The New Threat to Brazil’s Forests: Chemicals nytimes.com/2024/10/29/world…
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Sick of “spoilers” in our elections? With #RankedChoiceVoting, voters get more choices, all of us are heard, and majorities rule. Learn more about #RankedChoiceVoting. fairvote.org/our-reforms/ran…
Op-ed – Intersex Awareness Day: ‘Breaking silence, building community’ beyondthemargins.africa/2024…