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olivialeejourno.bsky.social
@olivialeejourno.bsky.social
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Journalist @guardian
Currently working on Investigations 🔍
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Exclusive: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school

Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations

w/ Dan Boffey and @drblacklock.bsky.social
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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porcelinad.bsky.social
We used genAI for the categorisations, applying rigourous checks, in keeping with our editorial guidance on its use.
Our full methodology is here 👇

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Reading the post-riot posts: how we traced far-right radicalisation across 51,000 Facebook messages
Tracing profiles of those charged with online offences in summer 2024 helped us map a thriving social ecosystem trading far-right sentiment and political disillusionment
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September 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Only a third of recommendations to tackle endemic racism in UK implemented
Guardian analysis exposes lack of action taken despite major reports published over the past 40 years
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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informingbritain.com
"REVEALED: LANDLORDS AND HOTELS ARE 'CASHING IN' ON HOMELESSNESS CRISIS"

@kiranstacey.bsky.social / @michaelgoodier.bsky.social / @olivialeejourno.bsky.social for @theguardian.com.

FULL STORY: t.ly/AqH1n

Hotel owners are overcharging city councils.

#TheGuardian
#IBPAPERS
#TomorrowsPapersToday
April 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
Cheap rent, space and in zone 1? Your laughing! I spoke to individuals making the impossible possible www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
Property guardians: caretaker solutions to sky-high city rents
London professionals are taking advantage of reduced rents in vacant buildings in often unusual spaces
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
Lib Dems are proposing a ban on people playing music out loud on public transport so I joined commuters to ask what they think! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘I hate it’: Manchester commuters back ban out-loud music on public transport
Lib Dem move to ban practice is broadly welcomed, though some feel the party should focus on more important things
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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emilykerr36.bsky.social
A lovely article on how communities planting trees are coming closer together by @olivialeejourno.bsky.social. I've just organised a group of residents on a WhatsApp to water our new 6 fruit trees: 5/6 currently have a guardian! Will update you all after Easter.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It will be beautiful to see our kids grow up with this’: how communities around the world are planting trees
City residents are working out how to fill their streets with trees as evidence grows of their benefits
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
“I never in my life thought I would see my brother like that – handcuffed, his head shaved, in a prison for murderers, where they put rapists and kidnappers. It is very painful because he is innocent,” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘He is innocent’: family of deported Venezuelan rebukes Trump claims
Brother of Francisco Javier García Casique spotted him in a video showing scores of Venezuelan prisoners being taken to notorious El Salvador prison
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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kitdewaal.com
Two weeks PAID work experience working at The Guardian’s London Headquarters for Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic aspiring journalists. Closes 30th March.

Details in link.

Please share :)

workforus.theguardian.com/entry-level-...
March 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
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‘A Quest for Evidence’: What Drew Leading Women Data Journalists to the Field
For International Women’s Day we spoke to data journalists from Argentina, Kenya, Sweden, and Turkey to find out why they chose this path and what challenges still remain.
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March 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Laughter not laptops: cafe culture fights back against keyboard invaders
Cafe owners seeking convivial atmosphere as well as better turnover are starting to deter remote workers
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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jamiefahey.bsky.social
A first for the @theguardian.com ⬇️

Paid work experience in London head office for working-class youngsters keen on journalism

✅ Must be 18 or older
✅ Help with accommodation costs
✅ Application deadline 30 March ✍️

workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/606/
March 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
"Spain stands as a model for how migration can energise an economy and a society"

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why is Spain’s economy booming? Thanks to migration – which proves xenophobia doesn’t pay | María Ramírez
With Spanish GDP growth leading Europe last year, diversity is making us richer – not only financially but culturally, too, says journalist María Ramírez
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
In lighter news this iconic London cork wrapped house runs completely fossil fuel free! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It feels enveloping and calming’: the London house wrapped in cork
Designer Nina Woodcroft has created an energy-efficient family home that is also a useful conversation starter
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
wrote an explainer on alternatives to spot on flea treatments after studies show they have a huge impact on nature - damaging rivers and killing baby birds
February 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
As a young reporter, I was sent to cover the Moorgate train disaster. I had no idea it had killed my father
Laurence Marks was a 25-year-old journalist when he was asked to cover the biggest catastrophe in the City of London since the blitz. That day would change his life forever
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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‘What joy! What damn joy!’: vanilla boom transforms fortunes of Colombia’s farmers
‘What joy! What damn joy!’: vanilla boom transforms fortunes of Colombia’s farmers
In El Valle, the world’s second-most expensive spice is not just providing an economic lifeline but also helping to preserve rich biodiversity As he wanders around a corner of his land, inspecting his crops, Luilly Murillo González stops and leans down…
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
Loved this article and also interesting to learn that Xaymaca ( the authors name) was the name given to modern-day Jamaica by the Taino people. It became Jamaica because of mispronunciation by Spanish colonists which then stuck

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They say a name like mine can hold you back in life, but I will never change it | Xaymaca Awoyungbo
An unusual name can have a detrimental impact on your life and finances – but in my experience, it also has advantages, says football writer Xaymaca Awoyungbo
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
“Fatigue with bloodshed, with deadlock, with long grinding wars from Europe to the Middle East are rendering Sudan’s conflict simply another disaster whose sharp edges are blunted by the fact that death, starvation and impunity have become a norm.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We ignore Sudan at our peril. This campaign of mass murder and rape will have global consequences | Nesrine Malik
Almost two years into the war, Sudan is facing anarchy, famine, genocide – and ambivalence from the rest of the world, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
Even the word vibe became a vibe www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Rawdogging, brat and looksmaxxing: Guardian’s breakthrough words of 2024
If boysober, femininomenon and vibecession also leave you confused, you’re probably not a member of gen Z
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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michaelgoodier.bsky.social
Great piece by @sammygecsoyler.bsky.social using council invoices data in London and Birmingham. How councils spent millions on companies that take homeless families and move them elsewhere

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
English councils pay millions to move homeless families out of big cities
Guardian analysis reveals families often given little notice to relocate to already deprived communities far away with no extra support
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:51 PM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
Great work on the crisis of public buildings
michaelgoodier.bsky.social Michael Goodier @michaelgoodier.bsky.social · Dec 28
ICYMI: we've been doing a series at the Guardian attempting to quantify the poor state of public buildings, with some shocking case studies www.theguardian.com/uk-news/seri...
December 28, 2024 at 12:11 PM
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theguardian.com
Why Scottish students at Edinburgh University want more support to counter classism
Why Scottish students at Edinburgh University want more support to counter classism
Only 25% of institution’s students are from Scotland, and they are more likely to be from working-class backgrounds From the first day Shanley Breese started her law degree at the University of Edinburgh, she encountered demeaning comments about her…
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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joparkerbear.bsky.social
Christmas is a good time to throw Wikipedia a few bucks to thank them for the many times you relied on the site that year. Members of the billionaire class want to destroy it for some reason.

(@archive.org is also under constant threat nowadays and in need of support)
Screenshot of three headlines in news search results, all from the past 24 hours. 1) Elon Musk Takes Aim at Wikipedia, 2) Elon Musk says his $1 billion offer to Wikipedia “still stands”, 3) Musk Slams ‘Wokepedia’ for Biased Editing, Urges Donation Boycott
December 25, 2024 at 5:23 AM
olivialeejourno.bsky.social
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December 6, 2024 at 11:52 AM