Author: Saara Koho
2019 WPI Fellow
Twitter: @SaaraKoho
EU:ssa pohditaan, pitäisikö alustayhtiöiden rahoittaa 5g-verkkojen rakentamista. Suomessa operaattorit ovat jo tehneet siihen isoja satsauksia. 5g:n väestöpeitto on kattava. ⭐️ https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/kl/dd9df6d5-1455-46ae-b40e-1715c9f1f135
EKP aloittanee korkojen laskemisen vasta ensi vuoden loppupuolella, arvioivat ekonomistit. ⭐️ https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/kl/94ebe13c-de61-4e4c-ad08-ace0b3eb17f7
Naistenpäivänä pommiuhka Brysselin metrossa Yserin ja Rogierin välillä ihmiseltä, joka haluaa "eliminoida HLBT- ja muut vähemmistöt". 😡 Maailma ja tasa-arvo eivät todellakaan ole vielä valmiit. https://www.lesoir.be/499574/article/2023-03-08/menace-dattaque-bruxelles-deux-courriels-envoyes-la-commission-europeenne-le
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 asked different groups in Minneapolis what changed in their town after George Floyd's murder?
Not much, was their reply.
@worldpressinst
In @finnowl's first #WPIFellowship blog post, he wonders if the defamation case against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems will drag down other media, too. Minnesota academics and journalists weigh in:
https://worldpressinstitute.org/will-the-landmark-case-against-fox-news-drag-down-other-media-too/
Check out my latest @GlobalMinnesota podcast episode w/ @Fawzeyah & @SaqibTanveer of this year's @worldpressinst International Fellows! Hear about the challenges of conducting journalism and speaking truth to power in Nigeria and Pakistan.
https://www.globalminnesota.org/event/podcast-episode-global-journalism-with-world-press-institute-fellows/