✍️✍️ Jobs Update ✍️✍️ — February 21
Apple, Disney, Marvel, Netflix, Nickelodeon, The Hill, Sky Sports, MyLondon, Bloomberg, Virgin Radio, TSN, Politico Europe, Jellysmack and hundreds more!
Hello folks, Happy Monday! I’m back in Buenos Aires for four more days until I make the voyage to the U.S.! I’ll be in Denver, Austin and Los Angeles, so if anyone out there wants to grab a coffee, do get in touch. It would be awesome to meet some of y’all!
Not a whole lot to get through today, so we’ll get right to it…
On Wednesday we’ll be joined by Vicky Gayle, who reports on health inequality for The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. We’ll discuss the impacts of the decline of local journalism on health reporting, what national outlets can do to help fill the gaps, and what it takes to report on such life-altering issues.
Be sure to take advantage of our February Free Trial. You can gain access to all Inside The Newsroom content including the job board, for a week for free.
Okay, new and featured jobs and Outside The Newsroom are below. We’ll speak again later this week! 👋
🚨 Featured Jobs 🚨
✍️ Want to have a job featured? Fill out this form and we’ll help you out ✍️
Virginian Pilot/Daily Press
Education Reporter (U.S. —Norfolk, VA)
Food Writer (U.S. —Norfolk, VA)
Bloomberg Industry
Team Lead, Investigations (U.S. —Arlington, VA)
🗞️ Selling Your Portfolio w/ Paul Albergo — Executive Editor at Bloomberg Industry
FedScoop
Technology Reporter (U.S. — Washington, D.C.)
🚨 If you’re a paying subscriber, your jobs sheet link remains the same each week 🚨
Preview of New U.S. Listings 🇺🇸
Preview of New UK Listings 🇬🇧
Preview of New Canadian Listings 🇨🇦
Preview of New European Listings 🇪🇺
Outside The Newsroom 🗺️
Europe 🇪🇺
Belgium’s Four-Day Work Week: In the government’s overhaul of labor laws, workers now have the right to request a four-day work week without losing pay. An option to work the same number of hours in just three days is also an option. However, companies can still reject employees’ requests for a shorter week, provided they offer a written justification. Other EU countries including Scotland, Iceland and Spain have piloted similar trials.
Ukraine’s Worst Ever Cyber Attack: A Ukrainian government minister has reported the country’s largest ever cyber attack, which targeted the Ministry of Defense, Armed Forces and major bank websites, temporarily blocking access to them. While the U.S. is investigating who was responsible for the attack, nobody has yet been identified.
France to Remove Troops from Mali: French President Emmanuel Macron announced the withdrawal of his troops from Mali, the country’s former colony where almost 5,000 soldiers have been stationed to fight Islamist militants since 2013. The decision comes amid a collapse in diplomatic relations with Mali’s military junta.
European Alcohol Health Warning: Members of the European Parliament have proposed that wine bottles and other alcoholic products must carry a health warning, similar to that of cigarettes as part of the European Cancer Plan. Lawmakers claim they’re putting the new initiative in place to protect consumers and “provide citizens with the tools and information to lead a healthy life.”
German Dictionary Changes Definition of ‘Jew’: The Duden — Germany’s leading dictionary — has changed its definition of the word ‘Jew’, after a recent update claimed it could be perceived as discriminatory. The Jewish community stressed that identifying themselves as Jews is not discriminatory, and the entry has now been changed.
Middle East 🌍
Saudi Pours Billions into green projects: Saudi Arabia has transferred $80 billion in shares — or 4 percent — from Saudi Aramco to its sovereign wealth fund to finance green projects, following in the footsteps of Singapore and Norway. The kingdom is attempting to rebalance its economy, which is heavily reliant on oil reserves.
Quran-Reading Women Causes Stir in Egypt: As attitudes toward women reciting the Quran to non-related men vary across Muslim cultures and communities, women in Egypt are leading a movement to breakdown archaic sentiment. Part of the aim is to broaden their spiritual leadership roles in Islam, in which men and women traditionally pray separately.
Iranian and Syrian Officials Could Face War Crimes: Human rights lawyers and the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center are attempting to bring war crimes committed by military officials in Syria and Iran to the International Criminal Court. Their victims, who include journalists, were targeted between 2011 and 2018.
U.S. and Iran Finalizing Nuclear Talks: According to the U.S. state department, the country is in the final stages of talks with Iran to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal, in which Iran agreed to limit its nuclear activity and allow international inspections. The agreement fell apart when Donald Trump abandoned it in 2018.
Kuwait Overturns Law Used to Prosecute Trans People: Kuwait’s constitutional court has repealed a law used to criminalize those “imitating the opposite sex,” claiming it violated the country’s constitution. The news comes after a high-profile case involving 40-year-old trans woman Maha al-Mutairi, who was prosecuted after posting videos on social media speaking about her transgender identity.
