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Covers:  Humanitarian disasters, human rights, refugees, migration
🔎 Investigating abuses of power in the aid sector ✏️ @newhumanitarian ✉️ 6oldberg@pm.me

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Jacob Goldberg’s Biography

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Jacob Goldberg is a journalist covering human rights and humanitarian crises. He is currently the Investigations Reporter & Editor at The New Humanitarian.

He was previously Editor-in-Chief at New Naratif, and Managing Editor at Coconuts Yangon.

He received journalism awards from the Society of Publishers in Asia in 2017 and 2020.

His work has been cited in the UK parliament.

He can be reached at 6oldberg@pm.me.

Jacob Goldberg’s Journalist Portfolio

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Is the UN really climate neutral? No.

Is the UN really climate neutral? No.

The UN claims to be almost entirely climate neutral, yet that claim is based on buying millions of carbon off…

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Revealed: Why the UN is not climate neutral

Revealed: Why the UN is not climate neutral

The UN claims to be almost entirely climate neutral, yet that claim is based on buying millions of carbon off…

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EXCLUSIVE: Sudanese aid workers face hundreds of job losses

EXCLUSIVE: Sudanese aid workers face hundreds of job losses

Sudan’s conflict has had a devastating impact on local aid workers, even as they take the lead in reaching mi…

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EXCLUSIVE: GiveDirectly loses $900,000 in DRC mobile cash fraud

EXCLUSIVE: GiveDirectly loses $900,000 in DRC mobile cash fraud

GiveDirectly, a leading distributor of cash aid, has suspended all its active operations in the Democratic Re…

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EXCLUSIVE: UK grants 'third country' asylum for two Sri Lankans following suicide attempts

EXCLUSIVE: UK grants 'third country' asylum for two Sri Lankans following suicide attempts

Two Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were transferred to Rwanda earlier this month after attempting suicide on t…

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Myanmar opposition asks aid groups to seek permission to enter its territory

Myanmar opposition asks aid groups to seek permission to enter its territory

Myanmar's opposition government-in-exile has urged local and international NGOs to "seek prior authorisation"…

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Articles

Africa: 'Avoid Using the Term' - Oxfam in Africa Retracts LGBTQ Censorship Guide

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By Jacob Goldberg Verified
| AllAfrica
Bangkok — "Oxfam in Africa has departed from the values that govern the Oxfam Confederation." Oxfam in Africa has walked back internal guidelines that would have barred staff from mentioning LGBTQ rights in public, work-related communications. "No proactive communications linking Oxfam's brand in Africa or Africans to LGBTQIA+ issues and its derivatives," instructs a now-shelved communications guide circulated among Africa-based country directors on 1 June, which The New Humanitarian has seen.
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“Avoid using the term”: Oxfam in Africa retracts LGBTQ censorship guide

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| The New Humanitarian
Share & more Oxfam in Africa has walked back internal guidelines that would have barred staff from mentioning LGBTQ rights in public, work-related communications. “No proactive communications linking Oxfam’s brand in Africa or Africans to LGBTQIA+ issues and its derivatives,” instructs a now-shelved communications guide circulated among Africa-based country directors on 1 June, which The New Humanitarian has seen.
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Data of 600,000 Gaza households exposed in WFP cyber-attack

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By Jacob Goldberg Verified, Irwin Loy Verified
| The African Mirror
A cyber-attack targeting the World Food Programme has exposed sensitive personal information belonging to some 600,000 households in Gaza, the UN’s food agency has confirmed, in what may be the largest-known breach of humanitarian beneficiary data to date. This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian.
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In Myanmar, a Nonprofit Icon Enjoyed Foreign Funding Despite Allegations of Sexual Abuse – VICE (2019)

Awards

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Amnesty International Thailand Human Rights Media Award

2021 - Outstanding online news or feature story

Awarded for “What Happened to Wanchalearm?” (Collaboration between New Naratif, Prachatai and VOD)

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Society of Publishers in Asia

2017 - Opinion

Arguing persuasively and with passion, Jacob Goldberg shows the power of excellent opinion writing to challenge the powerful to live up to their ideals.

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Society of Publishers in Asia

2020 - Reporting on Women’s Issues

Ground-breaking reporting on an extremely difficult subject. A deeply reported story looking at how a gender equality advocate at a nonprofit in Myanmar was able to sexually harass and assault women for years. By showcasing the victims' stories and drawing on research, the story showed the alleged failure by the US embassy and a UN agency to prevent abuses, reflecting systemic gaps in safeguarding mechanisms common within local nonprofits in the developing world.

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