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Nika Talbot ✨ retweeted
My husband has used AI agents to revive old fonts, ornaments, & cuts from 19th century newspapers. The agents even built an editor where you can create your own invitations/pamphlets/cards using old cuts & fonts. Have been using it for @Quillette invitations already
font-revival.com/
📆 Ways to make journalism pay
Discover strategies to cash in on journalism and make your passion pay off!
Panel 2: Making Money from Books - w/ editorial consultant Anna Hervé, Bloomsbury ed April Peake & book pitch doctor James Spackman.
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ALT Ways to make journalism pay - 10 October
Ways to make journalism pay
Discover strategies to cash in on writing and make your passion pay off!
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Have you Botox-ed your CV?
Two new Freelance Champions and one ‘Ways to Make Journalism Pay - day’. Please come! 🌟
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Nika Talbot ✨ retweeted
The NUJ has reiterated reporting guidance on assisted dying ahead of the second reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in Westminster tomorrow.
Read: nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-reit…
“Bellissimo!” Eclipse night in Mallorca 🫒
Who I met — and planning for the eclipse of the century.
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Nika Talbot ✨ retweeted
#AI and the #Enshitification of the Media with #CoryDoctorow - book your tickets for our event on 2 September now. Discounts for #NUJ members, students and members of other unions (details in the description). @NUJofficial nuj.org.uk/learn/ems-event-c…
🌑 Chasing Totality
Next showing: 2090. Don't miss this.
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📣 Ways to make journalism pay - 10 Oct
Ready to dive into the world of journalism and discover smart strategies for turning your passion into pounds? Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, come connect, learn, and get inspired!
Book now: londonfreelance.org/fl/2608m…
Nika Talbot ✨ retweeted
📆 Making Freelance Journalism Pay - save the date!
Sat 10 Oct, London
Paid opp for a member - we need a little help with refreshments (any food writers here!?)
Please send your proposal and questions to [email protected] by 1 Sept.
londonfreelance.org/fl/2607f…
Klaus Thymann: “The truth has become optional"
Detained in Uganda documenting Rwenzori's melting glaciers. @thymann
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“That's the dirtiest football I’ve ever seen.”
World Cup final: chaos v calm. Plus, a table for one at the North Star and the men who came over anyway.
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#worldcup2026 #solotravel
A tale of two tapestries - and how to see Britain’s own #Bayeux for free.
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Nika Talbot ✨ retweeted
Could not stop laughing. A tapestry with Kane, Bellingham, Mbappé, Olise would look lovely. #bayeux part 2
The man with six fountain pens
✍️ On writing by hand, reading maps, and why we're craving "extreme analog."
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Nika Talbot ✨ retweeted
For those of you still lurking here: I'm now a deputy editor of the Long Read at the Guardian. Very excited to be at the home of such consistently excellent long-form reportage and essays. To journalists and other writers who'd like to contribute: pitch me!
Nika Talbot ✨ retweeted
📢FREELANCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR nominations are open now! rorypecktrust.org/awards/
Huge thanks to our insurance partners mib part of Howden Insurance, for making this happen ✨mediainsurance.com/
🏆It’s back for a 2nd year!
Inviting your nominations for the mib Howden Freelance Journalist of the Year award.
This special prize recognises an outstanding #freelance journalist (or small team).
Enter here rorypecktrust.org/awards/
Thank you to the team at Media Insurance Brokers (mib) part of Howden Insurance for supporting this Award.
Photo: Yousef Hammash and Rob Hodges of Channel 4 News collecting the inaugural prize on behalf of @zeherwael and Ebraheem Abu Ishaiba @Channel4News camera team based in Gaza.
ALT Rob Hodges and Yousef Hammash collecting the 2025 Award on behalf of @zeherwael and Ebraheem Abu Ishaiba Channel 4 News' camera team based in Gaza. At the 2025 #RoryPeckAwards in London.
Nika Talbot ✨ retweeted
Laura Davison on the NUJ's priorities - defending the ethical core of journalism. Industrial agreements are the way forward - fast and familiar.
"AI must not be used to shrink newsrooms and consign freelancers to poverty."
ALT NUJ Parliamentary Panel on the impact of AI on journalists and journalism.
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⏰ The impact of AI on journalists and journalism panel
Some sobering stats from Isabelle Doran @AssocPhoto
- 58% members have lost work to GenAI
- 98% members want to be compensated by AI orgs for use of their work
"We should be supporting not supplanting our creators"
I'm a travel writer & journalist exploring solo travel, longevity science + wellness culture.
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