Pedro Pardo witnessed first hand Mexico’s battles against the drug cartels and poverty, winning the World Press Photo award twice for his captivating work.

It has been an honour to work with the London Gypsies&Travellers community over the past 6 months to produce a film about how they've been affected by the Policing Act. Last Friday night, our short film was screened at their annual event and showcased the power of genuine #coproduction📢

“This vegetable garden is 25 feet underwater. Take a look.” Neat story from ⁦Tristen Rouse⁩ in the ⁦The Washington Post⁩ highlighting Giacomo d'Orlando’s amazing photography of this amazing underwater project in Italy. washingtonpost.com/photography/20…

Life, Bradford style: the work of Ian Beesley – in pictures theguardian.com/uk-news/galler…

Just been arrested and cuffed covering Just Stop Oil protests at M25 services for London News Pictures for aggravated trespass and suspected criminal damage. First time in 35 years working as a press photographer. Not asked for my press card. @surreypolice

The BPPA strongly condemns the arrest of Peter Macdiarmid/ London News Pictures and another photographer by Surrey Police this morning at a Just Stop Oil protest at the M25 services. Press should be able to operate without the fear of arrest.

We Need to Talk About How Good A.I. Is Getting nytimes.com/2022/08/24/tec…

From Life Salts Mill open Weds to Sun 1100 to 1600 admission free exhibition closes 30th October

Great job Reuters Graphics on a tragic subject. The transitions from the photos of the city to the drawn versions are particularly clever.

'TWISTED IN THE MIST' There were some wonderful atmospheric conditions in the Peak District this weekend. #wexmondays #sharemondays2022 #fsprintmonday #peakdistrict

#ExtinctionRebellion are still there outside Barclays Bank in #Brighton although the police have turned up now with some bolt cutters. iPhone #photography

Student story prompt via Barbara Allen Poynter What’s happening with payment for staff at your uni? Dining workers may just be the tip of the iceberg. Inspired by this US The Chronicle of Higher Education story “Nobody should have a poverty-level job in higher education.” chronicle.com/article/colleg…

Preparing for first video assignments - good luck students! ✊🏽🍀

Just came across this great reading list on #storytelling and communication via Steve Rawling newthinking.tools/bookshelf/

Do you know a creative, curious student who'd be GREAT at this? Are YOU that student?!✍Enter Open Eye Gallery's new writing competition! Deadline 28/11. openeye.org.uk/blog/student-w… Very short word count, easy submission form. Be brave, have fun, good luck!👍

BBC Statement on Ed Lawrence

Media businesses are slowly getting less white, male-dominated digiday.com/media/media-bu… via Digiday (We could argue that a commitment to tackling socio-economic diversity is still lacking - and would also encompass other areas of diversity - but still a welcome improvement).

More than 1,800 news jobs were cut in the US last year, up from a little more than 1,500 in 2021, according to new data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas. axios.com/newsletters/ax…

A recent webinar via the ICFJ Pamela Howard Forum on Global Crisis Reporting dives into a report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism that looks at how readers access climate change news, who they trust and how they feel about the issue. ijnet.org/en/story/heres…

Reporting live on TV used to mean a supporting tech team and a lot of gear. But Nick Garnett was live on BBC 10 last night and is on Breakfast this morning - just him, a tripod, a light, a mic and a UK SIM card. #mojo