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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Brave Zimbabwean journalist Blessed Mhlanga – arrested, detained and currently facing charges at home for his reporting – will give the Chancellor's Summer Public Lecture next Tuesday 7 July (lunchtime) at the London South Bank University. Worth checking out ==> www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lsbu-chanc...

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LSBU Chancellors Summer Public Lecture Presents: Blessed Mhlanga

Democracy, Free Press, Human Rights - How can we fight better at home & abroad

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

An inspiring day recently meeting William Kamkwamba – the real-life Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – and learning about the Moving Windmills Project and its work with the next generation of innovators in Malawi. Followed by the amazing new West End musical of William's story!

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 05/06/2026

Oxford under a rainbow yesterday 🌈 📷 Instagram | Melodicshutter (Eliam Lau)

A rainbow arches across the Oxford skyline after a storm, framing the Radcliffe Camera and surrounding historic college buildings. Dark clouds fill the sky behind the city, while sunlight illuminates the stone architecture below.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Trinity College in Oxford on a magical summer evening.

View looking at Trinity College from Broad Street in central Oxford at dusk, with the sun setting in the sky.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

My to-do list is epic, but all I want to do is sit in the sun and read my way through this delicious pile of books that I have picked up, received in the post as proofs or seen launched over the past two weeks! @zahirrawrites.bsky.social @sallyhayd.bsky.social @emmalouiseboynton.bsky.social +++

A pile of books is pictured on a multi-coloured table, including titles by Zahirra Dayal, Sally Hayden, Emma-Louise Boynton, Bryony Gordon, Jo Confino and Caro Claire Burke.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"Uganda’s president Museveni sworn in for seventh consecutive term as son emerges as de facto ruler" – analysis from @apnews.com on the ways in which his son and army chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba may rise to the top spot: apnews.com/article/ugan...

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Uganda's president Museveni sworn in for seventh consecutive term as son emerges as de facto ruler

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power for 40 years. He was inaugurated Tuesday for a seventh consecutive five-year term. His son, Gen.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

"...with every story, I’m trying to give a more three-dimensional view of the continent, its opportunities, its challenges, its innovation." @moniango.bsky.social interviews CNN international correspondent Larry Madowo for CJR on covering the African continent: www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

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Larry Madowo on covering Africa, “warts and all.”

“Africans are not just victims. We have a role in these stories and a perspective on them.”

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Copper beech in full glory, in the wider grounds of the National Trust's beautiful Killerton property.

A red-leaf beech in sunshine with blue sky behind.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Belatedly listened to this excellent doc from the talented @lynseychutel.bsky.social & team on the politics of Paul Simon's Graceland album, made/released amid the violent and painful last decade of apartheid rule. Collaboration? Exploitation? Tune in for more: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Paul Simon's Political Storm

The legacy of one the most popular and controversial album releases ever - Graceland.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

It was a real honour to chair the creative economy panel at the recent Oxford Africa Business Forum at the Saïd Business School @ox.ac.uk ft incredible, dynamic panellists Linda Ayoola, Victor Ehikhamenor & Cheick Sanankoua – much to be excited about! Panel pics Fisher Studios 🙏

Picture of the creative economy panel at the Oxford Africa Business Forum at Oxford's Saïd Business School.

Picture of the lobby of Oxford's Saïd Business School.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I'm excited to be interviewing the brilliant Simukai Chigudu at London's Frontline Club on 21st April about his "moving and highly readable" (FT's David Pilling) memoir CHASING FREEDOM. Join us for a lively evening of discussion & connection, tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Britain in spectacular blossom right now. Lifting my soul. Here, Japanese flowering cherry.

A view from underneath of branches of Japanese flowering cherry, with flowers both out and in bud. Blue sky behind.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Devon Glorious Devon - sun, sea, sand and good fortune ✨

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The sun setting on the spring equinox, over the magnificent Exe Estuary.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Love this edition of the 99% Invisible podcast @99pi.org, presented by Kim Chakanetsa, on Zimbabwe's uniquely creative and endlessly fascinating naming culture: open.spotify.com/episode/0O7w...

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What’s in a Name

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards open for submissions until 1 Feb – nominate your favourite courageous women and nonbinary journalists from anywhere in the world! 👇 www.iwmf.org/awards/coura...

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Courage in Journalism Awards - IWMF

Nominations are now open for 2026 Courage in Journalism Awards until February 1st, 2026. Self-nominations not accepted. Haga clic aquí para enviar la nominación en español. Cliquez ici pour envoyer un...

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Rosa Furneaux @rosafurneaux.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

A hard post to start the new year: due to organisational changes at their funder, I've been laid off from my role as senior investigative reporter at @source-material.org. It’s been a privilege to work with such a talented and dedicated team on award-winning exposés across the climate beat

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

The last sundown of 2025, as seen through the Deodar Glen at Killerton in Devon. #iphonephotography #newyears #devon #southwest #photographer

The sun is seen setting through trees, across a frosty field with blue sky behind.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

One of my most favourite photos that I've ever taken of my hometown Exeter. May your days currently be filled with this kind of glorious, peaceful calm. > A winter mist hangs over the cathedral city of Exeter, in the UK’s South West, as it wakes up after Christmas | December 2018.

A view over the cathedral city of Exeter, in the UK's South West, on a misty winter morning in late December 2018.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

The excellent Video Consortium has opened applications for SSP Africa 2026, a "collaborative storytelling fellowship that connects regional filmmakers and social innovators to produce cinematic, short documentary films that catalyze positive change": videoconsortium.org/programs/ssp...

