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Editors & Tipsters - Politics, Labor & Health Care

I'm back to reporting and writing full time. I'm going to be covering politics, labor, and of course health care. If you're an editor, have a tip, or someone who just wants to say hello, you can reach me at [email redacted] or on Signal at jfacundo.98

US Residents 1999-2007 - Trend Spread 2000s Fashion Hair Politics

How would you say trend movement was in the 2000s? Hi! I'm writing a story and I'd like to hear from people who lived through the 2000s in the US. How did trends (fashion, hair, politics) move through the country? If any of you lived in small towns, how late were you to hop onto a trend/leave it behind? Were any states notoriously late? How did you learn about/get into new subcultures? I'm specifically looking at the 1999-2006/2007 years but any perspective helps. Thanks!

Canadians With Story Tips - Public Accountability Investigations

18 months ago, I did the thing I promised myself I would never do again (at least for a long time). After finishing my MSc in International Relations at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) I promised myself I would have a much needed break from studying. I had been a student in higher education for 5 years, without a break, at this point. So, I went and dipped my toes back into the NGO sector (this time in Australia). I spent a rewarding year as a Research Manager but couldn't shake the feeling that I was straying away from my true love: writing. I've been a writer for as long as I can remember. When I was a child, I used to subject my poor family to my monthly newspapers (god knows how much of my mum's money I spent on printer ink). At one point, I even roped my grandma into being my lifestyle columnist. When I started my undergraduate degree six years ago (!!) I discovered my love for political journalism, covering US politics and elections for the University of Warwick's Perspectives magazine. Then, during my master's, I worked for The International Risk Podcast, producing and writing stories on a range of topics from conflict-related sexual violence to the EU's evasion of sanctions on Russian oil (a story that recently became full circle for me as I exposed the same loophole in Canada for Canada's National Observer). All of this is to say, that when I was feeling disconnected from writing last year and I saw SOAS University of London offering an MA in Investigative and Human Rights Journalism, I very quickly broke my promise to myself. It was the best thing I could have done. In the last year, I have covered FOI-led investigations into Scottish universities' freedom of speech policies, LinkedIn's gender problem, Norway's funding of anti-right sectors in Malawi, Canada's oil loophole and many, many more. I have reported from the ground across Canada and been featured in prominent Canadian and Australian outlets. I have established myself as a freelancer in Toronto whilst continuing my studies from afar. So, as I am about to re-enrol for my final year at SOAS, I am thrilled to have officially finished my first year with a distinction grade across data, visual and investigative journalism. I am excited for the year to come and ready to get stuck into more public accountability stories. If you are based in Canada and have any story tips, please send them my way. Alternatively, if you are an editor with room for contributions, I would love to hear from you!

nationalobserver.com

Norfolk Residents - Stocked Emergency Supplies

BBC Politics East - stocking up Hello, I’m a reporter for BBC Norfolk and I’m working on a piece for our Sunday morning TV programme Politics East – about the government’s recent advice that people should be stocked up with a few days of supplies in case of an emergency (such as extreme weather). If that is something you have done – or were already doing anyway – I’m really interested in speaking to you. Could you please either DM me on here or email [email redacted]? Thank you.

bbc.co.uk

Frontier AI & National Security Experts - Governing AI Without Trust

Can we build a global AI safety regime when the U.S. and China do not trust each other? In my new Fortune piece, I argued that the answer is yes. In fact, that should be the starting point for the model. Most discussions of international AI governance start with the question of how to get countries to agree on shared principles. I think that may be the wrong question. The U.S. and China are unlikely to agree anytime soon on privacy, surveillance, censorship, military use, or the values advanced AI systems should serve. They do not need to agree on all of that. They need to agree on a small number of scenarios neither side wants to see: systems capable of autonomous replication, accelerating the development of their own successors, evading oversight, or enabling catastrophic biological or cyber harm. In my new #Fortune piece, I propose a different approach to AI governance: Don’t build it on trust. Build it to work when trust is absent. The model rests on three elements: agreed early warning indicators, independent technical verification, and real consequences when commitments are violated. It draws on lessons from another system I spent years working in: the global fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. Countries in that system did not always trust one another. It worked because trust was not a prerequisite. What mattered were agreed rules, professional assessment, and consequences. The Fortune piece is a first attempt to translate that logic to frontier AI. I’d especially like to hear from people working on frontier AI, AI safety, national security, compute governance, and international coordination. There are still hard design questions to solve, and I’m now working on turning this into a much more concrete model. Governing AI Without Trust #AIGovernance #AISafety #FrontierAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Geopolitics #recursive

fortune.com

Bay Area Prediction-Market Bettors - Political Election Bets

Have you ever used Kalshi/Polymarket/etc to bet on politics? Hi there! I am a reporter for Spectrum News and I am doing a story on the rise in prediction markets. I'm specifically looking to speak with people who have bet on political issues or on elections. I am open to anyone throughout the Bay Area but hopefully people who live in the city. Please message me on here or email me at [email redacted] For an idea of how I tell our news stories, take a look at my most recent piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTR7DePoKU4

spectrumlocalnews.com

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