CopageJ
@copagej.bsky.social
Editor at Central Bylines, ex-linguistics lecturer. Live in Shropshire UK. Citizen journalism, women's health, hill walking, politics and more.
BYLINES NETWORK SPECIAL
For 30 years, survivors of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have been silenced, threatened and blocked from justice. Their voices must be heard.
Isabella reveals the barriers they face and the vital changes that need to happen.
Read it at sussexbylines.co.uk & bit.ly/LegalAbyss
For 30 years, survivors of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have been silenced, threatened and blocked from justice. Their voices must be heard.
Isabella reveals the barriers they face and the vital changes that need to happen.
Read it at sussexbylines.co.uk & bit.ly/LegalAbyss
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another? | Cliff Mitchell
After the Leveson Inquiry, is the press now beyond control?
The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another?
centralbylines.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another? | Cliff Mitchell
Powerful stuff from our US writer. And follow the links! Local leaders and citizens challenge Trump’s ICE in Chicago centralbylines.co.uk/news/world/l...
Local leaders and citizens challenge Trump’s ICE in Chicago
The politicians of Chicago are joining protest organisers in the battle against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents
centralbylines.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Powerful stuff from our US writer. And follow the links! Local leaders and citizens challenge Trump’s ICE in Chicago centralbylines.co.uk/news/world/l...
Write like you mean it, not like you ‘prompted’ it yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/tec...
Write like you mean it, not like you ‘prompted’ it
TL;DR: for now, perhaps, we must learn to work with – or around – AI, but let’s not allow it to write for, or indeed instead of, us
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Write like you mean it, not like you ‘prompted’ it yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/tec...
Surviving Gaza: a personal account of life under siege northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...
Surviving Gaza: a personal account of life under siege
"Gaza is not just a news headline. It is my home. It is full of people who want to live -not just survive, but live in dignity, in safety, in freedom."
northeastbylines.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Surviving Gaza: a personal account of life under siege northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...
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Wow, Bylines Network has just hit 19m reads of our powerful citizen journalism.
By supporting us, you’re not funding a news outlet – you’re fueling a movement. We are Bylines Network, by the people, for the people.
By supporting us, you’re not funding a news outlet – you’re fueling a movement. We are Bylines Network, by the people, for the people.
Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...
chuffed.org
July 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Wow, Bylines Network has just hit 19m reads of our powerful citizen journalism.
By supporting us, you’re not funding a news outlet – you’re fueling a movement. We are Bylines Network, by the people, for the people.
By supporting us, you’re not funding a news outlet – you’re fueling a movement. We are Bylines Network, by the people, for the people.
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Bylines Network Webinar | 16th June 2025
Equality and Diversity in Media and Journalism: Where do we go from here?
Tickets available here 👇👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/bylin...
Equality and Diversity in Media and Journalism: Where do we go from here?
Tickets available here 👇👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/bylin...
May 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Bylines Network Webinar | 16th June 2025
Equality and Diversity in Media and Journalism: Where do we go from here?
Tickets available here 👇👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/bylin...
Equality and Diversity in Media and Journalism: Where do we go from here?
Tickets available here 👇👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/bylin...
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In this article we give a citizen the platform to tell their story, and expose how corrupt big pharma has stopped the NHS from giving them – and countless others – the healthcare they need. /1
#TruthToPower
centralbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
@copagej.bsky.social
@centralbylines.co.uk
#TruthToPower
centralbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
@copagej.bsky.social
@centralbylines.co.uk
Big pharma, the NHS, thyroid disease and me
A personal account tells the story of a battle with the NHS to get treatment for thyroid disease
centralbylines.co.uk
April 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In this article we give a citizen the platform to tell their story, and expose how corrupt big pharma has stopped the NHS from giving them – and countless others – the healthcare they need. /1
#TruthToPower
centralbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
@copagej.bsky.social
@centralbylines.co.uk
#TruthToPower
centralbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
@copagej.bsky.social
@centralbylines.co.uk
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Free from corporate control and not afraid to take on tech bros - Bylines Big Tech Week starts tomorrow. Here's our tech coordinator Patricia telling you all about it.
