Jem Collins
@jemcollins.co.uk
Editor of Journo Resources, but probably swimming. She/her. 🏳️🌈
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Jem Collins
@jemcollins.co.uk
· Nov 26
Friends who care about the work we do at @journoresources.bsky.social — can you buy a copy of our magazine? November and December are a super tough time to pay the bills as job adverts and sponsorships dry up, so this year we’re aiming to sell 400 copies 🥹
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
@joannafairtrade.bsky.social Hey Joanna! I’m writing a quick piece for Positive News this week ahead of Fairtrade Day - is there any chance you might be available for a super quick interview? Many thanks!
April 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
@joannafairtrade.bsky.social Hey Joanna! I’m writing a quick piece for Positive News this week ahead of Fairtrade Day - is there any chance you might be available for a super quick interview? Many thanks!
Are you a journalist able to speak on best writing practices/tips when it comes to active/passive voice? Urgently needing a final few lines on this for a piece this week for @journoresources.org.uk
January 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Are you a journalist able to speak on best writing practices/tips when it comes to active/passive voice? Urgently needing a final few lines on this for a piece this week for @journoresources.org.uk
Can confirm the snow is here, London pals ❄️ ⛄️
January 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Can confirm the snow is here, London pals ❄️ ⛄️
I'm in the market for a new spellchecker extension — does anyone have any reccs?
Basically, I'm looking for is Grammarly without the AI suggestions/here's how to sound more confident/thoughtful/suck the personality out of your writing/fall out of a tree.
#Editing #Journalism
Basically, I'm looking for is Grammarly without the AI suggestions/here's how to sound more confident/thoughtful/suck the personality out of your writing/fall out of a tree.
#Editing #Journalism
January 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I'm in the market for a new spellchecker extension — does anyone have any reccs?
Basically, I'm looking for is Grammarly without the AI suggestions/here's how to sound more confident/thoughtful/suck the personality out of your writing/fall out of a tree.
#Editing #Journalism
Basically, I'm looking for is Grammarly without the AI suggestions/here's how to sound more confident/thoughtful/suck the personality out of your writing/fall out of a tree.
#Editing #Journalism
Well, this has got to be in my highlights of 2024 and, yes, I went to check I hadn't made this up after seeing it in print. Thankfully, I was still correct in my height thoughts.
JOURNO HEIGHTS LIST 2.0, courtesy of @thefence.bsky.social Issue 22 🎄
December 29, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Well, this has got to be in my highlights of 2024 and, yes, I went to check I hadn't made this up after seeing it in print. Thankfully, I was still correct in my height thoughts.
Instagram needs to stop its night owl shade immediately
December 27, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Instagram needs to stop its night owl shade immediately
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🎄Good morning! We need just four more orders today and we’ll hit 100 orders — which is 25% of our target. Can you help?
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
December 14, 2024 at 10:19 AM
🎄Good morning! We need just four more orders today and we’ll hit 100 orders — which is 25% of our target. Can you help?
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
I still cannot get over this story — that the mother was vindictive and callous enough to do this. This guy is literally a kid. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Marcus Fakana: Let me come home, teen sentenced in Dubai pleads
Marcus Fakana was sentenced to one year in prison over a sexual relationship with a British girl.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 12:27 PM
I still cannot get over this story — that the mother was vindictive and callous enough to do this. This guy is literally a kid. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This story is indicative of a wider cultural issue in the gay media, and for LGBTQIA+ journalists in the mainstream.
Any media title not looking inwards today, is failing both its readers and staff.
Journalists deserve safe and supportive work environments.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Any media title not looking inwards today, is failing both its readers and staff.
Journalists deserve safe and supportive work environments.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PinkNews bosses accused of sexual misconduct
Ex-staff members say they saw one of the couple who runs the site kissing and touching a drunk colleague.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 10:53 AM
This story is indicative of a wider cultural issue in the gay media, and for LGBTQIA+ journalists in the mainstream.
Any media title not looking inwards today, is failing both its readers and staff.
Journalists deserve safe and supportive work environments.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Any media title not looking inwards today, is failing both its readers and staff.
Journalists deserve safe and supportive work environments.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I just pre-ordered my copy
@journoresources.org.uk was invaluable for me and many others starting our careers in journalism – do help them out if you can!
@journoresources.org.uk was invaluable for me and many others starting our careers in journalism – do help them out if you can!
Friends who care about the work we do at @journoresources.bsky.social — can you buy a copy of our magazine? November and December are a super tough time to pay the bills as job adverts and sponsorships dry up, so this year we’re aiming to sell 400 copies 🥹
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
December 9, 2024 at 1:56 PM
I just pre-ordered my copy
@journoresources.org.uk was invaluable for me and many others starting our careers in journalism – do help them out if you can!
@journoresources.org.uk was invaluable for me and many others starting our careers in journalism – do help them out if you can!
Hello! We haven’t sold a copy for two days now, so any pre-orders this weekend would be hugely appreciated ❤️
Thank you so much to @fiforrest.bsky.social for this absolutely gorgeous review of our Yearbook, which has really made our week 💚
If you haven't got your copy yet, now is the time — and it will make a huge difference to keeping us running.
