Author: Saara Koho
2019 WPI Fellow
Twitter: @SaaraKoho
Pelaamisen vähentymistä voisi paikata uusilla peleillä, pohti ministeri. Toimittaja @SaaraKoho ruotii Pelin henki -kolumnissaan, miten sama malli toimisi muissa valtionyhtiöissä. https://t.co/ucXMVfxlVd
Lucia Berlin on ollut viime vuosien kiintoisimpia kirjallisia tuttavuuksia. Ihania novelleja kirjailijalta, joka eli värikkään elämän – ja oli ilmeisesti hauska mutta vaikea äiti. https://t.co/VO7Ax5QvJv
"Suomessa kenen tahansa puhelinnumeron saa helposti selville. Voi soittaa ja kysyä, että voitko auttaa tai pääsisitkö lounaalle", sanoo enkelisijoittaja Juha-Petteri Kukkonen. https://t.co/1yXS9kROgC
Posts by Saara Koho:
Two minutes to midnight
I grew up in a border town in Finland. The nearest Russian town, Svetogorsk, was only a few miles away from my home. Living so near to a gigantic and powerful neighbor was often unsettling. St. Petersburg was closer to us than our own capital Helsinki. Could the...
The debate on reparations and the painful history of slavery
The 1619 Project, a special issue of the The New York Times Magazine, has been the most talked-about journalistic venture I’ve encountered during my stay in the United States. Its goal is to reframe American history and to place the consequences of slavery at the...
Is philanthropy the future of journalism?
Newsrooms around the globe have been shrinking for the past two decades, as media companies have struggled to find a profitable business model in the era of the internet and evaporating print advertising. Last week we had the opportunity to meet Dean Baquet, the...
Minnesota farms battle with record-low profitability
It’s a tough time to be a farmer. Last year Minnesota farms earned a median net income of $26,055, down 8% from the previous year. It was the lowest median farm income in the past 23 years of data tracked by the University of Minnesota. “Agriculture is a very...
We are happy to announce the selection of the 2019 World Press Institute (WPI) fellows! Read more about the 2019 WPI Fellows and view their photos here: https://t.co/PEepuQI8Lu
Happy Holidays from WPI! If you are a foreign journalist looking to immerse yourself in the governance, politics, business, media, journalistic ethics and culture of the US, we are now accepting applications for our 2019 fellowship program: https://t.co/UuT18UAzyw.