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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

2 months

Alice Milliat - the mother of the Olympic Games. Milliat led a movement for female sports in France, organised international competitions against all odds to prove that women could compete. #Paris2024 ’s gender parity is part of her legacy⬇️

Alice Milliat, the mother of the Olympics

Milliat fought for women to participate in the Olympics, making Paris 2024's gender parity part of her legacy.

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

Questions - as a former foreign student in the USA: - what if my home country has bad internet? - or has blocked certain apps? - or my Gov scholarship depends on me being abroad? - what any postgrad students that also teach? - time differences? - Bills? Rental agreements?

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@ReichlinMelnick

4 years

This is bad. ICE just told students here on student visas that if their school is going online-only this fall, the students must depart the United States and cannot remain through the fall semester.

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

Otters have EVOLVED to have pockets under their arms to keep their important otter things - WHY ON EARTH HAVENT HUMANS EVOLVED TO INCLUDE POCKETS IN WOMENS CLOTHING? 😤 😡 😤 😡 @CCriadoPerez for your next book

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@shedd_aquarium

5 years

Sea otters are equipped with a "pocket" under each arm, a handy storage pouch where they keep tools or some snacks. Here, Yaku pulls some clams out of his pocket!

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

🚨Anuncio 🚨 - ¿Eres periodista? - ¿Vives en el Reino Unido? - ¿Hablas español? -¿Estas buscando trabajo? Mándame un DM, tengo cosas que platicarte

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

10 months

Ready for a full day of broadcasting, recording and screenings with @BBC100women putting women’s stories and perspectives at the centre of conversations about the impacts of climate change. #COP28

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

Can we take a moment to appreciate that the latest huge interviews/debates have been masterfully headed by badass women journalists? There’s still a long way to go to #diversifythemedia but having role models for little girls to look up to is a damn good start. #GE2019 #bbcqt

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

🚨 🌟 🦄 🚨 CAREER NEWS (and soppy tweets) KLAXON 🚨 🌟 🦄 🚨 - a thread. After 6 amazing years teaching at @cfjkent (+1 as an MA student) today I’m starting a new adventure as part of the training team at @firstdraftnews .

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

2 months

It all fits in a backpack - mobile journalism for the 21st century. This is the kit I carried to cover how Parisians and tourists lived the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games watching on huge screens dotted across public parks. #Paris2024 #mobilejournalism

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 months

It’s election 🗳️ night in the UK and counting has begun with a Labour landslide predicted! Thrilled to be part of the BBC’s ambitious project to have a camera at every count. If you want to know more about how the BBC is covering this election ⬇️

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

. @PressPadUK won!!!!!! yas yas yas yas yas yas yas yas yassssssss

CisionJournos

@CisionJournos

5 years

Congratulations to @OliviaCrellin and @lauragrb from @Presspaduk for winning the Georgina Henry Prize for Digital Innovation at the @pressawardsuk !! #PressAwards

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

Over the moon to be shortlisted 🌟 for the @NCTJ_news ’s diversity and inclusion award for the work I do at @CfJKent and with @PressPadUK . Honoured to be on the same list as my former students @isabel_eidhamar and @deepcutstweets . COME ON CFJ!!!

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

🚨PERSONAL NEWS KLAXON🚨 You might have noticed a change in my bio recently but before I tell you about my new job - I want to shout out about some of the stuff I’m really proud to have worked on during my time at @firstdraftnews ⬇️

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

I ALMOST reshared a photo on social media *without checking it* because I'm a space 🚀 nerd. Good thing I checked cause it turned out to be false! My work @firstdraftnews has taught me to pause when something makes me 😁😡😭 on social media. Let me show you how I did it ⬇️

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

As a TV producer, I sympathize with the need to fill mins of air time and the struggle to find new ways to tell the same stories. HOWEVER - these are human beings, with stories, families, children, and dignity who are risking their lives while someone tries to voxpop them #wtf

Sky News

@SkyNews

4 years

Sky News is following a fourth boat attempting to carry migrants across the English Channel into the UK this morning. Read more on this story here:

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

9 years

Well I know what I'm doing w/ my flight time! thanks @emirates for having a separate #MiddleEarth section #LOTR #fb http://t.co/OTco9sBUX1

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

CALLING ALL JOURNOS! Confused by TikTok? Think it's only dance challenges 💃🏽🕺🏽🎼 and funny vids😂? Think again! Join @firstdraftnews ' FREE webinar to learn how to find stories & monitor Tiktok. Future proof your social newsgathering skills.