Africa 🌍
Ethiopia Lifts State of Emergency: Ethiopia’s parliament voted to prematurely end a nationwide six-month state of emergency imposed last November, in light of the country’s improving security conditions. As Tigrayan forces threatened to march on the capital city, the state of emergency allowed for roadblocks, a curfew and military takeover.
Elephant DNA Reveals Illegal Trafficking Networks: Research into the DNA of elephant tusks has revealed familial connections between elephants being poached for their ivory tusks, and shed light on the poaching patterns of the criminals responsible for trafficking them. The study builds upon previous work that identified ivory smuggling networks in Kenya, Uganda and Togo.
BioNTech Designs African Vaccine Factories: German vaccine manufacturer BioNTech, maker of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, has unveiled plans to build manufacturing factories in Africa to compensate for the continent’s shortfall of vaccines. The company said it aims to facilitate mRNA vaccine production across all continents.
Burkina Faso Coup Leader Sworn in as President: Military leader Paul-Henri Damiba has been installed as the new president of Burkina Faso, after ousting the government of Roch Kabore in a coup last month over his alleged failure to defeat Islamist militants. Damiba vows to reorganize the country’s armed forces, fight corruption and de-politicize the public administration.
Report: Tigray Rebels Gang-Raped Women and Girls: According to a report by Amnesty International, rebel fighters in Tigray gang-raped dozens of women and underage girls in the Amhara region from July 2021. Amnesty has gathered evidence of their war crimes and crimes against humanity in the region, however the Tigray People’s Liberation Front is yet to respond to the allegations.
Asia Pacific 🌏
Australia Lists Koala as Endangered Species: Amid a dramatic decline in numbers of Koalas caused by bushfires, land clearing, drought and disease, Australia has added the marsupial to its lists of endangered species in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The federal government hopes to protect koalas from climate change and their diminishing habitats.
New Zealand Legally Bans Conversion Therapy: In a near-unanimous decision, New Zealand’s parliament has voted to ban conversion therapy, which is defined as therapy to change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. The government claims these practices cause harm, do not work and are widely discredited. Perpetrators will be punishable with up to five years in prison.
Russian Athlete Competes in Olympics Despite Doping: Despite testing positive for trimetazidine — a banned substance that helps to prevent angina attacks and improves endurance and increases blood flow — 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was allowed to compete in the Winter Olympics and finished fourth. She narrowly missed out on a medal, the ceremony for which would have been postponed if she had finished in the top three. Valieva and her legal team argue the positive test result was a result of a mix-up with her grandfather’s heart medication.
Indonesian Crocodile Freed After Six Years Trapped in Tire: After spending six years swimming around with a motorcycle tire stuck around its neck, a four-meter-long Indonesian crocodile has been freed. Fearing the crocodile could choke if it continued to grow in size, a local resident in the city captured the crocodile using a basic trap, removed the tire and released it back into the river.
Last Fukushima Town to Reopen Welcomes Residents: The town of Futaba, located in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture where an earthquake and tsunami killed more than 18,000 people in 2011, is just welcoming its surviving residents back, a decade after the disaster. Futaba is the last town to end its “no-go-zone” restrictions put in place due to high levels of radiation caused by Fukushima’s destroyed nuclear plant.
Latin America 🌎
Former Honduran President Arrested: Shortly after his presidential term ended, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández appeared at the Supreme Court of Justice in shackles after being arrested at his home on drug trafficking and weapons charges, at the request of the U.S. government. During his presidency, thousands of Hondurans fled the country due to high unemployment levels, rising violence and natural disasters.
Mudslides Leave 100 Dead in Brazilian City: Mudslides caused by a month’s worth of rain that fell in a matter of hours have wreaked havoc in the city of Petropolis, killing more than 100 people and destroying houses, cars and infrastructure. Residents say help didn’t come soon enough, and many are leading their own search and recovery efforts, with some survivors fleeing the city in fear of more rain.
Bolsonaro Meets Putin: Amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visited Moscow for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite U.S. recommendations to cancel the trip. A former U.S ambassador claimed Bolsonaro’s visit was “sending the wrong signals” and Brazilian columnists warned the trip could put the country’s Western relationships at risk.
Mexican Avocado Farmers Face Extortion: Avocado farmers in Mexico continue to face extortion from organized crime groups, who demand fees for each acre of avocado orchard they occupy and threaten kidnapping and murder if they don’t pay. The U.S. also recently placed a temporary ban on avocado imports from Mexico after its plant safety inspector received a threat. Campaigners are advocating for more sustainable avocado production or, failing this, an outright boycott.
Cuba Sentences Anti-Government Protesters: A group of 20 defendants accused of carrying out anti-government protests in Cuba last year have received prison sentences of up to 20 years. Overall, more than 700 people have been charged with taking part in the protests and await their verdict, according to Cuban officials. Activists say the trials are unjust and the sentences disproportionate.
 | A guest post by
|