Alex Milner

Lead digital or anti-disinfo projects when not churning news. Polyglot. Trustee @SSAFA ex @NAPAC. Senior Fellow & mentor @JSchofieldTrust @BBC @GWiN @WiJ.

[Rena Netjes [email protected] @RenaNetjes]

These families live in a cave in the countryside of Hama. "We came back from the camps in the north, but there were no houses left."
@DutchMFA

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

Eyes on Georgia - extraordinary developments

[Paul Danahar @pdanahar]

For the 2nd year running the BBC has won the RTS Award for International News coverage for reporting in Ukraine. It’s a massive tribute to everyone in BBC News.

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

The gap between women and men going to university really is huge

[Alex Milner @GkOlive]

Excellent chilling read about the reality on the frontline in #ukraine https://t.co/8EfcHe5c2U @JamWaterhouse

[Danny Shaw @DannyShawNews]

NEW Delighted & excited to be starting a new job from today … as Senior Political Adviser to @YvetteCooperMP…

I’ll be working with Yvette’s talented team to develop the credible policies on crime, policing, security & immigration that this country badly needs…

[Iain Anderson @iain_w_anderson]

So fantastic to host @JSchofieldTrust tonight @CiceroGlobal - it’s a wonderful initiative we are proud to support fostering new journalism and new perspectives @CeoSchofield @SangitaMyska @lewis_goodall

[Emma Maxwell @emmamaxwell12]

How fantastic to meet the 2024 @JSchofieldTrust mentees - stars of the future. And thank you to all their amazing volunteer mentors from newsrooms across the industry. #NewsroomsForAll #Mentoring

[John Sweeney @johnsweeneyroar]

Today I have resigned from my freelance gig for the @JewishChron in Kyiv. Here is the key bit from my resignation letter:

"The Douglas Murray piece is wrong. The Nazis liked killing Jews.

When one of your colleagues asked me to string for the Jewish Chronicle from Kyiv in March last year when the Russian army was 12 miles from the centre, I pointed out that I was not Jewish. But they pressed me, saying there was no-one else, and I took the gig because, in part, the dark Kremlin fairy story is that Ukraine is Nazi. I enjoyed the irony of me, a declared enemy of Putin since March 2000, working for a Jewish paper in a "Nazi" state. I liked writing for the JC and I am proud that the paper never cut my references to Muslims - an imam, a Chechen general - fighting for a free Ukraine.

But the Murray piece is wrong about history, wrong about the Nazis and wrong to be Islamaphobic. I am resigning from the JC with immediate effect.

I remain a firm believer in Israel's right to exist. And Palestine's.

I remain an enemy of antisemitism. I remain an enemy of Islamophobia

Yours truly,
John Sweeney

[Joshua Baker @joshbakerstory]

Honoured to be named freelance journalist of the year. Thanks to everyone who has supported me and continues to do so.

[WHO Polio @WHO_Polio]

Wild poliovirus weekly case update from @WHO: No new cases.
In 2023: Afghanistan: 5; Pakistan: 2.
In 2022: Afghanistan: 2; Pakistan: 20; Mozambique: 8.
https://t.co/j22YvKtrRW. #EndPolio.

[Trevor Mundel @trevormundel]

Today @gatesfoundation announced new funding to scale up local mRNA vaccine manufacturing, enabling LMICs to develop high-quality vaccines at a low cost, allowing more people to have access to life-saving innovations. https://t.co/SMl8TXNQjQ

[Rushdi Abualouf @Rushdibbc]

Rushdi Abu Alouf: My daughters beg for Gaza City return - but our old lives are over https://t.co/JPqijzJFaw

[Mark Urban @MarkUrban01]

Ukrainian tank humour

[Neil Brennan @nrdbrennan]

George Michael’s incredible opening line when he spoke to Michael Parkinson in the wake of his arrest for lewd behaviour in LA

[NAPAC @NAPAC]

Ritual abuse is the reality for hundreds of survivors who contact NAPAC to disclose each year. Although widespread, many people are unaware of what it is and how it can occur.

Our blog explains definitions, prevalence, and where to go for support: https://t.co/Axuo7y937x

[NAPAC @NAPAC]

Although survivors are by no means a homogenous group, one of the most common things we hear on our support service is the strength and compassion of the survivor at the other end of the phone.

If you need to talk, we're open until 9pm.

📞 0808 801 0331

#SurvivorsAreStrong

[Deborah Turness @deborahturness]

This is wonderful - congrats to the BBC digital/creative team on this beautiful piece of work…..https://t.co/k6a78qFz8z

[lucy marley @lucymarleey]

Bit of an awkward but very happy mess... Thanks so much to @MHPC and to the amazing team behind our films @Phil_Caller @HishamArafatt @TomGordonMartin @jonathanpatterson @patersonjon @BeccaHutson.

And a big thank you to @kamalahmednews who took the HUGE gamble on sending me!

[Kamal Ahmed @kamalahmednews]

You know it - a new newsletter. One you actually want. Get to Know: Gen Z from @thenewsmovement by @hollybed and me. Your essential guide to the generation that is changing the world. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoy writing it. https://t.co/tg9fCKHyOi