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

2 years

I still can’t believe that my JOB is exploring new ways of telling stories. 🌟 📱 Very excited to come back to #wijworkshop and share my passion with a group of amazing and inspiring women storytellers

Innovation Team @ RJI

@InnovationRJI

2 years

Women in Journalism Workshop 2023: The great @lauragrb will be teaching us how to get over our fear/hatred/reluctance of TikTok and other vertical & AR augmented storytelling spaces. #WIJWorkshop

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

Misinformation is hard to correct with ⬅️DEbunks once it's out there. Introducing - ➡️PREbunks. Teaching people how to spot misinfo makes them more resilient to it. New fro @tommyshane + me @firstdraft Thanks 🙏🏽 @johnfocook for your great insights

A guide to prebunking: a promising way to inoculate against misinformation

It is better to prevent misinformation than to try to debunk it once it’s spread. Understanding how prebunks work is essential for reporters, fact checkers, policy makers and platforms.

firstdraftnews.org

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

To all the men asking what they can do after #SarahEverard - thank you for asking. Here are SIX things that men - specifically those working in #journalism all over the world 🌎 🌏 - can do to help. THREAD ⬇️

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

One of the things I miss most from being part of @firstdraftnews is working with @shayurbani who taught me to pause, to be thoughtful, and to meticulously consider the consequences and ripples of publishing in digital spaces. Congrats on the award!

First Draft

@firstdraftnews

3 years

"The work we do day to day poses a lot of really big and challenging questions... at FD we don't pretend to know the answers to these questions, but we do try very hard to approach them in a thoughtful, rigorous, and service-oriented way." Watch @shayurbani 's remarks here:

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

🚨 NOW TO MY NEW JOB!!! After 10 yrs in the UK (I know!) learning tons, hustling, falling in love with teaching @CfJKent , doing journalism on the side, applying for tons of jobs, fighting for my dream to be a full-time journalist - I'VE FINALLY GOT THERE!

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

Desde muy chica mi padre me inculcó amor por la ciencia 🔬. Veíamos “Cosmos” de Carl Sagan y nos maravillábamos de la inmensidad del universo🪐 . Ahora yo tengo el privilegio de contar historias de ciencia para @bbcmundo . Sueño. Hecho. Realidad. ⬇️

Qué es la teoría de cuerdas y cómo puede resolver los dilemas de la...

La física moderna se encuentra en una encrucijada. Pese a todos los avances para entender el universo, todavía falta una teoría simple que explique cómo func...

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 months

@MarcSettle Nifty little video showing off a nifty bit of kit right? We also had to phone in verified results as soon as we had them. I got to run around with @BBCHelena & @LadyVB chasing one of the biggest stories of the night: Jeremy Corbyn keeping his seat in Islington North!

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

Hey guys at “Take on Fake” @hari - WE DID IT!!!

First Draft

@firstdraftnews

3 years

‘How to fact-check like a journalist’ has just won @TheWebbyAwards for best how-to video this year! Huge thanks to everyone who voted + congratulations to our training manager @lauragrb who shows you how to spot misinfo like a pro 🥳🎉🏆

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

ATTENTION JOURNOS!! Kick off your week by watching a video of my face explaining why you need to learn how to do Boolean searches for quicker newsgathering. Follow the series on @firstdraftnews all week to get top tips and great advice #journotools

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

From a former tv producer - Virtual hugs 🤗 and lots of 🍷 to all the producers who have been consistently tearing up running orders since 4pm when the Prime Minister was supposed to speak. #UKlockdown #UKPolitics

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

2 years

It's been exactly 1 year 🗓 🎉 since I started my job as part of the video team at @bbcmundo from a quarantine hotel. To quote my favourite musical: 🎶 How do you measure a year? 🎶 With a highlight thread of my fave moments so far #ShamelessSelfPromo 🧵⬇️

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

Disappointed to hear that Dartford BC press officers have turned away 2 @KMTV_Kent reporters from the overnight count. We were assured over the phone yesterday that we would be allowed in to cover the night as it happens. Help @Dartford_Labour @Dartford_CA @DartfordElects ?

