Newsletter archive


2025

#31 The new normal is dehumanizing

#30 Why it’s hard to write about Papua

#29 Two years on, what changed and what can you do next? (Gaza)

#28 Why journalism must name Christian supremacy

#27 If silence is complicity, why sideline Indigenous defenders?

#26 People who hold the world together

#25 The weight of the bystander

#24 โœ๐Ÿป Petitioning the press: calling out bias in Gaza coverage

#23 Is English still the colonizer’s language?

#22 Mona Chalabi holds up a mirror to journalism

#21 Decoloniality is just not… sexy or is it?

#20 What are we measuring in (journalism) research and why?

#19 Beyond the European gaze: decolonial lessons from Bali

#18 Give yourself permission to grief?

#17 Do we need more messiness?

#16 Making space for grief in journalism

#15 The chasm in reporting

#14 Young people have brains

#13 What comes after Western thinking?

#12 How can (white) privileged people stop being ignorant?

#11 Solutions to global problems at Skoll World Forum

#10 Connecting the dots is crucial

#9 The power of storytelling journalism

#8 Awareness as a political act

#7 Fluidity vs stability

#6 The world upside down

#5 The Great American Game

#4 The complexity of reporting about well-being (and meditation)

#3 Nine reasons to meditate

#2 Who is wellness for?

#1 Decolonizing health and well-being

2024

#36 How media fuel polarization

#35 Breaking the cycle of militarization

#34 10 insights from Amitav Ghosh

#33 How to stay sane as a storyteller (with Ankita Anand)

#32 How to stop parachute journalism (yes, it’s still happening!)

#31 Decolonization and well-being go hand in hand

#30 Ta-Nehisi Coates’s take on Palestine

#29 Can AI end colonization?

#28 How to decolonize AI?

#27 Global citizens respect Indigenous knowledge

#26 Can we find a shared story that is not US-centric?

#25 “When journalism is silenced, literature must speak”

#24 What can Bhutan teach us about climate action?

#23 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

#22 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: Singapore ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ

#21 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: Bali

#20 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: global movements

#19 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: memories of Palestine

#18 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: Amitav Ghosh’ vitalism

#17 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: speaking the truth

#16 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: a ‘dangerous’ keynote

#15 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: hope

#14 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: writing for transformation

#13 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: spring

#12 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: (non) humans

#11 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: an accident

#10 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: flip thinking

#9 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: is The West that bad?

#8 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: ๐ŸŽฌ And… action!

#7 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: solidarity

#6 The Inclusive Journalism Weekly: stories, stories, stories

#5 The ๐Ÿ†• Inclusive Journalism Weekly: curated for you

#4 ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Looking for solutions

#3 ๐Ÿง  Well-being and how to decolonize coaching?

#2 ๐Ÿงฐ How to complicate the narrative?

#1 ๐Ÿ‘ฌ How to deal with your doppelganger?


2023

#19 โค๏ธ A personal message

#18 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka’s colonial history

#17 ๐Ÿ’Œ A message from Sri Lanka

#16 ๐Ÿค The psychosis of whiteness exists

#15 ๐Ÿ‘ฅ On self-reflection

#14 ๐Ÿฅ The war drum

#13 ๐ŸŒŒ More power to the indigenous people

#12 ๐Ÿ‹ Short and (bitter) sweet

#11 ๐Ÿ‘ฝ What journalists need to know about conspiracy thinkers

#10 ๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Therapeutic language is taking over our conversations, what to do about it?

#9 ๐Ÿ˜ณ What do we need to know about ‘woke’?

#8 ๐Ÿง  Can artificial intelligence (AI) play a role in decoloniality?

#7 ๐ŸŽฏ Problem-only journalism is a privilege

#6 Decolonizing journalism at the International Journalism Festival #IJF23

#5 Is Bali being colonized? Part I

#4 ๐Ÿ“š Why you need to read “The Nutmeg’s Curse” by Amitav Ghosh

#3 ๐Ÿ” Let’s try again: what is decoloniality?

#2 ๐ŸŒ What is decoloniality, actually?

#1 ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽค In 2023, be more like Bowie


2022

#35 ๐Ÿ‘‘ Harry and Meghan through a Black lense does Britain a favour

#34 ๐Ÿ‘ฝ What can we learn from Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse?

