Margot Gibbs
@margotgibbs.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter @LHReports, former @ICIJorg @Finuncovered
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Three cheers for a huge collaborative effort @lighthousereports.com, Africa Uncensored, @lemonde.fr, @theguardian.com, @thenewlede.bsky.social @newhumanitarian.bsky.social @thecontinent.org ABC News, @thewire.in @premiumtimesng.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social @vjharmsen.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Three cheers for a huge collaborative effort @lighthousereports.com, Africa Uncensored, @lemonde.fr, @theguardian.com, @thenewlede.bsky.social @newhumanitarian.bsky.social @thecontinent.org ABC News, @thewire.in @premiumtimesng.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social @vjharmsen.bsky.social
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Honoured that our investigation Poison PR won the Environmental Reporting prize at @oneworldmedia.bsky.social last week, and to see key collaborator Cynthia Gichiri shortlisted as Journalist of the Year for her amazing work with Africa Uncensored.
🎥One World Media Awards 2025-Environmental Report Winner🎉
Poison PR exposes how the U.S. pesticide risks globally. It follows two Kenyan farm workers who developed Parkison’s after exposure.
📺Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m11_...
#OWMAwards #Documentary #Pesticides
Poison PR exposes how the U.S. pesticide risks globally. It follows two Kenyan farm workers who developed Parkison’s after exposure.
📺Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m11_...
#OWMAwards #Documentary #Pesticides
Poison PR: The Secret Network Keeping Harmful Herbicides On Sale - Part 1
YouTube video by Africa Uncensored
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July 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Honoured that our investigation Poison PR won the Environmental Reporting prize at @oneworldmedia.bsky.social last week, and to see key collaborator Cynthia Gichiri shortlisted as Journalist of the Year for her amazing work with Africa Uncensored.
In which @bearamalhosilva.bsky.social and @tpang.bsky.social consider the single most important question for today's journalism.
What would journalism look like if it wasn’t written for an editor, but for your best friend over dinner?
In this Backlight episode, we dive into how news content creator-journalists are redefining the way stories are told and what traditional journalists can learn from them.
In this Backlight episode, we dive into how news content creator-journalists are redefining the way stories are told and what traditional journalists can learn from them.
June 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
In which @bearamalhosilva.bsky.social and @tpang.bsky.social consider the single most important question for today's journalism.
GREAT lineup led by my fantastic colleague @thinink.bsky.social
📢 Announcing our WEBINAR | The New Geopolitics of Food: trade wars, hunger & the case for cooperative self-reliance
What happens when food becomes a pawn in global power struggles?
Join IPES-Food experts + @thinink.bsky.social
📆June 3
🕑14h CEST/8am EDT
REGISTER: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
What happens when food becomes a pawn in global power struggles?
Join IPES-Food experts + @thinink.bsky.social
📆June 3
🕑14h CEST/8am EDT
REGISTER: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
GREAT lineup led by my fantastic colleague @thinink.bsky.social
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In the latest Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @lhreports.bsky.social’s @margotgibbs.bsky.social about her report “Poison PR,” an investigation into the PR firm v-Fluence.
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February 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In the latest Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @lhreports.bsky.social’s @margotgibbs.bsky.social about her report “Poison PR,” an investigation into the PR firm v-Fluence.
www.landclimate.org/...
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Read the coverage in Le Monde www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
Mise en cause pour le fichage d’opposants aux OGM et aux pesticides, la société v-Fluence cesse ses activités de « profilage »
Cette société de conseil américaine avait mis en place une plateforme pour partager avec ses clients de l’agro-industrie des informations personnelles sur des scientifiques et des militants critiques ...
www.lemonde.fr
February 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Read the coverage in Le Monde www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
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Read the stories about the fallout in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US-funded ‘social network’ attacking pesticide critics shuts down after Guardian investigation
v-Fluence halts operations after widespread backlash over private portal profiling environmental health advocates
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Read the stories about the fallout in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Impact! The Missouri PR firm that secretly profiled hundreds of food, health and environment advocates has removed the profiles from its members-only website after @lhreports.bsky.social and partners exposed their activities and potential breach of privacy laws. #PoisonPR
February 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Impact! The Missouri PR firm that secretly profiled hundreds of food, health and environment advocates has removed the profiles from its members-only website after @lhreports.bsky.social and partners exposed their activities and potential breach of privacy laws. #PoisonPR
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The Premium Times reveals how the US government program on GMOs in Nigeria steamrolled resistance from health+environmental advocates. We discovered derogatory profiles of Nigerians who raised concerns about GMOs, the activist Nnimmo Bassey + Labour Party candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour among them.
INVESTIGATION: Toxic Tactics: US govt funds pesticide/GM propaganda in Nigeria
Celebrated activist Nnimmo Bassey and political candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour were profiled as part of a US government-funded campaign to undermine global critics of pesticides and GMOs.
www.premiumtimesng.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:32 PM
The Premium Times reveals how the US government program on GMOs in Nigeria steamrolled resistance from health+environmental advocates. We discovered derogatory profiles of Nigerians who raised concerns about GMOs, the activist Nnimmo Bassey + Labour Party candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour among them.