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Jess Burt
@jessburtjourno.bsky.social
Finding connection through storytelling. Freelance Video Producer and recent master's graduate.
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🇵🇸 🇮🇱 Full of grief after two years of war but glad to be going home, thousands of displaced Palestinians set off across the Gaza Strip on Friday, as a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold.
➡️ u.afp.com/Sm6z
October 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just got round to reading the Saturday read (I work weekends so in my defence Monday is my Saturday).

A great article dissecting Andy Burnham's past and potential for the future.
Our Saturday read is on Andy Burnham, the man who would be king.

Allies say he is prepared to run, he is just waiting for the right opportunity. Plus, how his time in Manchester changed him and the uneasy coalition in the PLP.

With @pippacrerar.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
Andy Burnham, the man who would be king
The Greater Manchester mayor has made no secret of his Labour leadership ambitions, but faces significant obstacles
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Protesters in Britain projected images of President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle on Tuesday night before the president arrived for a state visit. More protests are planned for Wednesday.

Follow live updates on Trump's state visit: nyti.ms/3VTtyBH
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"It’s tempting to view reintegration as a soft issue – secondary to military victories or international aid. But it is the hardest, most strategic battle of all. It asks a society not only to punish wrongs but to prevent their repetition."

Such an insightful article on DDR in Cameroon.
September 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
One of those scary "we're living in the future" kind of articles (with a comforting reminder at the start that our brains are the best and most efficient processing machines we have)
www.ft.com/content/151f...
How ‘neural fingerprinting’ could analyse our minds
New brain-scanning technology is both tantalising and disturbing
www.ft.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The lengths clubs are willing to go to... (very interesting article though) www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘We dressed an actress as Elsa from Frozen’: the inner workings of a transfer deal
A group of leading experts anonymously give the lowdown on how players are bought and sold, including the transfer market’s peculiar quirks
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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🇧🇬 VIDEO: How Bulgarian prisoners make cheese to earn an early release

In southern Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountains, inmates from Smolyan prison produce various types of cheese and yoghurt. From tending to the animals to packaging the "Guerzovitsa" white cheese, they are involved in the entire process.
July 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Really interesting article on RFK's plan to Make America Healthy Again (although MAHA just doesn't have a good ring to it)
July 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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‘If you hear your town is scum all the time that sinks in’: the young people in Blackpool refusing to be written off
‘If you hear your town is scum all the time that sinks in’: the young people in Blackpool refusing to be written off
The seaside resort has become a byword for coastal deprivation but its youth say there’s a world of creativity bubbling under
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Such an interesting article from AP on the misinformation and false narratives of "genocide" against white Afrikaners in South Africa.
The white crosses are staked in the ground on an otherwise barren hillside on the edge of a farm, each one standing as a reminder of a terrible story of a person being killed.

But the crosses, nearly 3,000 of them, do not tell the full story of South Africa’s farm killings.
A hillside of white crosses fuels a misleading story about South Africa's farm killings
Nearly 3,000 white crosses on a hill in South Africa are a memorial to white people killed on farms over the last three decades.
bit.ly
June 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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I spent a day with Dr Mike Mew, father of mewing, who told me precisely why my face was “suboptimal”, without me ever asking him to www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘There’s no excuse for ugly people’: controversial dentist Mike Mew on how ‘mewing’ can make you more attractive
The orthodontist’s strange mouth exercises are beloved by incels seeking a manlier shape – and a fast-growing TikTok trend in classrooms around the world. So why has he been struck off the dentists’ r...
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
One thing I’ve really noticed in finding new stories every week for my MA in International Journalism is just how much stories like these come up.

Climate change should be on the news agenda every day because we are all feeling the effects now.
Shocking stats in today's FT: "England faces driest year this century."

April rainfall more than 50% below average across most of the country…
May 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
3-year-late apology for blaming Liverpool fans for delays at Champions League final
May 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Just throwing out a journalism recommendation for anyone interested in learning more about people's lived experiences of homelessness and vulnerable housing in the UK:
manchestermaze.uk

Using co-creational and interactive media where journalists collaborate with participants.
Home
manchestermaze.uk
May 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Liverpool are champions of England for the 20th time in their history. 🏆
April 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm attending this event in May at the University of Westminster! Any journalism friends (especially MA International Journalism) should come and join!
Media Democracy Festival 2025
Join us at Media Democracy Festival 2025 for a day of panel debates, workshops and keynotes to build the movement to fix our broken media
www.eventbrite.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“In a post-conflict place, the ranking of priorities is much more focused on political transitions. Civilians are forgotten, and people with disabilities are the most forgotten.”
"Globally, 84% of people with disabilities lack a personal preparedness plan for disasters, according to the United Nations, which makes them a very vulnerable group, especially in a contentious region like South Sudan." Uprooter Kang-Chun Cheng for @thexylom.com

thexylom.com/post/as-sout...
Fragile, Flooded South Sudan Asks: What About Those With Disabilities?
The idea that the world is becoming a better place, and there are less and less needs in terms of humanitarian aid, is over.”
thexylom.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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⚠️ 🦏 Take a look at the global quest to save the northern white rhinos species.
With just two left on Earth, the clock is ticking before they become the latest in a long line of animals poached to extinction.
https://u.afp.com/SoFE
February 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#journorequest looking to speak to anyone who can help explain the impact of U.S. tariffs internationally for a radio project I am working on about the soaring gold prices, anyone working in #business or #economics would be so helpful!
February 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Been really getting into tracking storms after acting as a weather reporter two weeks in a row
A storm is expected to bring a strong dose of winter weather to the northeastern U.S. on Saturday. Nearly a foot of snow could fall in Boston, and three to five inches of snow and sleet are expected in New York.
Winter Storm Predicted to Bring More Snow in New York, Boston and Northeast
Nearly a foot of snow could fall in Boston, and three to five inches of snow and sleet are expected in New York.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Been meaning to share this great article on the complexities of modern slavery law in the UK which I read for a module on representing identity and underrepresented communities last week.
From low-level drug dealer to human trafficker: are modern slavery laws catching the wrong people?
The long read: When I heard that a boy from my primary school had been convicted of trafficking, I had to find out what had happened to make him fall so far
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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This is the area I worked on a lot w/USAID funding in AFG & elsewhere. Ppl do not understand there is no Indy media w/o intl funding in many places & no that doesn’t mean left or right wing. USAID set up independent in AFG. Helped women journalists & women owned media. These things will be lost
I'm hearing a lot from the media NGO sector about the impact of USAID cuts. A lot of small investigative media organisations across the globe are facing imminent closure as the funding they've budget for has vanished overnight, and the funder community has no capacity to absorb the shock.
February 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Really interesting perspective on the potential impact of USAID cuts on journalism.
I'm hearing a lot from the media NGO sector about the impact of USAID cuts. A lot of small investigative media organisations across the globe are facing imminent closure as the funding they've budget for has vanished overnight, and the funder community has no capacity to absorb the shock.
February 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#journorequest Looking for people to speak on USAID and President Trump's plans to dismantle the agency. If anyone is available to speak on this please message or comment.
February 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM