Using journalism (@ContextNewsroom, @ContextClimate and @Openly) and the law to build free, fair and informed societies. We also run @TrustConf.
Jun 17 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
🗞️ How have audiences changed the way they engage with the news?
@risj_oxford's Digital News Report #DNR24 is out today – mapping the biggest changes in how people around the world access journalism.
Here are 6⃣ key takeaways. 🧵
1⃣ Legacy social media is deprioritising news
🤳 Platform shifts mean channels like Facebook and X are turning away from publishers and towards other forms of content.
✏️ That means journalists and publishers are having to work much harder to earn the public’s attention. #DNR24
May 26, 2022 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
⭕️ Ethical investing – or #ESG – has been the buzzword of the financial world since 2013.
🔨 When poor working conditions led to COVID-19 outbreaks across industries, people and investors started to pay more attention to social issues.
Here's why that matters to companies. 🧵
💭 Firstly, what even is #ESG?
In the financial world, they are standards used to assess a company beyond its profits by measuring how it protects the environment as well as communities.
💸 Low wages..
🖐️ Relentless abuse..
⭕️ Even death.
The true price of fast fashion has devastated the lives of millions of garment workers.
Could new commitments from big brands provide a blueprint for addressing gender-based violence in supply chains?🧵 theguardian.com/global-develop…
🚺 Promises by companies to root out violence against garment workers are a step in the right direction..
👣 But there's much further to go.
On #IWD22, we took a look at the steps companies need to take to support women – in boardrooms and factories. ⬇️ twitter.com/i/events/15019…
May 3, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
🤳 Smear campaigns
💻 'Doxxing'
⭕️ Threats
Women reporters are facing an onslaught of abuse online.
Here's how it's impacting their work – and what we can do to help stop it. 🧵
📲 Online harm aims to silence and stigmatise women journalists.
✒️ Mounting abuse can force some to leave the field altogether.
🤳 That's why we're launching TRFilter with @Jigsaw, a new tool for reporters to manage and block harassment as it happens. trfilter.org
May 3, 2022 • 13 tweets • 9 min read
⭕️ Did you know a journalist is now killed every 5 days?
✏️ That means around 73 people a year lose their lives while fighting to tell important stories.
How did the situation become so dire?
Here are the 5⃣ biggest threats facing reporters globally. 🧵 #WorldPressFreedomDay
1⃣ Surging physical violence
⭕️ Holding power to account is increasingly putting the safety of reporters at risk.
Women reporters now face more danger than ever both online and offline – just for doing their jobs.
On #IWD2022, here are 4⃣ ways the world can help celebrate and protect women journalists. 🧵 #BreakTheBias
1⃣ Tackle abuse
⭕️ Female journalists can experience daily intimidation, virtually and in real life.
From enforcing gender-sensitive policies in the newsroom to legal advice, guides from TRF, @UNESCO, @IWMF and @INSInews could help fight this problem. tmsnrt.rs/3pyZbAY
Mar 8, 2022 • 10 tweets • 8 min read
♀️ It could now take 135 years for the world to achieve total gender equality, according to @wef.
This is up from 99 years in 2020, as COVID-19 and other crises set global progress back.
How did we get here? Here are 7⃣ shocking facts you need to know on #IWD22.🧵 #BreakTheBias
💼 More women lost their jobs than men during the pandemic.
⏪ The @WEF called this a "she-cession" as it reversed many gains that women had made in the workplace.
⏰ It also means closing the global gender gap will now take an extra 36 years. bit.ly/3tpmGNY
Nov 6, 2019 • 25 tweets • 18 min read
Are data rights human rights? How can tech drive economic growth? What can startups do to fight climate change?
We’re at #WebSummit2019 this week, where we’re covering everything from digital rights to inclusive economies
Follow us here for the latest
How can leaders use tech to promote economic prosperity across Europe?
@DoroBaer, a German politician working in digital affairs, and @GPapandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece, take to the stage