Jakub Goda is a social media maverick from Slovakia, and he is very concerned with the damage of misinformation. He has tried his hand in activism on social networks and even infiltrated a misinformation-spreading website to see how it works. As the pandemic rages, Jakub works for Slovakia’s ministry of health, where he tries to preempt misinformation and respond to …
New podcast: The Inoculation
Together with my colleague Eva von Schaper, with the kind support of Journalismfund.eu, we are launching a podcast on the politics and values surrounding public health. Expect discussions on COVID-19, vaccination, masks, political debates on public health measures, data, and more. Please follow us wherever you listen to podcasts!
2020 in freelance journalism
It’s great that many prominent freelancers are sharing their #FreelancePies – we certainly need to open up the conversation about money. In this post I’m not going to disclose my total income, but I’ll show you what freelancing was like for me since I left my last stable job. I’m doing this to contribute to helping people who aspire for …
Transport in Malta – problems and solutions
I recently had a story published in the Equal Times – one of my favourite publications to work with. As always, it was a demanding process, and I took a long time to work on it. As a result, I collected by far more stories than I could use in the article. Since then, a pedelec rental scheme has been …
Unpublished stories: Archaeologist of corruption assassinated in Malta
Shortly after the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, I had my pitch accepted by the Equal Times, which turned into an article about the murder and DCG’s place in the society. As Malta marks half a year since her death, below I’m posting an edited version of the bits I prepared while doing research on her work last year but …
New beginning – The Lithuania Tribune
I am starting to cooperate with the English version of Delfi, the largest news portal in Lithuania, – The Lithuania Tribune. Here I will paste links to my articles to keep them in one place. December 2015 Creativity and boredom in a Lithuanian town coping with globalisation (reporting on increasingly diverse student recruitment and youth unemployment in Alytus) Hanukkah in …
All from my reporting trip to Thailand
In March I took part in Minority Rights Group training in Thailand. I posted my feedback on it . In this post, I’ll post all articles, blog posts and tweets associated with this trip. Reposted: My impressions from #Thailand – now on Planet News! http://t.co/lO9m6hKbr9 #reporting #karen #minorityrights — Daiva (@daiva_hadiva) May 1, 2015 All my blog entries on Thailand …
Reporting on minorities in Thailand as EU13 journalist
@daiva_hadiva With the aim to balance out very unequal distribution of articles about development cooperation between EU15 and EU13, Minority Rights Group took our group of ten to get first-hand experience reporting in Southeast Asia. What we learned, however, had to do more with our journalistic methods than with EU development aid and cooperation. February marked the tenth year since …
Writing about press freedom in Thailand
The Equal Times published my article on press freedom in Thailand (also available in French and Spanish). “I tell other colleagues, ‘Hey, you are a journalist. You should be brave!’” says Chutima Sidasathian, whom I had a chance to meet thanks to Minority Rights Group, the organizers of a training I attended in Bangkok and Kaeng Krachan national park. There …