Jem Collins
@jemcollins.co.uk
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Editor of Journo Resources, but probably swimming. She/her. 🏳️🌈
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Friends who care about the work we do at
@journoresources.bsky.social
— can you buy a copy of our magazine? November and December are a super tough time to pay the bills as job adverts and sponsorships dry up, so this year we’re aiming to sell 400 copies 🥹
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
over 1 year ago
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@joannafairtrade.bsky.social
Hey Joanna! I’m writing a quick piece for Positive News this week ahead of Fairtrade Day - is there any chance you might be available for a super quick interview? Many thanks!
10 months ago
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Are you a journalist able to speak on best writing practices/tips when it comes to active/passive voice? Urgently needing a final few lines on this for a piece this week for
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about 1 year ago
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Can confirm the snow is here, London pals ❄️ ⛄️
about 1 year ago
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I'm in the market for a new spellchecker extension — does anyone have any reccs? Basically, I'm looking for is Grammarly without the AI suggestions/here's how to sound more confident/thoughtful/suck the personality out of your writing/fall out of a tree.
#Editing
#Journalism
about 1 year ago
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Well, this has got to be in my highlights of 2024 and, yes, I went to check I hadn't made this up after seeing it in print. Thankfully, I was still correct in my height thoughts.
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about 1 year ago
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Instagram needs to stop its night owl shade immediately
about 1 year ago
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Journo Resources
about 1 year ago
🎄Good morning! We need just four more orders today and we’ll hit 100 orders — which is 25% of our target. Can you help?
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
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I still cannot get over this story — that the mother was vindictive and callous enough to do this. This guy is literally a kid.
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Marcus Fakana: Let me come home, teen sentenced in Dubai pleads
Marcus Fakana was sentenced to one year in prison over a sexual relationship with a British girl.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4pvkxq50eo
about 1 year ago
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Jamie Wareham
about 1 year ago
This story is indicative of a wider cultural issue in the gay media, and for LGBTQIA+ journalists in the mainstream. Any media title not looking inwards today, is failing both its readers and staff. Journalists deserve safe and supportive work environments.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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PinkNews bosses accused of sexual misconduct
Ex-staff members say they saw one of the couple who runs the site kissing and touching a drunk colleague.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9q4zvwldvo
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Well.
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PinkNews bosses accused of sexual misconduct
Ex-staff members say they saw one of the couple who runs the site kissing and touching a drunk colleague.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9q4zvwldvo
about 1 year ago
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Zoë Crowther
about 1 year ago
I just pre-ordered my copy
@journoresources.org.uk
was invaluable for me and many others starting our careers in journalism – do help them out if you can!
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Hello! We haven’t sold a copy for two days now, so any pre-orders this weekend would be hugely appreciated ❤️
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about 1 year ago
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sarah jeong
about 1 year ago
6 hours under martial law: a drunk scene report from Seoul
www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...
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6 hours under martial law in Seoul
On the ground from the protests outside the National Assembly building
https://www.theverge.com/24312920/martial-law-south-korea-yoon-suk-yeol-protest-dispatch
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I’m aware that it’s a Friday night, is Thanksgiving, and everything else but we need just five more orders to hit 5% which would be an incredible end to a long week! Also, it’s my birthday tomorrow!
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over 1 year ago
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James Ball
over 1 year ago
This firsthand account of what it’s like to be homeless in America – by a former Boston Globe art critic – is as good as everyone says it is.
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My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a62875397/homelessness-in-america/
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Hello! Do I have any mutual friends who are currently in the US but would be back soon? I have a US Amazon Gift Card I’m trying to spend for Black Friday.
over 1 year ago
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Friends who care about the work we do at
@journoresources.bsky.social
— can you buy a copy of our magazine? November and December are a super tough time to pay the bills as job adverts and sponsorships dry up, so this year we’re aiming to sell 400 copies 🥹
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
over 1 year ago
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Friends who care about the work we do at
@journoresources.bsky.social
— can you buy a copy of our magazine? November and December are a super tough time to pay the bills as job adverts and sponsorships dry up, so this year we’re aiming to sell 400 copies 🥹
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
over 1 year ago
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So, I have moved the social media deckchairs around on my Home Screen but this feels a good time to mention that I have refused to update my Twitter app since July 2023 and I still live in the past with the bird.
over 1 year ago
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Adam Tinworth
over 1 year ago
Awesome (and important) piece from Anil Dash: Don’t call it a Substack "Links are powerful — that’s why Instagram and Twitter and Threads punish and limit them, and why Substack tries to take credit for them. And that’s why “wherever you ...
https://adders.blog/2024/11/20/awesome-and-important.html
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Merry Christmas from an interaction that still lives rent free in my head.
about 2 years ago
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Idk about y’all, but December really feels like one dropped plate away from complete and utter burn out.
about 2 years ago
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Anyone else not realise cereal was only for term time?
over 2 years ago
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Please, who buys the wetsuits at motorway service stations?
over 2 years ago
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My partner has been away for two (2) nights and I’ve fully reverted to my early 20s work until 3am while drinking wine self and truly I should not be trusted. All I’ve cooked is supermarket filled pasta.
over 2 years ago
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So far this morning, my cat has pooed outside the litter box and thrown up a hairball and I have zero shame in announcing I’m ordering a Pret delivery.
over 2 years ago
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