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

Hey @ISOJ2020 - ready to talk #Tiktok ? Come join us in less than 10 minutes This one is for you profe @Rosental

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

You can AND SHOULD investigate anything - even #Evergreen 🚢 ship memes Remember - anything that carries information can carry disinformation @firstdraftnews Let’s look at some practical tips and tools that can help you do this #OSINT ⬇

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

6 years

Sooooo I made a list of 19 badass women journos who cover conflict, war and human rights issues to show my students @CfJKent that it’s not only the boys who get to have all the fun. BECAUSE ROLE MODELS MATTER. #IWD2019

Centre for Journalism

@CfJKent

6 years

Need some #JournoInspiration ? To mark #IWD2019 @lauragrb has drawn up a list of 19 fearless female journos 🌟that you may or may not know about. Pulitzer winners, war reporters, 📷s, columnists: this list has it all. (It's obvs not a full list so send us your #JournoHeroes ) 1/23

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

We need to help each other verify photos on social - even the cute ones. This photo is from 🇵🇱 not 🇬🇧 How to reverse image search on your 📱 1 save the photo 2 open 3 upload it 4 check the results 5 find the original uncropped with signs in polish

Jeremy Vine

@theJeremyVine

4 years

How utterly British this is

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

The student becomes the master - I’ve been defeated by @JoeCoshan ’s @KMTV_Kent #teleprompterchallenge They teach them too well at @CfJKent

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

1 year

El Mundial de Fútbol Femenino @FIFAWWC en 🇦🇺 y 🇳🇿 lo tiene todo: leyendas en la cancha, récord de entradas vendidas y por 1ra vez participarán 32 selecciones en el torneo. Abro hilo para compartir nuestra cobertura @bbcmundo ⬇️🧵

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

Almost 40 of my @CfJKent kids graduate today & I couldn’t be prouder of the little weirdos. They’re all amazing, interesting, hard working and kind humans. It’s been my pleasure to have known you. Be nice and give me a job when you’re running the world guys #Graduation2019

Chloe Rose

@chloerose__xo

5 years

Sending a massive congratulations to all the third year @CfJKent students graduating today! So proud of you all and wish you all the luck and success for the future!!👩🏻‍🎓👨🏻‍🎓❤️

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

A huge loss to journalism - @CfJKent family, my heart is with you. "There are hundreds of young reporters working today who carry a little of Ron’s journalistic DNA. The industry is better for it." - writes @Robert_Bailey_ of Ron Green's huge legacy.

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

Let’s 👏 get 👏 more 👏 women 👏 into👏 politics 👏 (and 👏 frankly 👏 everywhere 👏 else 👏 too 👏 )

David Ottewell

@davidottewell

5 years

So having analysed the names of 20,000-odd councillors I was going to do a map showing the most common local politicians' names in different places. Only problem is you end up with A GREAT BIG MAP OF JOHN

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

I’m SO FREAKING EXCITED 🌟 to be a judge at this year’s @pressgazette “British Journalism Awards” especially because there’s support available for women and BAME applicants If you’re a bright young journo + have questions - join this session.

British Journalism Awards Workshop for New Entrants

Speakers: Barbara Blake Hannah, Kurt Barling, Liz Gerard and Dominic Ponsford

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

So far today I’ve cried like 5 times, hugged a ton of people and have officially become a celeb with my own fan club on tiktok (courtesy of my amazing students) *runs out to buy a giant box of tissues and a shit ton of booze*

Centre for Journalism

@CfJKent

5 years

Delighted to announce that the global premiere of the Oscars-tipped movie Laurevoir Garseeyalater, starring CfJ starlet @lauragrb , will take place in the main newsroom today at 5.15pm. There may not be a dry eye in the house. Drinks party afterwards at The Deep End. All welcome.

