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Anna Sayburn
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Anna Sayburn
@AnnaSayburn
Freelance journalist. Crime fiction writing alter-ego at @bloomsburyblue. No longer posting here. Find me on FB, LinkedIn or Substack
London, UK Katılım Şubat 2009
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Anna Sayburn retweetledi
All emerging writers schemes should include writers over 40 – writers can emerge at any age, and women writers especially are frequently prevented from taking up writing until later in life (as we well know)!
theguardian.com/stage/article/…
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I've been a journalist 30+ years. Cannot believe this still goes on.
David Challen@David_Challen
As a child bereaved by fatal domestic abuse, headlines calling a man who killed three women a “nice guy” and “normal person” have felt personally traumatic. The media called my father a “gentle man” and “nice chap”, which misrepresented the controlling reality that myself and my family experienced for years. It compounded our trauma. Reporting like this causes so much damage – both to victims’ families, and to public understandings of coercive control. It has to stop. Now. We need every single newsroom trained in how to report domestic abuse deaths, and to lobby the regulator for stronger rules. The press has the power to prevent further deaths and save women’s lives. Please support this crowdfunder I’ve started to support @we_level_up’s crucial work to train journalists in their Dignity For Dead Women guidelines. This takes all of us ➡️ gofundme.com/f/levelup-media
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@RefugeeTales A wonderful walk and so great to be met by Lord Alf Dubs and representatives from the new government on our arrival. Time to change our broken, inhumane immigration system.
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All those miles and all that rain and we made it even more determined by the last step than the first. This is what hope - beautiful hope - looks like! Cherish it, clean your boots and we’ll keep walking.
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@jamesdmorris Lost count of the number of times over the past 5 years I've said I'd settle for basic competence.
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Tory post mortem will be carried out by politicos who cant help thinking in terms of left/right/centre. But they're wrong. They should start with valence: being seen as competent, reliable, trustworthy, sensible, serious, decent, responsive.
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@hannahsbee @catharinehughez Dismayed by my fellow sherry aficionados.
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Surely a candidate for the most illuminating poll - taken BEFORE polling day - of the entire election campaign: More in Common's breakdown of voter preference by favourite choice of alcoholic beverage...
H/T @catharinehughez
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Thank you Emmeline Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett for fighting so I had the right to vote today. #suffragette #votesforwomen
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Anna Sayburn retweetledi
New Scientist is looking for a Head of Features to lead our world class features team, and take a leading role in how our longform journalism takes shape on digital platforms @newscientist newscientist.com/nsj/job/140201… please do RT
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I'm quite partial to a glass of chilled fino, but perhaps I should stick to my usual IPA.
Pippa Crerar@PippaCrerar
Perfect Friday afternoon polling @LukeTryl. Cheers! 🍻
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@themediamentor It'd be lovely to be paid on time without having to chase invoices, too.
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Please make sure you look after freelance staff. Check on their mental health - and make sure they feel valued for contribution and opinion. Freelancers hold the industry together and that should not be forgotten
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When I ran a newdesk, the value of freelancers was never underestimated. I had 5 staff & more than 30 freelancers. It was important they felt appreciated & part of the team. Often they were more skilled, more reliable, took less time off & were less hassle #journalism
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Anna Sayburn retweetledi
Summer sun is coming! Our solidarity walk will gladden your heart! Boots on and #WalkWithUs 👣🌟Book to walk or attend our free evening events with tales, world music… and there will be dancing! 🥾🌞✊🏾RefugeeTales.org
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So what does a busy health journo do to unwind you ask. Why go to a (absolutely) packed lecture to hear @MichaelMarmot talk about the social determinants of health of course. Wish we were talking as much about this as we are about VAT on school fees….
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@RoryStewartUK Perhaps because people with a high profile repost it?
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This gets a million views? How? why?
Rishi Sunak@RishiSunak
We shouldn’t be reliant on foreign food. Buy British.
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Anna Sayburn retweetledi
You have until 23:59 BST tonight to register to vote in the general election
Find out how ⬇️
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I’ve been told by two different people today that they enjoyed and then shared About The Boys - a series I made in May for @BBCRadio4 . Apparently it’s still doing the rounds on some WhatsApp groups, #Nichefame but I love that it’s proving useful.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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If only our politicians were capable of thinking like this.
Robert Saunders@redhistorian
I've been re-reading the 1945 manifestos for a thing next week. The sections on education - written in the middle of an economic crisis, with a huge job of reconstruction ahead - make quite a contrast with the narrowly econometric vision we get today.
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@georgia_coan @lydmorrish You bet. Although my mother would be mortified to know that pegged her as working class. She told us it was chocolate mousse.
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If journalists really want to work out if politicians came from a working class background, they need to ask them if they ever ate this for dinner…
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@naomirwolf Rubbish. I've lived in London most of my 55 years. It's a living city, not a museum. The river is majestic, the parks and trees are beautiful, the history multi-layered. If you want a theme park, go to Disney land.
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I am in London for the first time in 5 years. Unrecognizable. Grotesque huge modern buildings looming over historic neighborhoods. No sign of British culture except for vestigial pubs. Huge LED screens in formerly beautiful peaceful streets. People sleeping, living on the street. Dirt and chaos. Bike riders on sidewalks as newly in NYC! My Ghanaian cab driver (UK born) complaining about the loss of British culture and about immigrants who are taking over town councils one by one. There is no hint of Virginia Woolf’s London. It’s a globalist parking lot. Tragic.
Miss Jo@therealmissjo
You might not want to hear this. Many people don’t. I just spent the last week travelling between London, Helsinki and Tallinn. I lived in London for many years but it has changed out of all recognition. Tallinn and Helsinki have a safe feel. Homogeneous. No “diversity barriers”. After London, it was quite a shock. You can argue about whether the changes in London are for the better or not but the kids in both Helsinki and Tallinn are skateboarding and drinking milkshakes. They are not carrying around knives and terrorising or stabbing other kids. There is space and clean streets. People are friendly - even to strangers. London felt like it was crumbling. Closed roads everywhere. A murder minutes from where I was within 6 hours of my arrival. People seemed miserable. I want the UK to do better. To be better. But they need to change things significantly and stop the transformation of the capital city into a third world city. Anyone else agree?
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