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Relaunched (with expanded content): Associated Press Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/28/relaunched-with-expanded-content-associated-press-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2012 http://www.aparchive.com/ AP Archive is the film and video archive of the Associated Press The collection includes over 1.
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Refugees Deeply
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/08/refugees-deeply/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2016 Independent digital media journalism site which aims to cover the refugee crisis indepth. Other independent journalism sites on this topic which are worth checking.
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Kleptocracy Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/kleptocracy-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 What is a kleptocracy? Kleptocracy is a system in which well-connected elite is able to use patronage or corruption to exploit the national resources for individual gain.
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Documenting Hate News Index launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/29/documenting-hate-news-index-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2017 Propublica in association with Google News Lab and a data visualization studio called Pitch Interactive has launched a site about hate crimes and bias incidents in the USA.
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Prison Reform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/prison-reform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 This week the RSA published an interesting scoping paper on the future prison . Browse their website to see other examples discussing the role and future reform of prisons.
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Syrian Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/syrian-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 This website hopes to document and preserve evidence of human rights abuses in Syria.
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Lede
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/01/24/lede/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 24, 2011 The Lede is a blog that mixes New York Times content with news stories and postings taken from blogs and citizen journalists. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.
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Welcome New Students!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/09/26/welcome-new-students/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on September 26, 2016 A warm welcome from Special Collections to new students starting this autumn! Here are my top tips to ease you into university life (with a little help from the University Archives).
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Expert opinions cover trust within cultures colour the Anthropocene and more
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/expert-opinions-cover-brexit-zimbabwe-trust-within-cultures-and-more
Professor Jo Brewis from our School of Business has explored the ways in which the gig economy is providing an insidious new means for women to be exposed to sexual harassment.
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