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

THREAD - My zigzagging journey from cub reporter 🇲🇽 to TV news producer 🇬🇧 and why I think you should support @PressPadUK 's crowdfunding campaign to #DiversifyTheMedia . There's still time!! DONATE HERE -->

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

Calling all reporters, researchers, content creators, journo students covering #COVID2019 We're hosting a FREE online webinar on verification tools and techniques. THURS 19th March 🕐08:30 PST 🕐11:30 EST 🕐15:30 GMT 🕐23:30 HKST REGISTER HERE -->

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

2 years

Detrás de la ciencia de los "agujeros de gusano" se cruzan: 🥸 las teorías de Einstein 📕 1 novela de Carl Sagan 💡 la mente brillante de Kip Thorne 🍿 2 de mis películas favoritas 🥰 y los recuerdos más preciados de mi infancia. Abro hilo 🧵⬇️ @bbcmundo

¿Qué son los “agujeros de gusano” y por qué nos podrían permitir encontrar atajos a través del...

Usando ecuaciones de Albert Einstein se ha postulado la existencia de estos atajos a través del universo, para que en vez de tener que recorrer miles de años luz podamos doblar el espacio-tiempo para...

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

6 years

Covering #TrumpProtests in #London today for @estrellatv and other Spanish language media! Have I said how much I love my job? @TrumpBabyUK

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

It's been 6️⃣🗓 six months (can you believe it?) since the @WHO first described the over-abundance of information around coronavirus as an 'infodemic'. What have we learned @firstdraftnews about covid-19 misinformation in that time? 🤓 COOL FREE JOURNO EVENTS ALERT! ⬇️

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

Heard of the glass ceiling? Allow me to introduce to you The #EntitlementGap . Women are conditioned to feel less entitled than men: to expect less, to demand less, to take up less space. This isn’t womens’ job to fix. ➡️ @the_female_lead 's research

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

Throwback to2016 when after hours of queueing got to see @RealGrumpyCat in London. I was waaaaaaaaaaay waaaaaaaaaay more excited to see her than she was to see me. RIP kitty, we will miss your grumpy face.

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

For all tuning in for the panel at @NewsAssociates - this is my magical setup. Sat on a clothes hamper, laptop on a side table on my bed. Not glam but it works! kitty is snoozing next to me ready to jump in the moment she wakes up. @Lucyedyer

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

Ready (and super excited 😊 ) to meet our new students on our BA, MA and Year In journalism courses at @CfJKent - @UKMstudent @drillhalllib

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

6 years

A year ago my sister @_elsagarcia_ risked her sporting career by having back surgery all @for her dream of going to #Tokyo2020 - today she’s stronger than ever. She might be my younger sister but she’s definitely the one teaching ME things. #sofuckingproud

Elsa Garcia OLY

@elsagarciarb

6 years

Hoy, hace 1año me operaron de la espalda. Fue una decisión difícil de tomar y aunque me daba miedo e incertidumbre sabía que a raíz de esto solo podían venir cosas buenas. Gracias al apoyo de mi gente más cercana, hoy me encuentro felizmente entrenando a…

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

Cat and kit ready to teach a session on mobile journalism for @RJI women in journalism conference #mojo #storytelling

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

6 years

“I don’t want to have one identity - I want to have belongings in plural, places and people and cultures I belong to. I like to think of myself as a global soul. I can be all these multiple identities” - @elif_safak speaking at #ammpe2018 (very close to me #mexpat ❣ heart)

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

What an absolutely amazing night at @PressPadUK launch - we’re a very young and small (but mighty) social enterprise trying to encourage companies to pay interns, provide accommodation/mentorship for young journos and start conversations around diversity in the media.

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

Imposter content is one of the most common types of #disinformation online. FEAR NOT! You can learn to spot it. This brilliant thread walks you through a recent example and you can find @firstdraftnews resources in English, French, German and Spanish:

Training and resources for journalists in an age of disinformation

Explore a free library of training content provided by First Draft’s highly experienced team.

firstdraftnews.org

Lotte Lambrecht

@Lotte_Lambrecht

3 years

Did you also see the tweets this morning by Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who protested the war in Ukraine during a Russian news broadcast yesterday? Those are fake. How so?

