jgriffin2
@jogriffin2.bsky.social
journalist, mainly @observer and guardian, madre de tres hijas, love Latin America, proud of Irish rootes
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May 2025 bring peace to Gaza. At least 147 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed during the war in Gaza. It is the worst massacre suffered by the profession in the history of humanity.
Picture: Ashraf Amra / Anadolu / AFP.
Picture: Ashraf Amra / Anadolu / AFP.
December 31, 2024 at 8:59 AM
May 2025 bring peace to Gaza. At least 147 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed during the war in Gaza. It is the worst massacre suffered by the profession in the history of humanity.
Picture: Ashraf Amra / Anadolu / AFP.
Picture: Ashraf Amra / Anadolu / AFP.
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The Labour peer determined to get the near 3,000 people still serving the horrific outlawed IPP prison sentences resentenced – and the battle he faces to convince his Government
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘90 people have taken their own lives already. How many more do they want?’ The Labour peer taking on the scandal of ‘99-year’ sentences
Indeterminate sentences were scrapped in 2012 – but thousands of prisoners are still serving them, often for petty crimes, with no hope of release. Could there now be hope of resentencing?
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2024 at 1:30 PM
The Labour peer determined to get the near 3,000 people still serving the horrific outlawed IPP prison sentences resentenced – and the battle he faces to convince his Government
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Has Big Oil finally pocketed @theguardian.com?
The Guardian is pushing ahead with its 'sale' of the Observer.
But the journalism continues...
If you value the Guardian or Observer, I urge you to read this. It's my attempt to investigate 'the money behind the money'.
Who is 'buying' us? And why?
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
But the journalism continues...
If you value the Guardian or Observer, I urge you to read this. It's my attempt to investigate 'the money behind the money'.
Who is 'buying' us? And why?
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Who is 'the money behind the money?'
As the Guardian announces the 'sale' of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, I wave hello to my new bosses (hi!) with an investigation of their finances.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Has Big Oil finally pocketed @theguardian.com?
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From the Observer's recently retired editor...
The announcement of the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media is a grim end to a shaming episode for the Scott Trust.🧵
December 18, 2024 at 7:37 PM
From the Observer's recently retired editor...
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#Denmark: Journalists' union @journalistforbundet.dk website deindexed by #Google in the firm’s latest search experiment. We demand explanations!
europeanjournalists.org/blog/2024/12...
europeanjournalists.org/blog/2024/12...
Denmark: Union website deindexed by Google in the firm’s latest search experiment
The Danish Union of Journalists (DJ) website is no longer visible from Google’s search results for 1% of Danish users as part of a “time-limited ...
europeanjournalists.org
December 16, 2024 at 9:36 PM
#Denmark: Journalists' union @journalistforbundet.dk website deindexed by #Google in the firm’s latest search experiment. We demand explanations!
europeanjournalists.org/blog/2024/12...
europeanjournalists.org/blog/2024/12...
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Third day of Guardian & Observer strikes on Thurs 12 and Fri 13 to feature carols, protest songs & a festive picket line as campaign to #SavetheObserver continues.
Please show your support by re-posting & joining us at the Guardian’s HQ, details 👇
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/thi...
Please show your support by re-posting & joining us at the Guardian’s HQ, details 👇
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/thi...
Third day of Guardian & Observer strikes to feature carols, protest songs and a festive picket line as campaign to Save the Observer continues
Show your support for striking Guardian and Observer Journalists
www.nuj.org.uk
December 11, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Third day of Guardian & Observer strikes on Thurs 12 and Fri 13 to feature carols, protest songs & a festive picket line as campaign to #SavetheObserver continues.
Please show your support by re-posting & joining us at the Guardian’s HQ, details 👇
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/thi...
Please show your support by re-posting & joining us at the Guardian’s HQ, details 👇
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/thi...
Observer journalists want to know names of individual investors of £20m in Tortoise bid - they know there are many 'tiny amounts' and this adds to worries for long-term future
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...
Observer sale: New email reveals Guardian refusal to talk to potential bidder
Observer bids latest: Guardian Media Group this week declined to talk to an alternative bidder for The Observer.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Observer journalists want to know names of individual investors of £20m in Tortoise bid - they know there are many 'tiny amounts' and this adds to worries for long-term future
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...
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"All that the employees want is time to discuss the future calmly and properly. It is not too late to pull back from disaster." Thank you @stefanstern.bsky.social
#savetheobserver
#savetheobserver
December 11, 2024 at 3:32 PM
"All that the employees want is time to discuss the future calmly and properly. It is not too late to pull back from disaster." Thank you @stefanstern.bsky.social
#savetheobserver
#savetheobserver
I will be joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours. It ends at 23.59 GMT on Friday 13 December. For more information please follow bsky.app/profile/gonu... and @NUJofficial, or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver
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December 11, 2024 at 8:17 PM
I will be joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours. It ends at 23.59 GMT on Friday 13 December. For more information please follow bsky.app/profile/gonu... and @NUJofficial, or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver
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And here’s another letter. This one from Paul Webster who was Observer editor as this deal was being discussed in total secrecy without any consultation with him.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Key questions about the sale of the Observer that remain unanswered | Letter
Letters: Observer and Guardian staff and writers respond to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:01 PM
And here’s another letter. This one from Paul Webster who was Observer editor as this deal was being discussed in total secrecy without any consultation with him.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
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"Key questions have been left unanswered": Observer and Guardian staff and writers respond to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Key questions about the sale of the Observer that remain unanswered | Letter
Letters: Observer and Guardian staff and writers respond to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:03 PM
"Key questions have been left unanswered": Observer and Guardian staff and writers respond to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Observer journalists still can't get a clear answer to the direct question: why can't this deal be paused to consider other bids or explore this one more, or ask journalists for ideas?