Join our webinar with The Citizens to kickstart your own investigations and articles: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join our webinar with The Citizens to kickstart your own investigations and articles: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Free from corporate control and not afraid to take on tech bros - Bylines Big Tech Week starts tomorrow. Here's our tech coordinator Patricia telling you all about it.
Join our webinar with The Citizens to kickstart your own investigations and articles: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join our webinar with The Citizens to kickstart your own investigations and articles: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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We at Central believe that no one's voice should be suppressed. Despite the overwhelming crowds at the #HandsOff protests the MSM seem largely quiet.
If you were there and want your voice heard email us: [email protected]
We are Bylines Network
Powerful Citizen Journalism
If you were there and want your voice heard email us: [email protected]
We are Bylines Network
Powerful Citizen Journalism
April 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We at Central believe that no one's voice should be suppressed. Despite the overwhelming crowds at the #HandsOff protests the MSM seem largely quiet.
If you were there and want your voice heard email us: [email protected]
We are Bylines Network
Powerful Citizen Journalism
If you were there and want your voice heard email us: [email protected]
We are Bylines Network
Powerful Citizen Journalism
Children with autism: gently helping to lift the mask centralbylines.co.uk/news/world/h...
Children with autism: gently helping to lift the mask
Children with autism, especially girls, are too often overlooked and misunderstood. It's time for a system that recognises and supports their needs
centralbylines.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Children with autism: gently helping to lift the mask centralbylines.co.uk/news/world/h...
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Brilliant video here from @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social about @bylinesnetwork.co.uk and its 10 fantastic publications. A month of celebrating five years of powerful citizen journalism. And tons of ways you can engage and support, not least donating to help us move forward.
Today marks the start of celebrating 5 yrs of the Bylines Network. 🎉🎉🎉
From 1 publication to 17million reads - citizen journalism is powerful.
We’ll share articles and features throughout April. First, here’s our co-founder @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social with what you can expect over the coming weeks.
From 1 publication to 17million reads - citizen journalism is powerful.
We’ll share articles and features throughout April. First, here’s our co-founder @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social with what you can expect over the coming weeks.
April 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Brilliant video here from @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social about @bylinesnetwork.co.uk and its 10 fantastic publications. A month of celebrating five years of powerful citizen journalism. And tons of ways you can engage and support, not least donating to help us move forward.
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We are passionate about amplifying YOUR voice if you have a story to tell we would love for you to join us
Download our brochure 👇🏻
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Download our brochure 👇🏻
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March 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We are passionate about amplifying YOUR voice if you have a story to tell we would love for you to join us
Download our brochure 👇🏻
centralbylines.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Download our brochure 👇🏻
centralbylines.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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We intend on helping fill the void created by the decline in regional print journalism.
Thanks for the shout out from the MD of @bylinesnetwork.co.uk, if you have a story to tell from the East or West Midlands or beyond then please email [email protected]
Thanks for the shout out from the MD of @bylinesnetwork.co.uk, if you have a story to tell from the East or West Midlands or beyond then please email [email protected]
Wow. Regional print journalism in the UK continues to decline. Makes alternatives like what we do @bylinesnetwork.co.uk even more relevant.
Speaking of which…spotlight on @centralbylines.co.uk who are doing some excellent citizen journalism right now. One of our 10 regional online publications.
Speaking of which…spotlight on @centralbylines.co.uk who are doing some excellent citizen journalism right now. One of our 10 regional online publications.
Regional newspaper ABCs: No UK daily now has print circulation of 20,000 or more
Print circulations at UK regional daily newspapers collectively declined 16% between 2023 and 2024, according to the latest data from ABC.
pressgazette.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We intend on helping fill the void created by the decline in regional print journalism.
Thanks for the shout out from the MD of @bylinesnetwork.co.uk, if you have a story to tell from the East or West Midlands or beyond then please email [email protected]
Thanks for the shout out from the MD of @bylinesnetwork.co.uk, if you have a story to tell from the East or West Midlands or beyond then please email [email protected]
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Wow. Regional print journalism in the UK continues to decline. Makes alternatives like what we do @bylinesnetwork.co.uk even more relevant.
