Janice Turner wins Orwell Prize for journalism

RoyalCorgi · 2020-07-09T10:21:11+00:00

Congratulations to Janice - you're one of the best: [[https://twitter.com/TheOrwellPrize/status/1281164995255042048]]

hedgehogger1 · 11/07/2020 10:34

Maybe she went at some with a baseball bat and that will be the next story. They really need to stop using the word "violent" all the time.

PearPickingPorky · 11/07/2020 10:26

The Orwell Foundation tells me that when I was shortlisted in 2017, because my submitted articles included an investigation into the global spike in teenage girls identifying as trans, it was threatened with pickets and considered hiring private security to protect staff. So this year it had to formulate a plan in case of fallout because I had won.

Absolutely crazy.

And here's a TRA complaining to the Orwell Foundation that Janice won, since she commits "violent attacks on the trans community"

twitter.com/jamie_windust/status/1281239755301302273?s=19

ChattyLion · 11/07/2020 09:57

She’s right and it’s scary AF

NotBadConsidering · 11/07/2020 09:23

The Orwell Foundation tells me that when I was shortlisted in 2017, because my submitted articles included an investigation into the global spike in teenage girls identifying as trans, it was threatened with pickets and considered hiring private security to protect staff. So this year it had to formulate a plan in case of fallout because I had won.

Holy shit!

BernardBlackMissesLangCleg · 11/07/2020 09:13

and her article this week (thanks for linking) is as fabulous as ever

BernardBlackMissesLangCleg · 11/07/2020 09:10

oh, how had i missed this? Janice.

her writing is so warm and insightful and so bloody true

SunsetBeetch · 11/07/2020 09:03

[quote ErrolTheDragon]I hadn’t seen this thread - well done Janice!

Here’s her column from today’s Times:

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-woke-left-is-the-new-ministry-of-truth-vmrgt823b?shareToken=7489ab2ab957d5821c96a8f69d7582b5[/quote]
Excellent as always. And Billy Bragg is an even bigger prat than I thought.

ErrolTheDragon · 11/07/2020 08:58

I hadn’t seen this thread - well done Janice!

Here’s her column from today’s Times:

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-woke-left-is-the-new-ministry-of-truth-vmrgt823b?shareToken=7489ab2ab957d5821c96a8f69d7582b5

TehBewilderness · 10/07/2020 00:49

Well earned! I am happy for her and delighted she is donating to women's efforts.

AnneOfQueenSables · 09/07/2020 20:04

This is so well deserved. I subscribed to The Times because of her articles around the GRA. She is excellent.

TheTamingOfTheresa · 09/07/2020 18:24

Ace , thanks nauticant

DianasLasso · 09/07/2020 18:24

Just re-read her "Corbyn is clueless about the working class" article - it is superb (and very much in the spirit of Orwell).

ScrimpshawTheSecond · 09/07/2020 18:05

Fantastic, congratulations, Janice. Well deserved.

ChattyLion · 09/07/2020 17:08

Her 3 articles linked to today by the Times for free are here: mobile.twitter.com/thetimes/status/1281226356685262858

nauticant · 09/07/2020 16:46

Here's a recent(ish) Janice Turner article TheTamingOfTheresa:

archive.is/jKBSy

It's a good example of the quality of her work. She writes about a wide variety of subjects but is often writing about people having the right to have their own views on things.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 09/07/2020 16:40

That's a fantastic gesture to donate the prize money to three women's charities, and great choices.

Nia - that's the charity where Karen Ingala Smith is the Chief Executive - it provides services for women and children who've experienced domestic and sexual violence and is run entirely by and for women

Centre for Women's Justice, which IIRC is run by Harriet Wistrich, Julie Bindel's partner - so many great cases where they've helped get women out of prison, e.g. Sally Challen

Southall Black Sisters - long history of working with Black (Asian & Caribbean) women empowering them to escape poverty & violence

TheProdigalKittensReturn · 09/07/2020 16:40

She deserves it! And yes, Talcum X must be fuming.

jhuizinga · 09/07/2020 16:38

Theresa, The Times Twitter feed has Janice's three winning articles freely available (Janice has retweeted). A well deserved win for Janice. She is the reason I took out a Times subscription, having abandoned the Guardian in despair.

wellbehavedwomen · 09/07/2020 16:37

Brilliant. She's talented and fearless.

I subscribe to the Times now, too. Not precisely my natural political home, but seeing the Independent has collapsed, and the Graun now thinks Owen Jones is worthy of eminence and pander to the US, to attract sufficient clicks, there aren't that many choices. At least they do genuinely serious journalism. People like Janice Turner are worth paying for.

Free media has been the death of journalism, sadly.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 09/07/2020 16:32

You can read two articles a week, IIRC, by signing up with an email address. That's what I do. I did have a sub for a while but lockdown put paid to that, sadly.

TheTamingOfTheresa · 09/07/2020 16:29

I haven’t been able to see any of Janice’s writing because it’s behind paywalls. Does anyone have a share token / link?

StandUpStraight · 09/07/2020 16:27

Janice Turner is the reason I subscribe to The Times. I just love her writing. And she is so damn fearless.

nauticant · 09/07/2020 16:21

Since I'm partly to blame for the maths derail, I'll help get things back on track:

mobile.twitter.com/VictoriaPeckham/status/1281243257654124548

Now that's the way to do it.

Binterested · 09/07/2020 16:02

Fab. And some nice blue tick endorsement as well. Not brave enough to tell the truth themselves but will congratulate a resolute truth teller

Tide is turning ....

justanotherneighinparadise · 09/07/2020 15:31

Brilliant!! Let the adults, adult!