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Documentary filmmaker @GuardianUS. Londoner in NYC Email: [email protected] Views my own.

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Joined January 2010
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Alexander’s tearful farewell with family #Kyiv railway station. They’re going to relative safety in Lviv, he’s staying to fight. Wouldn’t let go of a toy ambulance his 8 year old son gave him as he put them on the train. #ukraine more later on ⁦@BBCNews⁩ ⁦@BBCWorld⁩
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If you wanna get into journalism and don't know how, apply for the Guardian's Scott Trust bursary today! We'll pay for ur journalism masters, give u a stipend + hopefully a route into the Guardian. I did it and LOOK AT ME NOW. Happy to help, too! theguardian.com/the-scott-tr…
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Tha God Scorsese hitting it out of the park 1nce again
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"It's relatable, it's hilarious." Meet Shaan Ali, the 17-year-old A-Level student who made a small parish council meeting go viral after he unearthed it on YouTube.
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We also saw a Ladbible editorial meeting in that BBC Four meme documentary last night and I can't stop thinking about it.
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35 days and counting until Election Day. Have you: → Registered to vote? → Phone banked? → Requested an absentee ballot (if necessary)? → Volunteered on a campaign? → Looked up your polling place? → Checked to see if your friends and family are registered to vote?
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But perhaps, the most famous moment from that Yahoo Internet Life Awards ceremony 1999 was Prince's acceptance speech. Prince on the internet:
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New: ProPublica has obtained audio from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, in which children can be heard wailing. Border Patrol agent jokes, “We have an orchestra here.” propub.li/2yoy8QE
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NEW: Sources tell us that Mueller has evidence Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of the dossier mcclatchydc.com/news/politic…
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Wow I’m literally the only one #NationalSchoolWalkout
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two jobs in NYC at @GuardianUS: deputy editor workforus.theguardian.com/jo… and deputy news editor workforus.theguardian.com/jo… — apply by 2/19
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Two weeks ago a 26-year old soldier raced repeatedly into a burning Bronx apartment building, saving four people before he died in the flames. His name was Pvt. Emmanuel Mensah and he immigrated from Ghana, a country Donald Trump apparently thinks produces very subpar immigrants.
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"You don't find the body. You just know they're dead."Powerful video on life after the hurricane in Dominica bit.ly/2zbIiCq
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Breaking: A group of workers have notified @SenatorCollins staff that they are not leaving her Bangor Office until she commits To oppose the tax scam. #mepolitics #peoplesfilibuster
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Our extreme poverty rate is so high that it is an international concern. Why on earth are Republicans are trying to push through a $1.5 trillion tax cut for the very wealthiest, while 41 million Americans are living in poverty? This is a disgrace. theguardian.com/world/2017/d…
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Should I do a crowdfunding campaign to try to buy and resurrect The Gothamist and DNAInfo? Can anyone help me gather the staff to talk?
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