#33 โœจ How can we feel lighter?

#32 ๐Ÿ Is colonialism to blame for climate change?

#31 ๐Ÿ”ฅ Decoloniality is a hot topic

#30 ๐Ÿพ Two-eyed seeing: the Indigenous and Western ways of knowing

#29 A shorter newsletter with a focus on praxis

#28 ๐Ÿ’‡๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Who controls the narrative regarding the protests in Iran?

#27 ๐ŸŒณ The decolonial deed of Patagonia’s billionaire owner

#26 ๐Ÿ‘‘ Through decoloniality you’ll understand why not everyone sent flowers to Buckingham Palace

#25 ๐Ÿ˜ด You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep

#24 ๐Ÿ˜ How to find pleasure in journalism?

#23 ๐ŸŒช Typhoon Pelosi erases the Taiwanese perspective

#22 ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ Decoloniality means to bring back the feminine

#21 ๐Ÿš‘ What does it mean to decolonize global health?

#20 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Traditional Dutch clothing… from India

#19 ๐Ÿ™‰ News avoidance is a real thing

#18 ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ Am I taking up too much space?

#17 ๐Ÿ‘€ Do we have to see it to believe it?

#16 ๐Ÿงญ Where to find a new moral compass?

#15 โค๏ธ An ode to my teacher Anat Geiger

#14 ๐Ÿž Indigenous has become fashionable

#13 ๐Ÿบ Intuition as a tool to fight disinformation

#12 โ“ What does it mean to decolonize journalism?

#11 ๐Ÿค— Why community (vibe) is everything

#10 ๐Ÿ˜ด What we can learn from The Nap Ministry

#9 ๐Ÿ™€ Mainstream media creates fear and distrust

#8 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia’s colonial history matters

#7 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ A digital war with lessons for journalism

#6 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ The dilemma of the Olympics

#5 ๐Ÿ˜‡ Insights from meditation

#4 ๐Ÿ‘‘ How to contribute when you’re privileged?

#3: ๐Ÿ˜ก When is our anger useful?

#2: ๐Ÿ—ฃ How to speak up for justice?

#1: ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿป Is the white man to blame?

2021

#33: ๐ŸŽ† Let’s end the year optimistic

#32: ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ What media can learn from Pacific journalists

#31: ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ White people need to do heavy lifting

#30: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐ŸŽ“ Q&A with Indian students about Inclusive Journalism

#29: โ†ช๏ธ Inclusion asks for a radical change of perspective

#28: ๐Ÿ†˜ What actually is the problem?

#27: ๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ You are not your thoughts

#26: โœ๏ธ The role of Christianity

#25: โœˆ๏ธ It’s time for take-off

#24: ๐Ÿš€ The pandemic has uncovered inequality

#23: ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ Inclusion needs community

#22: ๐ŸŒŽ Lessons learned from studying decoloniality

#21: ๐Ÿคธโ€โ™€๏ธ Inclusion and embodiment

#20: โšฝ๏ธ Inclusion is teamwork

#19: ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ If you’re not sure, just listen to your audience

#18: ๐Ÿก Inclusion is about feeling at home

#17: ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ / ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Why we need to talk about the Israel-Palestine conflict

#16: ๐Ÿ”ฎ Inclusion is about futurity, not just innovation

#15: ๐Ÿฆ What can we learn from COVID-19?

#14: ๐Ÿ˜‡Keep calm and act instead of react

#13: ๐Ÿ˜Š Empathy and inclusion go hand in hand

#12: โœ๏ธ The week of the petition about parachute journalism

#11: โ˜ฏ๏ธ The yin and the yang of inclusion

#10: ๐Ÿ™ƒ Learning about anti-racism can be extremely uncomfortable

#9: Inclusion means to keep looking at the bigger picture

#8: Women need to lead inclusion, here is why

#7: Inclusion is a marathon, not a sprint

#6: How to learn through experience what it means to be white

#5: Why inclusion isnโ€™t rocket science but isn’t easy either

#4: What does Myanmar’s coup teach us about Inclusive journalism?

#3: Why true inclusivity in media needs less talking and more action

#2: What can we learn from Kenyan journalist Larry Madowo?

#1: What have we learned from the Black Lives Matter protests?