🔗 www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
If you haven't got your copy yet, now is the time — and it will make a huge difference to keeping us running.
🔗 www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
December 6, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Hello! We haven’t sold a copy for two days now, so any pre-orders this weekend would be hugely appreciated ❤️
Reposted by Jem Collins
6 hours under martial law: a drunk scene report from Seoul www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...
6 hours under martial law in Seoul
On the ground from the protests outside the National Assembly building
www.theverge.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:04 AM
6 hours under martial law: a drunk scene report from Seoul www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...
I’m aware that it’s a Friday night, is Thanksgiving, and everything else but we need just five more orders to hit 5% which would be an incredible end to a long week!
Also, it’s my birthday tomorrow!
Also, it’s my birthday tomorrow!
Friends who care about the work we do at @journoresources.bsky.social — can you buy a copy of our magazine? November and December are a super tough time to pay the bills as job adverts and sponsorships dry up, so this year we’re aiming to sell 400 copies 🥹
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
November 29, 2024 at 6:56 PM
I’m aware that it’s a Friday night, is Thanksgiving, and everything else but we need just five more orders to hit 5% which would be an incredible end to a long week!
Also, it’s my birthday tomorrow!
Also, it’s my birthday tomorrow!
Reposted by Jem Collins
This firsthand account of what it’s like to be homeless in America – by a former Boston Globe art critic – is as good as everyone says it is.
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:05 AM
This firsthand account of what it’s like to be homeless in America – by a former Boston Globe art critic – is as good as everyone says it is.
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
Hello! Do I have any mutual friends who are currently in the US but would be back soon? I have a US Amazon Gift Card I’m trying to spend for Black Friday.
November 27, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Hello! Do I have any mutual friends who are currently in the US but would be back soon? I have a US Amazon Gift Card I’m trying to spend for Black Friday.
Reposted by Jem Collins
Friends who care about the work we do at @journoresources.bsky.social — can you buy a copy of our magazine? November and December are a super tough time to pay the bills as job adverts and sponsorships dry up, so this year we’re aiming to sell 400 copies 🥹
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
November 26, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Friends who care about the work we do at @journoresources.bsky.social — can you buy a copy of our magazine? November and December are a super tough time to pay the bills as job adverts and sponsorships dry up, so this year we’re aiming to sell 400 copies 🥹
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
Friends who care about the work we do at @journoresources.bsky.social — can you buy a copy of our magazine? November and December are a super tough time to pay the bills as job adverts and sponsorships dry up, so this year we’re aiming to sell 400 copies 🥹
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
November 26, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Friends who care about the work we do at @journoresources.bsky.social — can you buy a copy of our magazine? November and December are a super tough time to pay the bills as job adverts and sponsorships dry up, so this year we’re aiming to sell 400 copies 🥹
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
www.journoresources.org.uk/journo-resou...
So, I have moved the social media deckchairs around on my Home Screen but this feels a good time to mention that I have refused to update my Twitter app since July 2023 and I still live in the past with the bird.
November 23, 2024 at 11:48 AM
So, I have moved the social media deckchairs around on my Home Screen but this feels a good time to mention that I have refused to update my Twitter app since July 2023 and I still live in the past with the bird.
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Awesome (and important) piece from Anil Dash: Don’t call it a Substack
"Links are powerful — that’s why Instagram and Twitter and Threads punish and limit them, and why Substack tries to take credit for them. And that’s why “wherever you ... https://adders.blog/2024/11/20/awesome-and-important.html
"Links are powerful — that’s why Instagram and Twitter and Threads punish and limit them, and why Substack tries to take credit for them. And that’s why “wherever you ... https://adders.blog/2024/11/20/awesome-and-important.html
November 20, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Awesome (and important) piece from Anil Dash: Don’t call it a Substack
"Links are powerful — that’s why Instagram and Twitter and Threads punish and limit them, and why Substack tries to take credit for them. And that’s why “wherever you ... https://adders.blog/2024/11/20/awesome-and-important.html
"Links are powerful — that’s why Instagram and Twitter and Threads punish and limit them, and why Substack tries to take credit for them. And that’s why “wherever you ... https://adders.blog/2024/11/20/awesome-and-important.html
Merry Christmas from an interaction that still lives rent free in my head.
December 26, 2023 at 9:54 PM
Merry Christmas from an interaction that still lives rent free in my head.
Idk about y’all, but December really feels like one dropped plate away from complete and utter burn out.
December 6, 2023 at 6:10 PM
Idk about y’all, but December really feels like one dropped plate away from complete and utter burn out.
Anyone else not realise cereal was only for term time?
September 22, 2023 at 10:12 PM
Anyone else not realise cereal was only for term time?
Please, who buys the wetsuits at motorway service stations?
September 10, 2023 at 10:57 AM
Please, who buys the wetsuits at motorway service stations?
My partner has been away for two (2) nights and I’ve fully reverted to my early 20s work until 3am while drinking wine self and truly I should not be trusted. All I’ve cooked is supermarket filled pasta.
September 7, 2023 at 11:46 PM
My partner has been away for two (2) nights and I’ve fully reverted to my early 20s work until 3am while drinking wine self and truly I should not be trusted. All I’ve cooked is supermarket filled pasta.