Jacob Furedi
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social
editor of a new magazine called DISPATCH | www.dispatch-media.com
Trailer parks aren’t just an American phenomenon — thousands of people live on them in Britain. New data obtained by Dispatch shows that in just one English county, fires break out almost every fortnight. @jacobfuredi.bsky.social tells the story of one of them: dispatch-media.com/the-burning-...
"Politics is my work, for sure." A few weeks before Martin Parr died, he sat down with Dispatch to discuss his legacy. Read the interview below:
Ahead of Thatcher's centenery, I travelled across the UK to speak to those still living in her Britain. I interviewed dozens of people — including an IRA bomber, a Toxteth rioter, and a Scottish miner who celebrated her death. You can read the result in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social.
An IRA bomber, a Scottish miner, a Toxteth rioter, a Welsh 'lout'. How are they faring today? Ahead of her centenary, @jacobfuredi.bsky.social reports from the frontlines of Thatcher's Britain:
Vividly remember reading this for the first time. A deeply unsettling experience. Well worth 10 minutes of your time.
Dispatch@dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 12mo ago"It turns you into a loner, that’s the problem with this job." María Sonia Cristoff returns to Patagonia's ghost towns — where she finds a oil man imprisoned by solitude.
With Trump touching down in the UK today, spare a thought for the Suffolk villagers forced to live next to an American airbase stuffed with nuclear weapons. Even better, make some time for this very classy long-read from Jonathan McAloon: dispatch-media.com/american-nuk...
American nukes in an English village
A top-secret airbase • In sleepy Suffolk • Locals go to war
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"Will Dispatch ever serve up AI slop to its readers?" Listen to @jacobfuredi.bsky.social's response on Radio 4's The Media Show this week.
Who is Margaux Blanchard? Margaux Blanchard net worth? How old is Margaux Blanchard? Is Margaux Blanchard married? Tbh, I don't know. But today I wrote about how @dispatchmedia.bsky.social exposed her — and why she matters: dispatch-media.com/margaux-blan...
Margaux Blanchard, the journalist who didn't exist
Dispatch rumbles AI fraud • The power of reporting • Introducing the Blanchard offer
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Bravo @jacobfuredi.bsky.social and @pressgazette.co.uk @charlottetobitt.bsky.social for rumbling this. Doesn't reflect brilliantly on the magazine industry, sadly. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles
Wired and Business Insider have removed freelance articles over concerns they were written by AI under a fake name.
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Very cool to see Dispatch publish its first Grammy winner. Somehow, Jon Cleary writes as arrestingly as he plays piano...
Dispatch@dispatchmedia.bsky.social · last yr."Twenty years ago this month, a hurricane named Katrina showed up to the party, uninvited, and tore our playhouse down." Jon Cleary on New Orleans:
With journalists barred and misinformation rife, covering the war in Gaza can feel impossible. On Dispatch today, read Hasan Jber’s extraordinary diary of life in a refugee camp. It's as strong a tonic as any to your usual op-eds and armchair analysis.
Dispatch@dispatchmedia.bsky.social · last yr."Life in Gaza is measured not in days or weeks, but in litres of water." Hasan Jber's diary of daily life in the al-Bureij refugee camp is free to read:
Two weeks ago, four people fell to their deaths from Whitby’s cliffs in four days. Within hours, wild serial-killer rumours went viral on TikTok — a grim example of how the “content” economy rewards ghoulish voyeurism. My report for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social is below:
Spies, strip clubs and suspicious Grandmasters... A cracking read, in which Euan makes a compelling pitch for Dispatch's much-coveted 'Chess Correspondent' role.
Dispatch@dispatchmedia.bsky.social · last yr.In Latvia, Russian-speaking citizens are branded spies and saboteurs. In response, they play chess. Euan Dawtrey reports:
Obviously I'm biased — but this feels like important work by @petercarlyon.bsky.social on Britain's measles crisis. Uncovering the human stories behind a very important (and unreported) datapoint:
Dispatch@dispatchmedia.bsky.social · last yr.There's been a surge in measles cases across the UK — but after crunching the data, one borough sticks out. @petercarlyon.bsky.social reports from Hackney, east London:
This is a fascinating essay on Paul Ray, the founder of the EDL – a strange and troubled sounding bloke @dispatchmedia.bsky.social dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...
