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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 27d

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · 27d

To quote you: Forward ever, backward never. A luta continua! ✊

Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · 27d

A year ago today, the new Bangladesh govt jailed ex-minister Asaduzzaman Noor. At 79 and frail, he remains behind bars without charge, evidence, or trial. This isn’t justice but vengeance. Bangladesh deserved a new start, not a weaponised judiciary. #DoBetterDhaka

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Jul 18

Content-centric journalism:

Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Jul 13

The saddest thing about this exposé is that the whole truth would have made an even better book. She couldn't give herself the grace to be flawed and, in the process, we are robbed of a real redemption arc.

Fact and fiction: Raynor Winn won’t talk to us. But here...

After our exposé of the inaccuracies behind a couple’s walk to salvation, their defence raises new questions

observer.co.uk

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Jul 13

To all those people who have wished me a cool pillow over the years, I wanted to let you know: it isn't working.

Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Jul 12

His mother is a BAFTA-nominated filmmaker. His father is a university professor.

Please tell me what exactly makes Zohran Mamdani part of the “underclass”?

Was it the immigration? Or the melanin?

Mobile alert frames Zohran Mamdani (son of university professor and movie director) as "overqualified underclass".

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Jun 11

Sending all my love and gratitude to the legendary Brian Wilson who wrote music that never fails to awaken my inner child, including this often-overlooked gem that features celery as a percussion instrument. Safe home, Brian.

The Beach Boys - Vegetables (Visualizer)

YouTube video by TheBeachBoysVEVO

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · May 29

Thank you, President Mahama of Ghana, for this sterling rebuttal.

“If you want to destroy a people,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said, “you destroy their memory, you destroy their history.”

Trump’s unfounded attack on Cyril Ramaphosa was an insult to all Africans | John Dramani Mahama

If we want to solve injustices in Africa today, we cannot forget the injustices that shaped our shared history, says Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama

www.theguardian.com

Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · May 21

Fixed it for you: Trump attacks South Africa's Ramaphosa over debunked targeting of white farmers.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · May 21

Donald Trump attacks South Africa’s Ramaphosa over targeting of white farmers

https://www.ft.com/content/6ffa1af5-c778-4125-957a-3d89706acda2

Donald Trump attacks South Africa’s Ramaphosa over targeting of white farmers

US president brandishes printed media reports of murdered farmers in extraordinary Oval Office exchange

www.ft.com

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · May 7

"It's really important to prepare yourself for a marathon, because things may take much longer to calm down than you would originally anticipate"

Our Russian fellow Maria Kiseleva speaks to @caithlinm.bsky.social on being a journalist in exile
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-pod...

Our podcast: The challenges of covering Russia and Syria from exile

In this special World Press Freedom Day episode of Fellowship Takeaways two exiled journalists speak on covering Russia and Syria from afar.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · May 5

Here, look: this is a beautiful thing.

The Balcony Movie - Trailer - The Balcony Movie - True Story

Dir. Paweł Łoziński Can anyone be a movie hero? Can the world be locked in one film frame? Director Paweł Łoziński is watching people from his balcony as they are passing by, he accosts them, asks qu...

www.truestory.film

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · May 3

Hoy es el Día de la Libertad de Prensa. Nunca antes hubo tantos periodistas forzados a informar desde el exilio. Aquí @caithlinm.bsky.social conversa sobre esto con dos de nuestras fellows: la siria Asmaa al-Omar y la rusa Maria Kiseleva
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-pod...

Our podcast: The challenges of covering Russia and Syria from exile

In this special World Press Freedom Day episode of Fellowship Takeaways two exiled journalists speak on covering Russia and Syria from afar.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Apr 28

Smells like Wisteria, blank notebooks, and old stone in the sun.

Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Apr 28

First day of school jitters here at RISJ as we await the new cohort of journalist fellows. For me, new fellows 101 to 105.

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Mar 17

I'm so tired of watching the lights go out in so many important little cottages where people came together to confirm and contextualize information so their neighbours would be equipped with knowledge to make important decisions about their lives. No, the village noticeboard isn't a replacement.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE

Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody.

We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

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Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · Mar 11

Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus.

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 11

"The early days of the second Trump term have been greeted by a different and more troubling trend in the American press – capitulation"

Read Jelani Cobb's Reuters Memorial Lecture in full, with insights on local news, distrust and covering Trump

Full text of Jelani Cobb's 2025 Reuters Memorial Lecture: Trust issues. Credibility, credulity and journalism in a time of crisis

On 10 March the Columbia Journalism Dean delivered the 2025 Reuters Memorial Lecture. Here's the transcript of his talk.

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Feb 13

In about 14 hours, the window for applications to our Journalism Fellowship programme closes. 27% of all active applications have been filed, and 73% are still in progress. Based on what you know about journalists, what percentage of applications will make it across the finish line before midnight?

Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Feb 4

Amid all the fact-checking furore, Tom Edgington asks UK politicians: does the work of units like BBC Verify have any sort of behavioural impact? Their answers suggest that it does, and explains why repeat offenders require our closest scrutiny and best discernment.

Perceptions, power, and polarisation: the political impact of UK fact-checking

Through interviews with UK politicians, strategists, and advisers, this project investigates whether fact-checking changes how politicians craft their messages.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Jan 31

I should say: follow @davilerner.bsky.social here for far more civil discourse.

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Jan 31

We enter into a contract when we give attention (permission) to platforms and politicians to mould the quality of conversations we have. It's as true of radio stations in 1895 as it is of social today. Maybe we'll claw our way back to civility once the bodies have been counted.

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Jan 31

If you're a foreign correspondent planning an assignment in Taiwan, this is a must-read. Quote: Taiwanese fixers [... highlighted] “numerous unfavourable experiences” with foreign journalists, including last-minute cancellations, requests for free services, and months-long delays in payment.

An eight-point guide to better collaboration with fixers in Taiwan

The Straits Times' Taiwan Correspondent, Yip Wai Yee, explores the fractured relationship between foreign journalists and Taiwanese fixers.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Caithlin Mercer @caithlinm.bsky.social · Jan 31

Warning: this project will make your blood boil. Quote: In one episode, Palestinians were portrayed as worse than Nazis for at least “[Germans] came with a culture based on which it was possible to redevelop, [and with Palestinians] this is not the case.”

The Patriot effect: Israel’s shifting civil discourse under Netanyahu

Davide Lerner explores shifting trends in the Israeli media space through the lens of Channel 14's most popular TV show.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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