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About Judith Townend

4 posts · joined 2009-06-23

Judith Townend (@jtownend on Twitter) is a reporter for Journalism.co.uk and blogs at FromtheOnline.com.

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October 19th, 2009

United Kingdom: ‘Super injunction' lifted on Côte d'Ivoire waste dumping report

Trafigura, the British oil trader, has finally released The Guardian newspaper from a secret injunction preventing it from reporting the so-called Minton Report, after an extraordinary week of online activity.

October 9th, 2009

United Kingdom: Tracking government information on transparency websitesVideo post

Holding government accountable in the UK is becoming easier thanks to the gradual opening of public data and several new fantastic online resources by citizens.

August 6th, 2009

United Kingdom: Asylum seekers telling their stories

More and more refugee organizations are using online social media and asylum seekers' own words in their advocacy work and outreach to donors.

June 23rd, 2009

United Kingdom: Court decides against a blogger's rights to anonymity

A new legal precedent has been set for UK bloggers. Last week, in the England and Wales High Court, Mr Justice Eady ruled that a police officer who previously wrote about his working life on his NightJack blog, did not have the right to remain anonymous.