Tosh Mannion

RMIT journo student

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

@NathanStanz What are your thoughts on Esports journalism? Is there a good market for it or do gamers even read or consume news?

[Emilchess @EmilSutovsky]

@FIDE_chess is about to start a first ever Chess Olympiad for Disabled. Naturally, to be played online. 61 teams, 44 countries, 396 players. A lot of arbiters to assist players in this groundbreaking event. Chess knows no boundaries. Let strongest win, and let everyone enjoy!

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

Linguist and Political commentator Noam Chomsky addresses the 'Bernie or bust' progressives in a one hour podcast with Virgil Texas from the 'Chapo Trap House' and Briahna Joy Gray, National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders campaign https://t.co/PPEMy5T8eG

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

"the government announced 18 months ago an emergency response fund that would allocate $200 million to response and resilience measures for these affected communities and not a single dollar has been spent in those 18 months" - Labor MP Mark Butler on #qabda #rmitjourno

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

Australia would have been in recession well before COVID-19 "It's realistic to say we're looking at a significant impact of jobs in the construction sector and a flow-on to economic growth." says Stephen Long on #4corners #rmitjourno

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

about 11,000 workers in the (Tarneit, Melbourne) district have lost their jobs before the second wave of the virus and the harsher lockdown. #4corners #rmitjourno

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

EXCLUSIVE: Workers and their worried spouses reveal to The Daily Beast that Disney is not only underreporting its COVID cases but clearing COVID-positive employees to return to work https://t.co/Y2v5gbOY6b

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

"I believe it will be a worthwhile strategy to look at ankle bracers (for Australians returning from overseas), and that's one way that they could feel more comfortable in their own homes being restricted and still follow rules"- Tania De Jong Entrepreneur #rmitjourno #qanda

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

- Kristina Keneally Shadow Home Affairs Minister on Q&A tonight.

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

"the commonwealth at the beginning of this crisis brought people home from Wuhan brought them to Darwin and took them to quarantine facilities run by the commonwealth. It is the commonwealths fundamental responsibility to look after Australians when they over seas." #rmitjourno

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

- Paul Barry on the NSW bushfire inquiry findings of causes of major fires, responding to reports of arson being the main cause of the bushfires last summer. #rmitjourno

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

"The table lists 32 major fires and finds that debris burning started three, power lines started two equipment and shredded tyre started two, one was undetermined and all the rest were caused by lightning strikes the numbers started from lightening? none"

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

-Michelle Rowland Shadow Communications Minister #Rmitjourno

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

"in the senate estimates process and the committee process the government is relying on either public interest immunity or other reasons to deny FOI's and I realise that this isn't something that happens solely with this government but it is certainly one that's been exacerbated"

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

- Antoinette Lattouf Journalist and diversity advocate on this rise of disinformation amid the COVID-19 Pandemic #rmitjourno #qanda

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

"Orchestrated misinformation is incredibly dangerous and the tech companies aren't keeping up with the flow of information. I see otherwise intelligent reasonable people believing this stuff and just as a journo I've been on the road for years never have I copped this much abuse"

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

"as Barnaby said its important that we have freedom of speech and freedom of expression so if we have seats at the table but we are not able to express our lived experience are we actually having cultural diversity or is it performative?" -Ziggy Ramo on his censorship #rmitjourno

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

"is it performative [diversity] because me sitting on this panel ticks off a box for the ABC that is cultural diversity but if I'm not able to express my perspective is it performative or is it actual cultural diversity..." - Ziggy Ramo indigenous Musician on QandA tonight

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

"I want to reassure people there are services out here for you, should you get to that point where you're simply feeling not able to cope anymore." - Psychiatrist Killian Ashe on #QandA tonight #RMITjourno

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

"We have seen year on year 25% increase in demand across every breadth and aspect of our service but at this time we have seen a 25% increase at the Royal Melbourne for example, just since march, across this pandemic period."

[Tosh Mannion @tosh_jai]

"it's important to acknowledge we're seeing at every age range high levels of stress response unprecedented levels of anxiety. I want people to realise these are very understandable reactions. Not weak. You're not less for having these."