Got serious #ijf26 Perugia envy & FOMO but trying to follow as many panels as possible from afar... find the links to all the sessions feat. #MCJN members in our LinkedIn post (incl. Arwa Damon, Laila Al-Arian, Hoda Osman, Nada Abdelsamad, Mais Katt, Eman Mounir) www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Rest in peace Paul @reflextv.bsky.social. ๐๏ธ
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Thoroughly enjoying listening to MCJN mentor Roula Khalaf (Editor of The FT) reminiscing, reflecting and sharing her music on Desert Island Discs for the 2nd time this week!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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@roulak.bsky.social
Gazaโs supermarkets are now filled with chocolate, sodas, and cigarettes, once distant luxuries during the famine, but basic necessities like eggs and antibiotics remain scarce.
Read MCJN member Maha Gazaโs latest for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
๐ www.middleeasteye.net/news/forcing...
๐จ#๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ โThey killed civilians in their bedsโ: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher
MCJN member Zeinab Mohammed Salih's latest updates for @theguardian.com cover the fall of El Fasher and the massacres against civilians committed by #RSF forces.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Last few hours in case anyone feels motivated to help us reach our stretch target of ยฃ15k! The needs are huge!
๐ข Final call to support our @biggive.bsky.social campaign โBuilding resilience among Arab women journalists.โ Weโve smashed our match-funding goal but are eager to raise another ยฃ1,065 to support even more members.
Your support is invaluable to our mission!
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We are now only ยฃ1500 off reaching ยฃ15k! Can we reach ยฃ15k by 15th Oct?! Can you help us?
As journalists and wider populations now begin to process the last traumatic two years of relentless war, the opportunity to provide potentially transformative support is greater than ever... shorturl.at/EdwEp
We smashed our target in just two days of the
@biggive.bsky.social campaign! ๐ซ๐
Thank you all for your incredible support; whether you donated generously, shared our message, or championed our mission, weโre truly grateful. ๐
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ยฃ10k crowdfunder launched to support Arab women journalists' mental health: The Marie Colvin Journalists' Network wants to provide mentorship, trauma counselling and professional development for women in the Middle East and North Africa, as global funding for media faces intense cutbacks
And we're away! Please watch / like / share / support us at this critical time. Thank you.
Our #BigGive fundraising campaign kicks off in less than 5 days! We will have ONE WEEK ONLY to raise ยฃ5k from the public and unlock a match-funded ยฃ5k. To receive our email reminders to help us reach that target, please sign up at www.shorturl.at/6ynxQ today! Our members are counting on us all๐
๐ @mariecolvinnet.bsky.social has been selected to participate in the @biggive.bsky.socialโs ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ & ๐ข๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ธ๐ฝ ๐น๐๐๐น ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ง.
This means that every donation made to our campaign during the week of 8-15 October will be DOUBLED.
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In this powerful piece for Dazed MENA, ๐๐๐๐ member from Palestine, @mariambarghouti.bsky.social, profiles brave journalists risking their lives to tell the truth, featuring ๐๐๐๐ members from #Gaza, Hind Khoudary & Nour Swirki.
๐ www.dazed.me/feature/the-...
''Brothers, cousins, sons: the human stories behind four of the warโs fallen journalists''.
Check out MCJN member Aseel Mousaโs latest piece for @theguardian.com.
#Gaza #journalists #NotATarget
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@rsf.org and @avaaz.org launch international media operation: โAt the rate journalists are being killed in #Gaza๐ต๐ธ by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informedโ.
โก๏ธ Full statement + list of participating media outlets here:
๐ rsf.org/en/rsf-and-a...
Some urgent and new ideas for defending press freedom in Gaza, including contributions from MCJN members such as @youmnaelsayed.bsky.social, @arwadamon.bsky.social, Hind Hassan & Laila Al-Arian, as well as representatives from HRW, Avaaz, RSF & others. #JournalismIsNotACrime #NotATarget
''Syria aid workers abducted en route to #Sweida : Attacks on convoys threaten last lifeline for tens of thousands trapped in southern Syrian province''.
MCJN member @nadahomsi.bsky.social latest for @thenationalnews.com.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
MCJN member Warda Al Shanti, from #Gaza, sheds light on the overlooked struggles of ๐ต๐ธPalestinian #women with disabilities, surviving #displacement and stigma in Gazaโs overcrowded camps.
Full story via @thenewarab.bsky.social:
๐ www.newarab.com/features/str...
Read as Al Jazeera journalist @youmnaelsid17.bsky.social honours her colleagues killed in an Israeli strike on #Gaza on Sunday and exposes how silencing Palestinian journalists is an attack on press freedom everywhere: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/08/isra... #Israel #AnasalSharif
An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.
Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.
#NotATarget
Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
''My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid.''
MCJN's member Ruwaida Amer on the #starvation and despair in #Gaza.
www.972mag.com/hunger-gaza-...
4) Please follow @mariecolvinnet.bsky.social for more #MCJN news and **DONATE** if you can so we may continue supporting these formidable women journalists as they report on incredible tough stories from across the Arab region. Thank you ๐
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3)๐ฅPress Freedom Winner was Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) (arijnetwork.bsky.socialโฌ) recognising ARIJ's bold, collaborative approach to investigative reporting and fact-checking across the Arab world. Award was collected by MCJN trustee & mentor Zahera Harb ๐๐๐
2)๐ฅCurrent Affairs Winner was 'Kill Zone: Inside Gaza', in which two MCJN members in #Gaza contributed (Hind Khoudary & Ruwaida Amer) ๐๐๐
๐บ Watch it on www.channel4.com/programmes/k...
#Gaza
ALF MABROUK to the #MCJN members who collected awards at the #OWMAwards2025 last week!
1)๐ฅFeature Documentary Winner was 'Life and Death in Gaza', whose producers Lara El Gibaly & Haya El Badarneh are members of MCJN ๐๐ ๐
๐บWatch it on youtu.be/IOEapxExQ84?...
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The @mariecolvinnet.bsky.social is hiring!
Role: Admin & Logistics Officer
Key requirements: Organised, proactive team-player ideally bilingual (Ar/Eng) & based in greater London area but happy to work remotely
Deadline: 6 July
To apply: CV + letter to jobs@mcjn.org
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
RORY PECK AWARDS 2025๐
Call for entries now open!
We proudly invite entries for the 2025 Awards, taking place at the BFI London on Wednesday 26 November.
Categories & Enter here ๐rorypecktrust.org/awards/categories-and-cr...
Entries close at midnight (BST) on Thursday 10th July.