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Jasmine Owens

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
As seen in: Ethical Consumer, The Guardian, The Skinny, The Co-Operative News, The Ferret, The Meteor (Manchester, UK), The Bell (Glasgow), H&E Naturist
Freelance journalist, and co-editor at Ethical Consumer magazine. Tips and requests to: jasmineowensfreelance@outlook.com or Signal sig54321.08

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Journalist experienced in investigations and safeguarding.

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Millions of litres of oil seeping into UK soil from ageing electricity cables

Millions of litres of oil seeping into UK soil from ageing electricity cables

FOI requests reveal leaks beneath cities, residential areas, riverbeds and fields in 'huge problem for enviro…

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Edinburgh University students 'interrogated' by police over Palestine posters

Edinburgh University students 'interrogated' by police over Palestine posters

Edinburgh University students were "interrogated" by police at their desks over posters featuring Palestinian…

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'No home' for housing co-ops in Scottish government, FOI reveals

'No home' for housing co-ops in Scottish government, FOI reveals

Jasmine Owens investigates the policy environment for housing co-ops under the Scottish government - and find…

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Decolonising chocolate

Decolonising chocolate

Child labour, poorly paid farmers, and unjust global distribution of profits are key ingredients in the globa…

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The controversial history of Glasgow's naked swim

The controversial history of Glasgow's naked swim

"Where's the line between safeguarding and fear-mongering?"

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Produce of Exploitation: UK supermarkets and migrant labour in southern Spain

Produce of Exploitation: UK supermarkets and migrant labour in southern Spain

For 20 years, migrant agricultural workers in the Almeria and Huelva regions of southern Spain have faced fla…

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Love Bites: Blisters and Tent Face

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By Jasmine Owens
| The Skinny Verified
Last night was so cold I slept in a rain poncho. Already wearing every piece of clothing I'd brought for the month-long walk, the cheap yellow plastic beckoned from the rucksack. Covering my head and torso, the poncho fast became a wet bag of slightly less cold air. I registered the risks of sleeping with essentially a happier version of a bin bag covering my face, before drifting into a dream about finding a sports bag full of blankets. Dawn arrived through the tent walls.
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Supply chain policies that protect workers’ rights

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By Jasmine Owens
| Ethical Consumer
Jasmine Owens looks at what companies can do to meaningfully support worker welfare in their supply chains, and shares examples of companies with strong approaches. Ethical Consumer has rated thousands of companies on what they do to ensure that workers in their supply chains are treated fairly. While many companies claim to have supply chain policies that uphold worker welfare, lots of this is box ticking and doesn’t actually mean much.
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Inside the final years at Co-operative College

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By Jasmine Owens
| The Co-Operative News Verified
Jacqui Thomasen is Co-operative College’s last CEO. The College survived a world war, global economic crises, and a century of change in education and co-operation. It provided world class training to co-operators in the UK and abroad, and many in the movement fondly recall its residential centre Stanford Hall. I ask Thomasen, via videocall, if she’ll be the last person working for the College when it fully winds up in October. She’s silent for a few seconds, eyes wide.
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