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

Are you an aspiring journo? Join me at 7pm to talk CVs, job applications, cover letters, portfolios - anything and everything you can prep during lockdown to get a job after. @journoresources @CfJKent @NCTJ_news @NewsAssociates

PressPad

@PressPadUK

4 years

Tuesday 7pm @lauragrb is running our first Masterclass +

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

MY BABY SISTER IS BOSS #Tokyo2020 #gymnastics #Mexico

Elsa Garcia OLY

@elsagarciarb

5 years

Friyay✅ . . #gymnastics #bars #Training #BuenViernes #FelizViernesATodos #Friyay #FridayMotivation #Friday

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

Rule #1 before using photos from social media - run a reverse image search. 👀 You can even do it on your 📱 1 save the photo 2 open 3 upload it 4 check the results More newsgathering + verification tools for journos —>

Resources

Training videos, resources and interactives for journalists on social newsgathering, digital verification and ethics

firstdraftnews.org

Joey D'Urso

@josephmdurso

4 years

OK, so, someone on Twitter used an ~old photo~ of a busy London Fields to make a joke referencing that famous episode of Come Dine With Me, which was then broadcast on ITV News as evidence of people breaking rules. (All the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on!)

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@lauragrb

5 years

PAY 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 YOUR 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 INTERNS 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 @PressPadUK

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@Jem_Collins

5 years

If you ‘need’ someone for work experience, a placement or internship then you ‘need’ to be paying them.

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

Absolute pleasure speaking at @WomenInMediaCon on behalf of @PressPadUK and sharing the stage with @Lucyedyer and @EmmaLBentley (who I spied doing the renegade dance after!) #IWD2020 #InternationalWomenDay2020

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

The unequal access to opportunities via unpaid internships is SO OBVIOUS that it even makes an appearance on @bbc ’s “Bodyguard” - seems I can’t escape the important work we do at @PressPadUK even when I decide to take half a day off

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 months

Thrilled to be part of the team producing BBC World Service Presents: A three-day festival to celebrate the remarkable work of journalists, ahead of World Press Freedom Day on Friday. ➡️Tune in to day 1 here: Join the conversation on #WorldServicePresents

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

If you’re a journalist thankfully these two overlap a little bit - I justify staring at TikTok this way

Earthling

@ziyatong

4 years

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

6 years

Currently hiding behind a column while one f my students records a piece to camera in #360 @CfJKent #vr #ar

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

6 years

How are #Mexican football fans celebrating their progress in the #worldcup ? By being super nice with any South Korean they find! Tune in to @KMTV_Kent to hear me talk about it :)

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

🚨🚨WE'RE HIRING!! 🚨🚨 Want to be on the front-lines of reporting and investigating disinformation? We're looking for a 💡 journo with 3+ years of experience and an excellent nose for a story to join the team. If you speak languages EVEN BETTER!

How newsrooms can support staff reporting on Covid-19

Misinformation surrounding the novel coronavirus is increasing pressure on journalists as they adapt to new isolated work practices.

firstdraftnews.org

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

Don't get fooled by social media imposter accounts tugging at your heartstrings: ❶ See something online that makes you 😡 or 🤣or 🥰? Take a beat before you share. ❷ Look for clues in the profile to verify it. Get more @firstdraftnews

First Draft

@firstdraftnews

4 years

If you're in the UK and seeing news outlets report on tweets by an imposter Woolworths Twitter account, you might want to watch @lauragrb show how you can quickly verify these sorts of accounts on your phone. Context here:

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

Are you a badass journo who speaks Spanish? Want to join the team at @firstdraftnews and monitor and report on disinformation in Spanish speaking communities? ¡Latinxs Assemble! 🇪🇸🇧🇴🇵🇾🇺🇾🇪🇨🇲🇽🇨🇱🇦🇷🇨🇴🇻🇪🇨🇷🇨🇺🇵🇷

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

Impromptu @CfJKent reunion with @journo_EmmaRae at #COP26 youth March Any other CFJ alum around?

