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The Boldspace Outlook: Financial Services Journalism
What does the future of journalism look like as a result of AI? In focusing on change, do we risk overlooking principles that underpin the ways that journalists and communications professionals work together?
Nov 241 min read
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The AI bubble: Is Nvidia artificially engineering chip demand?
Nvidia, among others, has been accused of working to artificially engineer demand, by investing in firms like Mistral, Figure AI, and xAI – which, in turn, redeploy some of the venture capital to buy Nvidia’s chips.
Nov 116 min read
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CIoJ says AI 'kitemark' would support readers' confidence
I am proud to have worked alongside the Chartered Institute of Journalists' council to formulate an industry announcement pushing for the use of a ‘kitemark’ to signify when AI has been used by journalists.
Oct 211 min read
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60 years after Churchill: Emma Soames reflects on a journalistic legacy
On 14th October, Sir Winston Churchill's granddaughter, esteemed editor and author, Emma Soames, gave a keynote speech at the Chartered Institute of Journalists’ 2025 AGM, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the great statesman’s passing.
Oct 172 min read
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Crypto’s embrace of extremism risks derailing legitimate economic progress
A global pattern is emerging: extreme right-wing organisations and state actors are using cryptocurrencies to make clandestine donations to likeminded political movements.
Sep 235 min read
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"Mapping the world is always a compromise": My letter to The Guardian
The article doesn’t acknowledge that the surface of a sphere cannot be represented on a plane without distortion. This was proved mathematically by Carl Friedrich Gauss in the early 1800s...
Aug 222 min read
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The British boss-tech rise
Is boss-tech merely a means to modernise the age-old clock-punch process, or does it herald something more draconian for the already-dampened UK labour market?
Aug 194 min read
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This is what healthy public debate and press freedom look like - log it
Whatever you make of the Home Secretary's proscription of Palestine Action, here is an example of how significant political disagreement - at the national level - can be hashed out
Aug 181 min read
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Sustainable securities: The promise and the pitfalls
In recent years the shores of sustainable finance have been battered by the choppy waters of geopolitics. Despite a surge in growth, public interest, and market momentum between 2020 and 2022 (a result of progressive policy, disclosure frameworks, and an explosion in environmental, social and governance [ESG] investment products) sustainable finance feels as though it is slowing. From 2022 onwards the energy crisis drove international investment in fossil fuels, and ESG retre
Aug 126 min read
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Mounting geopolitical tensions underscore the need for public cloud diversification
US-based public cloud service providers – particularly the ‘big three’, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) –  capture a substantial portion of the global cloud market; with some estimates reaching almost 85%.
Jun 247 min read
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To ESG or not to ESG? Britain’s ‘Big Four’ banks buck the trend of DEI retreat
A counterbalance to claims of trans-Atlantic ESG de-prioritisation, Finextra’s investigation into the UK’s top financial institutions prove that some industries are keeping ESG front of mind.
Jun 175 min read
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Letter to The Guardian editor
In response to 6th September article by Dan Sabbagh: West’s support for missile strikes on Russian forces is waning – Zelensky
Jun 161 min read
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What can populist politicians learn from international drug dealers?
There is one sphere that remains impervious to macro-economic headwinds: the black market of narcotics.
Jun 164 min read
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One in five children live in conflict zones: We must prioritise de-escalation in 2025
One fifth of the world’s children now live in areas impacted by conflict. This figure sinks far deeper now that I am a father.
Jun 161 min read
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RSF UK calls for an immediate end to the massacre of Palestinian journalists in Gaza
To condemn this tragedy, RSF UK asks for signatures on its petition.
Jun 161 min read
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$Trump: The new presidential meme coin
Trump’s new meme coin is symbolic of a rising USA tech-industrial complex – aiming to reduce regulation and influence public policy.
Jun 164 min read
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Trump vs. regulation: What is CFPB Section 1033?
An attempt by the CFPB to develop Open Banking infrastructure in the US, and Trump's attempt to dismantle it.
Jun 163 min read
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Revolution, Syria and Tobacco: A Storied History
What is the connection between Syria, tobacco and the Arab Spring?
Jun 162 min read
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"Legislate AI to augment – not replace – journalists’ work": Advice from an interview with ChatGPT
To ensure AI is rolled out in a manner that is constructive to writers, governments must legislate to augment, not replace, human work – and, most importantly, be guided by the research.
May 296 min read
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NextGen Nordics 2025: Leveraging Data and AI on Europe's regulatory landscape
A busy morning and afternoon at NextGen Nordics were rounded off with a keynote presentation by Dr. Igor Mate, Director, Data Privacy and Digital Regulation at Permobil and Co-Chair, Connect Communities.
Apr 292 min read
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