Speaking of which…spotlight on @centralbylines.co.uk who are doing some excellent citizen journalism right now. One of our 10 regional online publications.
Speaking of which…spotlight on @centralbylines.co.uk who are doing some excellent citizen journalism right now. One of our 10 regional online publications.
Regional newspaper ABCs: No UK daily now has print circulation of 20,000 or more
Print circulations at UK regional daily newspapers collectively declined 16% between 2023 and 2024, according to the latest data from ABC.
pressgazette.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Wow. Regional print journalism in the UK continues to decline. Makes alternatives like what we do @bylinesnetwork.co.uk even more relevant.
Speaking of which…spotlight on @centralbylines.co.uk who are doing some excellent citizen journalism right now. One of our 10 regional online publications.
Speaking of which…spotlight on @centralbylines.co.uk who are doing some excellent citizen journalism right now. One of our 10 regional online publications.
A long read but it's worth it. All news providers need to give it some thought
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
Irrelevant and unloved: how the press lost its touch
Journalism is in freefall—and the public doesn’t care
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A long read but it's worth it. All news providers need to give it some thought
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Wow, we had over 450K reads in Feb, one of our best ever months for the UK's perhaps even the worlds
fastest growing citizen journalism publication in the
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, why not help support us here as a one off or regular monthly donation
fastest growing citizen journalism publication in the
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, why not help support us here as a one off or regular monthly donation
Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...
chuffed.org
March 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Wow, we had over 450K reads in Feb, one of our best ever months for the UK's perhaps even the worlds
fastest growing citizen journalism publication in the
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, why not help support us here as a one off or regular monthly donation
fastest growing citizen journalism publication in the
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, why not help support us here as a one off or regular monthly donation
Firewalls, ‘Wheedling Muskrats’, and the Sunday question westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/fir...
Firewalls, ‘Wheedling Muskrats’, and the Sunday question
Brown alert. Germany is going to the polls on 23 February. Democratic parties are squabbling while the far right mobilises. Back to Weimar?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Firewalls, ‘Wheedling Muskrats’, and the Sunday question westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/fir...
Please check out this substack. This is a real journalist.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/us-coup-ga...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/us-coup-ga...
US Coup Gains Speed
Europe shakes as new world order emerges. Here's what's not on the front page of the New York Times right now
broligarchy.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Please check out this substack. This is a real journalist.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/us-coup-ga...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/us-coup-ga...
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Galentines Day is today!
Women and their stories are at the heart of what we do in our 10 Bylines Network publications. Research carried out in 2024 found that only 40% of senior editors in UK media and news were female. At the Bylines Network it is 85%
@gemmagould.bsky.social
Women and their stories are at the heart of what we do in our 10 Bylines Network publications. Research carried out in 2024 found that only 40% of senior editors in UK media and news were female. At the Bylines Network it is 85%
@gemmagould.bsky.social
Forget Valentine’s Day – here’s why you should celebrate Galentine’s Day this year
Why Galentine’s Day on 13 February is a great time to show some love and support to all your female relations, colleagues, friends and besties
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Galentines Day is today!
Women and their stories are at the heart of what we do in our 10 Bylines Network publications. Research carried out in 2024 found that only 40% of senior editors in UK media and news were female. At the Bylines Network it is 85%
@gemmagould.bsky.social
Women and their stories are at the heart of what we do in our 10 Bylines Network publications. Research carried out in 2024 found that only 40% of senior editors in UK media and news were female. At the Bylines Network it is 85%
@gemmagould.bsky.social
Blue skies over Shropshire last weekend. South of Cleobury Mortimer, a tough 8k
December 6, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Blue skies over Shropshire last weekend. South of Cleobury Mortimer, a tough 8k
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Twitter just lost around 300,000 journalists. Nice move by the EFJ.
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Twitter just lost around 300,000 journalists. Nice move by the EFJ.
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December 3, 2024 at 10:31 AM