Getting aid to people who need it is incredibly tricky, especially in a place like Syria. Donor orgs often have to choose between working with corrupt (and worse) governments on their terms or not deliver aid at all. There's often no good answer. nbcnews.com/news/world/aid…

This makes me cold just looking at it

Our friends at Rest of World are looking for 4 reporting fellows to join them to produce a series of articles on tech and work outside the West 💰 Remuneration: a stipend of $40,000 for a 12-month period (May 2023 to May 2024) 🎯 Deadline: 7 April restofworld.org/about/hiring/l…

Excited to share the first episode of the Devex Book Club, the podcast I'm producing for Devex. For our first episode Raj Kumar chatted with Gaia Vince on how to handle the coming climate migration. Give it a listen! devex.com/news/mass-clim…

I’m at the Milken Conference (#MIGlobal) where billionaires schmooze and learn about their social impact investment options. Follow along with me this week and also help me decide which private jet I should buy

Here’s Seth Rogen wearing his Ted Talk best for his #MIGlobal conversation with *checks notes* Deepak Chopra

The Beverly Hilton continues to deliver

“If you’re paying $100k for a masters in social work, the ROI may never be worth it,” says Pepperdine’s Jim Gash. You think? Same with global dev (&journalism). If you want diversity in the field don’t charge tuition that makes sense only for trust funders #miglobal

TIL Issa Rae has nightmares about the Succession episode with the dinner party where they threw away like 200 lbs of seafood. SAME.

“So much of climate investing is making bad stuff just a little bit less bad.” —Colin le Duc summing up a lot in one sentence #miglobal

There have been a ton of celebrities at this conference but the ONLY one to generate a line out the door has been Snoop Dogg

Pleased to have co-authored my first Devex Dish newsletter along with my colleague Tania Karas! I'll be doing more of these so go forth and subscribe! devex.com/news/devex-dis…

I haven’t written a book but share the rest of these sentiments, thanks for the opportunities and the open bars, Jez

In their first broadcast interview since being forced out of NYT Magazine for signing an open letter condemning Israel's siege on Gaza, award-winning writers Jazmine Hughes and Jamie Lauren Keiles speak out about their decisions to leave the publication.

This year's #G20Brazil marks a key moment for countries to set clear #FoodSystems targets in their NDCs, step up finance for smallholders & reform agricultural subsidies for resilience, urges Edward Davey. Devex's Lauren Evans charts progress on #COP28's food outcomes:

We tend to think that simply having more women in leadership positions will be enough to create equitable, or even feminist, organizational cultures. But as I learned in writing this piece, that's not enough. Read all about it: devex.com/news/women-in-…

Question for journalists: are you all letting sources review/change their quotes ahead of publication? I’ve talked to a few would-be sources lately who told me the “high profile” journalists they talk to always let them see their quotes and change them if they want. Help?

Dropping by here briefly to say I started a Substack: My first post is a dispatch is from a post-tornado-stricken London, KY. My second, forthcoming, will be from the West Bank in the spring of 2023. Diverse, I know. Subscribe to see what happens! laurennicholeevans.substack.com/p/on-being-the…