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A new school teaches children from low-income families to be journalists

Jem Collins — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:00:15 +0000

The founder of the UK’s first major Black children’s magazine has now opened a journalism school that champions diversity

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The mother of three teaching young people how to make sense of the news

Lucy Purdy — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:22:40 +0000

Navigating the news is an increasingly urgent life skill, says the woman who is teaching young people to do just that

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The photographs helping female Afghan journalists tell their stories

Gavin Haines — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 10:29:34 +0000

A print sale is raising money to help female reporters in Afghanistan flee, or continue their work underground

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Crowdfunding bid to tackle elitism in journalism by helping media interns

Lucy Purdy — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:03:57 +0000

The PressPad social enterprise matches unpaid media interns with mentors who can offer them free places to stay. Now, the team is more than halfway toward a £30,000 fundraising target to expand its work

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‘There’s a real need for the good in the world to be reported’

Lucy Purdy — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:07:35 +0000

Jas Hothi realised the impact the daily mainstream news was having on him. He describes discovering Positive News as a ‘breath of fresh air’

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A love song for the UK: latest issue of Positive News magazine celebrates what the UK can be proud of

Lucy Purdy — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:16:46 +0000

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‘Do something people’: latest issue of Positive News magazine celebrates can-do attitude

Lucy Purdy — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:40:53 +0000

The Apr–Jun 2019 issue of Positive News magazine highlights a global movement of people taking repair into their own hands

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Financial Times bot alerts editors to male bias

Lucy Purdy — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:10:17 +0000

The newspaper has reportedly developed a bot to try to encourage journalists to include more female experts in articles

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Do small actions make a difference? asks latest issue of Positive News magazine

Lucy Purdy — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:30:42 +0000

The new issue of Positive News magazine – marking 25 years in print – features a cover story about ‘the ripple effect’, asking: do small actions add up?

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Kenyan women’s rights leaders feature in special cover series for latest Positive News magazine

Lucy Purdy — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 09:53:48 +0000

The new issue of Positive News magazine – with four special portrait covers – tackles sexual rights, mental health first aid, gun politics and explores: what makes Brits optimistic?

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