The forgotten founder of the EDL
Paul Ray lit the fuse • Then disappeared • From Luton to Ukraine
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Tommy Robinson is widely considered the founder of the EDL — but he wasn’t. That dubious honour goes to Paul Ray, a “counter-Jihad” blogger from Luton who disappeared shortly after its launch. What happened to him? @jacobfuredi.bsky.social found him in Ukraine: dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...
Once the most divisive comedian in Britain, Roy 'Chubby' Brown is still performing at 80. But who’s showing up to watch him? I went to Blackpool to find out, for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social. dispatch-media.com/an-evening-w...
An evening with Britain's most offensive comedian
Is Roy 'Chubby' Brown still alive? • Yes • Good evening, Blackpool
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Meet the Sovereign Project — a group of a fringe eccentrics who believe Britain's laws and taxes are a form of slavery. Earlier this month, Fred Sculthorp went to the pub with them. Read in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social: dispatch-media.com/inside-the-k...
Inside the Kingdom of the Sovereigns
The Brits who don't pay tax • Meet the Sovereign Project • Pete has a plan
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It's sports week at @dispatchmedia.bsky.social — and who better to kick things off than @roisinlanigan.bsky.social? On pigeon racing, the King and a retired builder called Terry. dispatch-media.com/the-men-who-...
The men who race pigeons
A King's betrayal • Athletes of the sky • Don't tell PETA
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Next week, two men will go on trial at Newcastle Crown Court for... chopping down a tree. Some locals have accused them of "treason"; others have called for them to serve life sentences. Why? Jonnie McAloon reports from the Sycamore Gap: www.dispatch-media.com/the-trials-o...
The trials of the Sycamore Gap
A tree has fallen • The North remembers • Pint?
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So delighted I finally get to share this piece by Rachel Dec in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social. One beautiful paragraph after another. On San Fracnisco's 'utopia'. dispatch-media.com/slouching-to...
Slouching towards San Francisco
Big Tech's party scene • An earthquake is coming • Champagne and McNuggets
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"Blaiklock goes on to describe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a 'Nazi'... But her real fury is reserved for Farage." Read Michael Crick on the forgotten woman who created Reform UK: dispatch-media.com/the-woman-wh...
The woman who made Reform UK
Catherine Blaiklock wants revenge • She's called the police • A barefoot interview
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Cornwall is a strange place: both a middle-class playground and a region scarred by rural poverty. @natashacarthew.bsky.social knows all about the latter. Here she is on the allure of opioids — in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social today: dispatch-media.com/cornwalls-pe...
Cornwall's perfect storm
Locals feel lost • Opioids arrive • The skies darken
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Delighted to see @dispatchmedia.bsky.social's opioid investigation featured on the cover of this week's Spectator and inside the New Statesman.
𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍'𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐈𝐃 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐒 I'm kicking off @dispatchmedia.bsky.social today with a months-long investigation into the rise of nitazines — a new synthetic opioid 40 times stronger than fentanyl. Link and interactive map below:
if u would like to read 3,000 of my words about pigeon racing then u can do that by subscribing to this magazine (equally don't let that put u off)
Jacob Furedi@jacobfuredi.bsky.social · last yr.Some personal-professional news: ... Introducing Dispatch — a new magazine fuelled by frontier spirit. Link and more info below.
A former UnHerd deputy editor has launched an online magazine, Dispatch, which says it will focus on American-style longform journalism. Founder @jacobfuredi.bsky.social said Dispatch, which is launching on Ghost, will initially be free before adding a paywall selling subscriptions at £7.50 a month.
The worst time to launch a magazine
Dispatch is born • With frontier spirit • Not an April Fool's
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Some personal-professional news: ... Introducing Dispatch — a new magazine fuelled by frontier spirit. Link and more info below.