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

MUCHO OJO 👀👀 al compartir imágenes y videos que dicen ser de protestas en #CubaSOS sin verificarlas. Esta foto del 2016 en Barcelona se esta viralizando según mostrando las protestas en las calles de la Habana. Te explico como la investigué @firstdraftnews - ABRO HILO 🧵⬇️

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

I get the pleasure of kicking off @PressPadUK 's #PressPadRemote programme 🌟FREE!🌟 TUE 21 APRIL 7PM BST - How can you use your time in lockdown to prep to get a journo job after? *my cat may or may not make an appearance*

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

Calling all young journos! As part of #presspadremote - we’re running 1-1 CV clinics. You send us your CV and either @OliviaCrellin or myself give you personalised feedback over zoom. There’s time slots very Monday - book yours! @PressPadUK

PressPad

@PressPadUK

4 years

At PressPad we get many questions about what to put in CVs to attract editors. Hence we decided to start a free CV clinic where you can send your personal CV to PressPad and get direct advice from our team.

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

Journo buddies - covering a war on the ground isn’t the only way your mental health can be affected. #Ukriane - Vicarious trauma is real - Look after your mental health - Take breaks - Talk to each other @HeadlinesNet have great resources (or get a cat, they’re the best)

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

7 years

Playing with cameras for three decades now - no wonder I became a journalist #bday #30 #photographer

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

¿Sabes cómo utilizar la biblioteca de anuncios de FB/Instagram para investigar quien financía campañas en redes sociales? No te puedes perder esta sesión GRATIS de @firstdraftnews mañana a las 10AM tiempo de México ➡️

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

Hey @BBCr4today lovely piece on the student journalism awards - any reason why there were absolutely no women in it?!!?!? 😡

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

If you need cheering up - here’s my mum @MariaGraciaRod2 reacting to the news that she can’t teach her yoga class indoors cause of #CoronavirusMx 🇲🇽 “I‘ll just take the class outside, get some fresh air & do it at a safe distance from each other! But first some fun!!!” #joy

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@lauragrb

4 years

Spare a thought for the broadcast journalists who have now been filling airtime for 15 mins and will have to keep doing so for however long until Dominic Cummings comes out. #cummingsstatement

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

2 months

10.500 atletas, 300 medallas de oro y muchas historias por contar. Es un privilegio ser la enviada especial a #Paris2024 de @bbcmundo . ¿Qué quieres saber de estos XXXIII Juegos Olímpicos? Toda la cobertura la encuentras en

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

6 years

Marking stories by @CfJKent students there's always an interview or two from @julianspinks and @vincemaple - thank you to you and all the people who treat student journalists with respect. Journalists, in training or not, are important to our democracy.

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

YOUR STAR 🌌 SIGN HASN'T CHANGED People are panicking and resharing old information - that was incorrect, to begin with. Remember that misinformation comes in all shapes & sizes EVEN ♓️ #zodiac signs. ⬇️ 5 tips to verify stories before you share ⬇️

NASA

@NASA

4 years

👀 We see your comments about a zodiac story that re-emerges every few years. No, we did not change the zodiac. When the Babylonians invented the constellations 3,000 years ago, they chose to leave out a 13th sign. So, we did the math:

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

2 years

Very excited I’m finally en route 🇬🇧 ➡️ ✈️ 🇺🇸 to #wijworkshop organised by @InnovationRJI ’s @KatDuncanPhoto and her team. Looking forward to a couple of days of meeting amazing women journalists, learning lots and 🐶 🐶

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

Four down, two amazing tv shows to go. First time were teaching TV Production at @CfJKent , first time I get to teach my own module and these kids are making me damn proud.

Dylan Donnelly

@DylanDonJourno

5 years

SHOW IS DONE. FINISHED. Super proud of all these guys, thank you to @lauragrb for helping out with everything and being an all around hero

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

Hey journo people - want to learn how to become a master at finding things on social? Join @firstdraftnews at 1pm UK time for 30mins 🤯 of jam-packed practical tips and tools. If you've never heard of boolean queries before - bring your lunch, join me!

