This piece has been a long time coming – it was a privilege to spend four days reporting with @SimonTownsley.
Meet Hailey, Larry, and Tiffany – three of approximately 5,000 drug users who live in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a 10-block corridor being ravaged by the fentanyl crisis.
In this part of the city, opioid overdose deaths are 30 times higher than Canada's national average. We investigate why:
https://t.co/VKkxFzlPSd
I am so very proud to have been named Photojournalist of the Year at the Society of Editors Media Freedom Awards last night. Thanks to all my colleagues and fellow nominees for all their support @telglobalhealth#MFA2024@EditorsUK@Telegraph
How decriminalisation made Vancouver the fentanyl capital of the world.
The city now has more overdose deaths per capita than any other. Locals say overly liberal drug laws sparked a catastrophe.
Striking dispatch by @hellosarahgreen
https://t.co/mCHP1z53G8
Last month, @hellosarahgreen and I visited Vancouver to cover the city’s drug crisis.
What we saw was even worse than I ever could have imagined.
Click the link below to discover how decriminalisation has fundamentally failed the vulnerable people of Vancouver - no paywall.
The city now has more overdose deaths per capita than any other
Locals say overly liberal drug laws sparked a catastrophe
Read the full investigation from @hellosarahgreen and @SimonTownsley below 👇
https://t.co/gz7WD6Qfdl
How decriminalisation made Vancouver the fentanyl capital of the world
Powerful reporting from @hellosarahgreen and @SimonTownsley
Drugs are a major health security issue, undermining many countries around the world
Free to read ⬇️⬇️🔓🔓
https://t.co/qkJrL9VXY5
It was an honour to be invited back to the #AmnestyMediaAwards for the second year in a row. So fortunate to shortlist for the written news category and represent @TelGlobalHealth while sharing the room with talented human rights journalists. Congrats to the inspiring winners!
How Canada’s flourishing far-right movement is fuelling violent Islamophobia.
Beneath the radar, Trudeau’s progressive Canada has turned into a far-right haven – it is ranked worst in the G7 for murders of Muslims.
@hellosarahgreen reports.
https://t.co/9b5IsYtZHP
My latest for the @Telegraph:
Beneath the radar, Trudeau’s progressive Canada has turned into a far-right haven – the country leads the G7 in targeted killings of Muslims motivated by Islamophobia.
I investigated why.
https://t.co/0pDgiKgcDF
Thrilled to be shortlisting for the 2024 @AmnestyUK Media Awards! Such a privilege to witness the global impact of such groundbreaking human rights reporting.
🔴 The “Great Resignation” of women health workers across the globe is being fuelled by gender inequalities made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report reveals https://t.co/GpVD5kj7rH
My latest news analysis for the @Telegraph:
I spoke with former NHS staff and global health experts about the ‘Great Resignation’ of women health workers — and how gender inequality is fuelling it.
https://t.co/VgZkZmDsDJ
My latest for the @Telegraph:
I spoke with several Senators and experts about Canada's deeply disproportionate levels of violence against Indigenous women and girls – as well as a survivor of forced sterilisation who is fighting for justice.
https://t.co/m7SKSnxU86
Congratulations to @hellosarahgreen for being a finalist for student journalism - we’re very proud of you @cityjournalism. Also many congratulations to all the winners and finalists at the Amnesty awards
It was such a privilege to be a finalist in the #AmnestyMediaAwards last night. Being in the same room as dozens of journalists I have long admired was surreal. Congratulations to all the winners – your groundbreaking humanitarian journalism acts as a continual inspiration.