Having been both longlisted and shortlisted in the past, I submitted my entry in March with no illusions except for a faint hope for expansion of the discourse and a useful litmus test of its limits in the current climate.
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Anna Chen – 31 July 2023, Julian Assange Julian Assange punished for informing the public There’s something monumental and mythical about the Promethean figure of Julian Assange having his liver pecked out every day by the US eagle for taking information from the self-styled gods and giving it to us humans. In Graeco-Roman mythology, Prometheus
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Anna Chen – 23 October 2013, The Orwell Prize 2014 launch Had a fun time as a guest speaker for the Orwell Prize 2014 launch event held at the Frontline Club last month, talking about ‘Internet and the modern self: manners and abuse online.’ Paul Anderson took this video of my bit. Also on the
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Anna Chen – 15 April 2010, The Orwell Prize I’m celebrating, so I can’t be long. Hic! MC Jean Seaton, Orwell Prize Director, said of Madam Miaow: “… independence and spirit.” And that we bloggers were “representing reporting from places that aren’t getting reported.” A lovely event tonight at Reuters over drinks and canapes (hunks
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