✍️✍️ Job Deadlines ✍️✍️ — August 12
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Hello folks, happy Friday! I’m in Toronto for my cousin’s wedding, so I’m feeling a mixture of excitement and sentimentalism, and a degree of friskiness, but maybe that’s just because it’s the weekend… 🤷♂️
I’ll try and control myself and get through a few things that might be of interest, and then we can get out of here. On a more serious note, the job board might be updated slightly later than usual on Monday, but you WILL have a bucket load of new jobs to feast from.
Be sure to check out this past Monday’s jobs update where we added another 600+ new jobs across hundreds of newsrooms in the U.S, UK, Canada and Europe. And also I wrote a little about what it meant to me performing my first keynote conference speech, thanks to the wonderful folks at AEJMC.
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In other news, Carbon Brief published an amazing map and open-source database on how climate change has affected extreme weather around the world. The database is constantly being updated, so well worth checking that out.
And lastly, for anyone who also binge-watched the new Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Woodstock ‘99, how wild was that? I was always fascinated with the festival prior to the documentary, because of the music and names of bands that played, but also because it became somewhat of a myth of a festival that seemed to be forgotten relative to its impact.
I enjoyed the doc — hence why I watched three episodes back-to-back-to-back — and feel the story and tension behind what eventually happened built well throughout. But I think some of the narratives missed and there was still so much more to dig deeper into. Look no further than the volume of reports of rape and sexual abuse, which certainly didn’t garner enough time and attention, though the lack of accountability certainly shone through. I also think there was too much blame on the bands for “whipping up” the crowd, and not enough questions on the behind-the-scenes operations and decisions made by the organizers.
For example, their choice to use the likes of Rage Against The Machine, Korn and Limp Bizkit to make a crap ton of profit remains one of the most fascinating takeaways from the doc. The problem with that choice was that, unlike the folks that performed at the original Woodstock ‘69 festival, these bands’ existence was/still is based in fighting the power and giving the finger to the norm, not the “peace and love” movement of the ‘60s. It was incredibly ironic to watch thousands of people chant part of RATM’s song Killing In The Name Of “Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me” while burning the place to the ground.
Anyway, if you haven’t watched it, well worth doing so. Until then, we’ll speak again on Monday. Enjoy the weekend everybody! 👋
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