🗞️ 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

⭕️ 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.

We break down what it stands for and why it is so important. ⬇️
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💸 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. ⬇️
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🤳 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

⭕️ 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.

⚖️ Yet 87% of these crimes go unpunished, according to @UNESCO. bit.ly/3EKBr3e

⭕️ Physical threats
🤳 Online harassment
♀️ Lifelong misogyny

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

♀️ 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

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

#InclusiveEconomies