Emily Hart

Experience

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  Matrix Chambers

  Jul 2007 - Jul 2007

  Work Experience
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  Global Friends in Action

  Jan 2010 - Apr 2010

  Project Manager

  I held responsibility for various activities including the management and budgeting of a building and renovation project for community housing. I also wrote a proposal for the renovation of the community centre, including the research and planning of an inclusive community education scheme. This was a proposal for $30, 000, accepted by GFIA's donors. I was also involved in meetings with Winstone Zulu and other community leaders, planning the establishment of an HIV/AIDS Advocacy Network in Northern Zambia: collecting information about needs of those living with HIV/AIDS in the area. Show less

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  Student Hubs

  Jun 2011 - Feb 2012

  The Oxford Forum for International Development is the UK's highest-profile student-led conference on Global Development, celebrating its 5th Anniversary in the year I directed: it runs for 3-days, with over 50 speakers and more than 400 delegates. As director, I was responsible for all elements of the conference's planning and execution, overseeing a committee of 20 other students. The team planned a conference addressing issues from obstacles for emergent economic forces to cyber conflict, with high-profile speakers such as Stefan Dercon (Chief Economist at DfID), Dan Smith (Secretary General of International Alert) and Geoffrey Robertson QC. OxFID employed creative advertising strategies across various media, as well as keeping a blog in the run-up to the conference, a giving a full report and handover to the 2013 team. Show less

  • Director of the Oxford Forum for International Development (OxFID)

    Jun 2011 - Feb 2012

  • Director of the Introduction to International Development

    Jun 2011 - Nov 2011
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  Cherwell Newspaper, University of Oxford

  Feb 2012 - Mar 2013

  Section Editor

  Planning, commissioning, editing and proofreading weekly content, to designing page layout on Photoshop and InDesign, as well as writing and creating editorial content, and overseeing logistics and delivery to Oxford colleges.I also contributed to the student press as a photojournalist, having a photo-essay published in the Cherwell Newspaper, and winning the Oxonian Globalist's photography competition in 2013.

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  Bridging a Gap Community Initiative

  Mar 2012 - Apr 2012

  Researcher

  BAGCI is a community-run education and nutrition programme in Kajjansi, Uganda: as well as assisting in the day to day administration of the programme, I conducted research for the 2012 Annual Report, including interviews with members of the community, leaders of the town council, individuals involved in the running of the programme, and beneficiaries. I also did photography for BAGCI Annual Report, as well as creating content for publicity and fundraising.

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  PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools)

  Jul 2012 - Aug 2012

  Intern (Student Hubs 'Ethical Intern Cohort 2012')

  Selected for The Oxford's Hub 'Ethical Intern Cohort', I was matched with PEAS, a global charity/social enterprise hybrid whose aim is to expand access to sustainably delivered, quality secondary education across Africa. I had a wide range of tasks and responsibilities including research, proposal-drafting, and monitoring and evaluation.

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  The Admirable Crichton

  Jul 2012 - Feb 2013

  Member of the Waiting Staff
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  Oxfam

  Dec 2012 - Dec 2012

  Intern

  Collecting, researching and writing stories for press and for Oxfam's own publications; meetings with journalists and documentary-makers to discuss coverage and collaborative projects; creative development of a video project on land-grabs; transcription of interviews.

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  Protect

  Feb 2014 - Aug 2014

  Legal Research Intern

  Protect (formerly 'Public Concern at Work') is a civil liberties NGO, advising workers about the legal protection at their disposal should they suffer discrimination for raising a public interest concern. At PCaW I read case reports and completed written analysis for the database. I was also involved with media-monitoring, and the newsletter.

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  Seven Hills

  Dec 2014 - Jan 2015

  Intern

  At 'Britain’s campaigning company’, I prepared briefs, wrote and designed reports, drafted press releases, and conducted creative research for campaigns.

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  ARTICLE 19

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

  Researcher / Communications and Campaigns Team

  A human rights NGO which monitors, researches, publishes, lobbies, sets standards, and litigates on behalf of freedom of expression, as well as promoting freedom of information. I researched and drafted briefs and memoranda on topics from encryption and self-incrimination, to media regulation and intermediary liability, as well as on issues of privacy and surveillance, and the intersection of freedom of expression and disability. Sources from case judgements and legislation to news coverage and academia.I worked with all of ARTICLE 19's global teams, as well as translators, designers, and researchers, to coordinate creation, production, and delivery of content ranging from reports and legal briefings to press releases and blogs. 2015 Annual Report (see below) - researching, drafting, and coordinating design and production. Author of ARTICLE 19's Style Guide and Editorial Policy.Author of ARTICLE 19's submission to the UN Human Rights Council's UPR of the UK (3rd Cycle).Presented on digital rights and art at FutureDocs 2015 festival (http://www.watchdocs.pl/futuredocs/activists,13.html) Show less

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  Writing Rights Ltd

  Oct 2016 - now

  Researcher | Writer | Director

  - Research, copywriting, and editorial services with a focus on human rights.- Author of ARTICLE 19's Global Expression Report, now in its ninth year: featured in the Guardian, Times, BBC, CNN, Sky News, Time Magazine, etc; also cited by Special Rapporteurs to the UN and to the Council of Europe. - Working with UNHCR, ARTICLE 19, Hay Festival, Digital Freedom Fund, ICVA, Mohajer App, Privacy International, Refugee InfoBus, WeMove.EU, and others.Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP). Show less

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  Self-Employed

  Jan 2019 - now

  Journalist

  - Bilingual multimedia journalist based in Colombia; NCTJ-qualified;- Features for New York Times, Prospect, Sunday Times Magazine, Pitchfork, Dazed, Delayed Gratification, etc;- News for The Times & Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Colombia Reports, Archant publications, etc;- Live reporting for BBC News, Sky News, and Times Radio; - Newsreader and host of the Colombia Calling podcast;- Research & writing for the ContraMiradas Exhibition - stories from the urban periphery of Medellin; Show less