Statement on decision by The Scott Trust and GMG boards to approve the sale in principle of the Observer to Tortoise Media: NUJ general secretary-elect Laura Davison said: “Members at the Guardian and Observer will be angry and extremely disappointed that The Scott Trust and GMG boards have chosen..
December 7, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Observer journalists still can't get a clear answer to the direct question: why can't this deal be paused to consider other bids or explore this one more, or ask journalists for ideas?
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"I find it absolutely staggering and a profound degree of recklessness."
Guardian and Observer writer Carole Cadwalladr tells @cathynewman.bsky.social why journalists at the newspaper are on strike.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/guardia...
Guardian and Observer writer Carole Cadwalladr tells @cathynewman.bsky.social why journalists at the newspaper are on strike.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/guardia...
Guardian and Observer journalists strike over proposed sale
Journalists at the Guardian and Observer newspapers went on strike today over the planned sale of the Observer.
www.channel4.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:04 PM
"I find it absolutely staggering and a profound degree of recklessness."
Guardian and Observer writer Carole Cadwalladr tells @cathynewman.bsky.social why journalists at the newspaper are on strike.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/guardia...
Guardian and Observer writer Carole Cadwalladr tells @cathynewman.bsky.social why journalists at the newspaper are on strike.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/guardia...
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The spirit, values & ethos of a newspaper doesn’t reside inside a corporate hq with a load of designer chairs. It’s the journalists who embody it. We are the living link to the past & the best chance of survival into the future. You can’t buy or sell that, only treasure or lose it.
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Guardian & Obs strike day 2: Griff, a hot-headed Welsh radical, makes his picket line debut, the placards get creative & morale remains high as stories break about other (higher) bids & the Scott Trust convenes an emergency huddle.
Nope, we have no idea what’s going on with the management either 🤷♀️
Nope, we have no idea what’s going on with the management either 🤷♀️
December 6, 2024 at 11:35 PM
The spirit, values & ethos of a newspaper doesn’t reside inside a corporate hq with a load of designer chairs. It’s the journalists who embody it. We are the living link to the past & the best chance of survival into the future. You can’t buy or sell that, only treasure or lose it.
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Quite an account of a meeting about the unseemly offloading of the Observer by the Guardian. Journalists are livid.
One speaker said: “You want The Observer behind a paywall so that it’s not a rival to The Guardian”
The process was “damaging for the reputation of The Guardian, you should all be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves” – to which there was applause and cheering.
pressgazette.co.uk/news/scott-t...
The process was “damaging for the reputation of The Guardian, you should all be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves” – to which there was applause and cheering.
pressgazette.co.uk/news/scott-t...
Scott Trust and Guardian management face staff fury over Observer sale
Guardian and Scott Trust leaders faced furious staff as they faced questions about the plan agreed to sell The Observer to Tortoise.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Quite an account of a meeting about the unseemly offloading of the Observer by the Guardian. Journalists are livid.
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This is an incredible short film. If you want to understand why the journalists of Guardian & Observer are fighting for our survival, please watch it. It gave me the chills.
Winnie Mandela on how the Observer helped save Nelson Mandela's life & the ANC leadership
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu70...
Winnie Mandela on how the Observer helped save Nelson Mandela's life & the ANC leadership
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu70...
Nelson Mandela, the Observer and the liberation of South Africa from apartheid
YouTube video by The Guardian
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:31 PM
This is an incredible short film. If you want to understand why the journalists of Guardian & Observer are fighting for our survival, please watch it. It gave me the chills.
Winnie Mandela on how the Observer helped save Nelson Mandela's life & the ANC leadership
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu70...
Winnie Mandela on how the Observer helped save Nelson Mandela's life & the ANC leadership
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu70...
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The owner of the Guardian has been urged to pause the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media by five former editors and one ex-editor in chief of the title.
pressgazette.co.uk/news/observe...
pressgazette.co.uk/news/observe...
Six former editors urge Scott Trust not to 'gamble' with future of Observer
Six former Observer editors have urged the Scott Trust to halt the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media in a new open letter.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 5:19 PM
The owner of the Guardian has been urged to pause the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media by five former editors and one ex-editor in chief of the title.
pressgazette.co.uk/news/observe...
pressgazette.co.uk/news/observe...
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November 26, 2024 at 9:43 PM
The question many are asking is why not pause these talks, as the NUJ are requesting? Why the rush to sell the Observer?
Scott Trust says ‘talks continue to progress’ over Observer sale to Tortoise www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa...
www.google.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:08 PM
The question many are asking is why not pause these talks, as the NUJ are requesting? Why the rush to sell the Observer?