Isabel Choat
@isabelchoat
Commissioning editor, global development, the Guardian. Former online travel editor at the Guardian. Email pitches to: [email protected]
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http://www.theguardian.com/travel 25-05-2009 14:23:22
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An honour to interview Zahra Joya about her life working as an Afghan journalist in exile and the passion and pain of running Rukhshana Media telling the stories of the women and girls she left behind in Afghanistan as part of our series marking World Press Freedom day this week.
The indefatigable Zahra Joya runs her Afghan newsroom Rukhshana Media from exile - and their determination to plough on in the face of constant threats is beyond admirable. But nightmares stalk her as her family in Pakistan face deportation theguardian.com/global-develop…
The Elders are honoured to have Denis Mukwege as our newest member.
His work on conflict related sexual violence ( #CRSV ) is leading the world. We need many more like him.
Read about his remarkable life and tireless pursuit of justice via The Guardian:
theguardian.com/global-develop…
The ravages of nodding syndrome in South Sudan & the efforts of doctors, researchers, social workers to help children affected: my story from Mvolo & Mundri, in Western Equatoria State, is out The Guardian Big thanks to Isabel Choat #SouthSudan theguardian.com/global-develop…
In my debut for The Guardian, I wrote about The Children Art Gallery, (TCAG), a gallery in Lagos helping children make a living from their artworks.
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Lovely piece on visiting 🇪🇪, especially Tartu and southern Estonia.
I bumped into author Isabel Choat at the Old Believers Museum by Lake Peipsi while she was here (it's a small country!).
Breaking the ice – Estonia comes in from the cold
🇬🇧🇪🇪 theguardian.com/travel/2024/ma…
'I’m giving a lecture to a group of journalism students, and I don’t know what to tell them' ... Sirin Kale writes. This resonated: what would you say to young people hoping to enter journalism... ?
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Since our The Guardian story, NCRB data on custodial rape in India has been reported on in the national media for what seems like the first time. Ever.
business-standard.com/india-news/275…
'This should be a source of national embarrassment,' says the co-founder of @HRW in this shocking report on sexual abuse in India's prisons by Sarah Aziz
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Aspiring journalists!
Delighted to announce that the 2024 The Guardian and The Observer Positive Action Schemes have just launched!
If you're Black, Asian or minority ethnic,
or if you're a person with a disability,
we offer two weeks' work experience
workforus.theguardian.com/entry-level-op…