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

Ladies and gentlemen - my sister (the Olympic gymnast) & my mum (she’s is 60yrs old) being AWESOME together. I’m sooooooo in awe of how PINCHE CHINGONAS they are 🇲🇽😍👏🥳😻🌟

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@elsagarciarb

5 years

Cúando tu mama @mariagracia .rodriguez decide ir un día a entrenar y exige hacer parada de manos con su hija 👭 . . . #ElsaGarcia #elsagarcia #gymnastics #gymnast #designer #model #olympian #speaker #motivationalspeaker #training #trainingday #training

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

6 years

When you’ve just got home from yoga and Mexican tv asks you to do a last minute live about #brexit and the customs union – At least my top half was presentable #lol #journolife

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

Lista para presentar en @cumbredesinfo desde mi cuarto de hotel - #QuarantineLife Es gratis y puedes sintonizar la conferencia aquí

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

7 years

To all the incredible women I’ve had the pleasure to know and photograph - you are what pushes me forward. Thank you for being my inspiration. (A big hug as well to the men who are brave and strong enough to walk alongside such badass ladies) #womenforward #iwd2018

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

2 years

What’s happening in China 🇨🇳? In my FIRST EVER ⭐️ Tiktok for BBC in English, we spoke to @kerrya11en to understand how China's Covid protests are being silenced and what it means for Xi Jinping. Pleasure working with @LauraSLea & @atjohnjohnson today.

TikTok · BBC News

515 likes, 40 comments. “What’s happening in China?”

www.tiktok.com

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

2 years

Impromptu @CfJKent reunión with @Jem_Collins and @Sam_A_Baker at the #JST2022 launch evening.

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

It’s almost 2 years since this amazing🌟 project has been broadcasting LIVE covering local stories, creating original content & giving young journalists from diverse backgrounds their 1st break into the industry. I’m SO PROUD to have been a part of it from the start #madeforkent

KMTV

@KMTV_Kent

5 years

As @KMTV_Kent approaches its two year anniversary 🎊 on Freeview 7 & Virgin 159, we look back at the journey of Kent's dedicated TV station 📺 with @tracey_crouch , @Helen_Whately , Gordon Henderson, @RosieDuffield1 , @vincemaple , @cmackinlay & @TomTugendhat

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

7 years

I don’t think Anya is as excited as I am about my costume - #sadkitty #halloween #proudcatmama

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

“Let me mansplain to you why we need more diversity in the media”- #manels LOL

RadioToday Live

@RadioTodayLive

5 years

Next up, discussion about the need for more diversity in the radio 😳 #digitalradio

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

To mark 10 years of one of Twitter's holiest holidays 🎉- here's my #EdBallsDay present to you. 5️⃣ monitoring and verification tips you can practice to follow this and any other trend I GIVE YOU ED BALLS #OSINT - Thread ⬇️

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

My 1st piece for @firstdraftnews 5 quick ways we can all double check #coronavirus information before we share. False information is spreading faster than the virus. We can protect ourselves together.

First Draft

@firstdraftnews

5 years

The stigma around #coronavirus has been described as "more dangerous than the virus" by the head of WHO. Here are 5 quick ways we can all make sure we're better informed. New from @lauragrb :

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

6 years

For the #cfj10 crew who might be a bit delicate this morning - have a lovely video. Happy Sunday! @CfJKent

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

4 years

Whether it’s driving up toy sales or driving voter registration, the videos created on #TikTok echo far beyond the app, straddling the intersection of culture & politics. ⬇️This @firstdraftnews guide has everything you need to know to start monitoring.

Ultimate beginner’s guide on how to monitor content on TikTok - First Draft

Understanding TikTok’s language, culture and differences from other platforms will help you monitor it effectively.

firstdraftnews.org

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

3 years

Give us a vote kids - plz. So proud to be nominated representing the work we do @firstdraftnews

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@CfJKent

3 years

VOTE NOW!! 🗳️ CfJ student-turned-teacher-turned-verification-guru @lauragrb is up for a webby People's Vote award for her part in this 'How to Fact-Check like a Journalist' video.

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

A small army of 30+ students from @CfJKent will be instrumental in making this happen. Going to 13 counts for 17 constituencies all over Kent. The best way to learn how to be a journalist is just by doing it - study with us

KMTV

@KMTV_Kent

5 years

We'll be LIVE from 10pm on Thurs 12th December for #GeneralElection2019 See us on @FreeviewTV & @virginmedia and a live stream at and . There'll be more than 20 guests on the sofa through the night and we have a team at every count!

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Laura Garcia 🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇬🇧 (she/her)

@lauragrb

5 years

The FIRST ever @CfJKent film festival is underway - we’re watching and celebrating outstanding visual journalism from our 3rd year students. These kids are RIDICULOUSLY talented - watch out world 🌎

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