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Solutions Storytelling Project: Africa [2026]

Connecting filmmakers in Africa with social innovators to produce solutions-focused films that catalyze social change.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Sagarmatha. Chomolungma. The Roof of the World. Everest.

View of snow-covered Mt Everest and foreground landscape as taken from a plane flying over Nepal in November 2025.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Our world. So unbearably messed up and so unbearably beautiful.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

This is useful from @davidarobson.bsky.social (whom I was happy to meet IRL last night!)... I am on a real mission atm to remove hasslers from my life – so much of my discontent comes from people who pester and hassle me, usually unnecessarily, and I'm not surprised there is physiological impact.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

A powerful investigation into the Certificate of Sponsorship scams targeting people desperately looking for care work in the UK, scams that have particularly affected Zimbabweans. From @bloomberg.com @mayarostowska.bsky.social and a crack team: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaYw...

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Meet the Vigilante Taking Down the UK's Work Visa Scammers

YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Incredible and challenging 6km swim yesterday down the River Avon in South Devon – swimming to fundraise for Level Water, which promotes access to swimming through lessons for children with disabilities. Very grateful to have had the opportunity to do this! www.justgiving.com/page/zoe-flo...

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

After attending the 3rd #MediaStrong event exploring journalism, mental health & the impact of trauma, I've come up with five reasons why I think it's essential that we talk about mental health in journalism a lot more, and more publicly. Not just for journalists! www.zoeflood.com/newsletter/2...

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To be Mediastrong – why we need to talk about mental health in journalism SO much more — Zoe Flood

Inspired by attending the third – and my second – MediaStrong conference in early July 2025, I’ve come up with five reasons why I think it’s vital that we talk a great deal more, and much more publicl...

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Journalist Faith Zaba, editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, is spending a third night in jail after being arrested in the country on 1 July – she is facing charges of “undermining or insulting the authority of the president” in connection with a satirical column...

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Zimbabwe authorities arrest newspaper editor on charges of insulting the president - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York July 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Zimbabwean authorities to release newspaper editor Faith Zaba, who was arrested on July 1. She is facing charges of “undermining or ...

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The indomitable Lindsey Hilsum on Desert Island Discs w/ @laurenlaverne.bsky.social – well worth a listen, so much ground covered, just as there always is so much ground covered in her reporting... happy to hear Joni in here too (and some Orchestra Super Mazembe!): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Lindsey Hilsum, journalist

Lindsey Hilsum, journalist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Deeply reported journey into the manosphere, with those who feel forced to embrace, if temporarily, its various thralls. Extract from @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social upcoming book Lost Boys 👇

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Peony explosion / timeline cleanse.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Another very insightful evening – in an unlikely, bucolic setting – guiding a conversation about reporting in challenging environments and contexts, and sharing some of my own experiences, with twenty brave and ballsy journalists from the BBC as a guest speaker on its high-risk training course.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Stunning double rainbow over @kebleoxford.bsky.social earlier this week.

Dark-ish skies but sunny foreground with double rainbow over Liddon Quad of Keble College, Oxford.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Oxford. Always a joy. So lucky to have this as a continuing part of my life.

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Watch the livestream online here: sirharrysummit.org/watch/

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Panels – Truth Tellers

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Shirley L. Smith @shirleysmithvi.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Horrifying but important story. Good work from @nehawadekar.bsky.social and @zoeflood.bsky.social.

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Acacia Redding @acaciaredding.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Amid conflict in Sudan, the RSF are using sexual violence to terrorise women and girls. In Chad last year, @nehawadekar.bsky.social and @zoeflood.bsky.social met Zahra Khamis, a Sudanese refugee helping others heal. I helped with the edit of this piece for PBS Newshour. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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Activist provides support for Sudanese refugees terrorized by sexual violence

Amid Sudan's brutal civil war, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are using sexual violence to terrorize women and girls from non-Arab ethnic groups. These war crimes have sparked international out...

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Neha Wadekar @nehawadekar.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

In #Chad, @zoeflood.bsky.social & I met Zahra Khamis, a Sudanese refugee who has dedicated her life to helping rape survivors heal. Thanks to the courageous women who shared their stories. For @pbsnews.org, support from IWMF and MSF. TRIGGER WARNING: sexual violence www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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Activist provides support for Sudanese refugees terrorized by sexual violence

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Acacia Redding @acaciaredding.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

For 2 years since conflict broke out in South Sudan, hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled violence and starvation to neighbouring Chad. This is the first of two PBS reports by @zoeflood.bsky.social and @nehawadekar.bsky.social that I had the privilege of working on the post-production for.

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Inside the crowded camp where Sudanese refugees have fled violence and hunger

For two years now, Sudan has been wracked by a civil war between the Sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Correspondent Neha Wadekar and filmmaker Zoe Flood, with the suppo...

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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Last year, @nehawadekar.bsky.social & I reported from eastern Chad on atrocities committed in Darfur – particularly horrific sexual crimes against women and girls. We also met an extraordinary woman leading efforts to support her community – 📝Neha, 📸 by me: foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/10/t...

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The Long Road to Justice for Sexual War Crimes

Sexual violence in Sudan is common. Accountability isn’t.

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Truth Tellers @sirharrysummit.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

📢 Truth Tellers is back! On 7th May, the Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit returns, hosted by @reuters.com @durhamuniversity.bsky.social & Tina Brown CBE. Honouring Sir Harry Evans, the Summit champions fearless investigative reporting. 📺Livestream: sirharrysummit.org

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