The internet is creating a wave of media influencers that are changing the way we consume news. News influencers are on the rise and as Mercy says, traditional media is no longer the conventional path.

Consumers are now looking to media influencers to present an exciting…

Civil society groups are pushing for all women in the European Union to have access to abortion, regardless of where they live, in a petition that could be considered by the EU executive if it wins enough support. politico.eu/article/activi…

'Going to the police is never an option'

🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ Nigerians are fighting back against online dating attacks, exposing and even entrapping the criminals behind the assaults.

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🇳🇬 For more than a decade, Nigeria's LGBTQ+ community has been tormented by the risk of falling victim to kito - a form of violent entrapment that uses dating apps to lure victims - and these attacks are on the rise.

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Iraq's parliament has passed a bill criminalising consensual same-sex relations with jail terms of between 10 and 15 years.

Supporters of the legislation say it will uphold religious values in the country. bbc.com/news/world-mid…

“La política se ha hecho invivible y aleja de la res publica talento y capacidad de personas que podrían aportar muchísimo valor a la gestión de lo público. Es urgente reclamar este ethos deliberativo pues es mucho lo que nos jugamos” elpais.com/espana/2024-04…

There have been many claims and counter-claims in recent days regarding mass graves in the courtyard of Gaza's Nasser hospital.

There are many unanswered questions about what exactly happened there, but these are the details we can verify at this stage.

✈️ LGBTQ+ rights groups are concerned that gay, bisexual, and trans refugees could face discrimination and abuse if they are sent to Rwanda under Britain's policy to deport asylum seekers to the East African nation.

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Al quite los compañeros de EFE Noticias en Berlín con el que puede ser uno de los temas del dia en el último pleno del Parlamento Europeo: ha sido detenido por presunto espionaje para China un asistente del eurodiputado que iba a encabezar la lista de AfD.
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POV: you’ve just asked me about native TikTok journalism, building trust among social audiences and countering misinformation – and made the mistake of giving me a microphone 👀

#ijf24 journalism festival

🇮🇹💡 Nuestra cobertura

El journalism festival de Perugia nos deja muchas enseñanzas.

Aquí tienes un resumen, con aportes de Carlos F Chamorro, Supriya Sharma, Meera Selva, Benjamin Toff, Sevgil Musaieva, Ajit Niranjan, Enrique Anarte (he/him), Shayan Sardarizadeh y Tai Nalon, entre otros.👇reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/internati…

I’m thrilled that the Reuters Institute has chosen one of my quotes from our panel on journalists as news influencers on platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube for their great wrap-up of this year’s journalism festival:

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Thanks so much! #ijf24

Here's our piece on what we learnt in Perugia about the future of news, with insights from Carlos F Chamorro Supriya Sharma Meera Selva Benjamin Toff Sam Gregory Sevgil Musaieva Ajit Niranjan Enrique Anarte (he/him) Shayan Sardarizadeh Tai Nalon and many others #ijf24

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