RADIO ACADEMY AND WIMB AUTUMN SOCIAL 2023
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UK GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT SUMMIT IN BELFAST
NEW JOBS, FACILITIES AND FUNDING ANNOUNCED OF NORTHERN IRELAND INVESTMENT SUMMIT... Read More
A SUMMER TOUR OF BELFAST'S 'BETTER' SWIMMING POOLS
I tried all the council owned swimming pools in Belfast...... Read More
HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN FROM BELFAST
Channel 4 announces Lisa McGee’s brand-new comedy thriller... Read More
WHERE YOU WILL FIND ME ONLINE
Me online... Read More
TÁNAISTE WELCOMES NORTH SOUTH TRADE FOCUS - TRADE NI ECONOMIC REPORT
Trade NI economic report launched in Dublin... Read More
THE DERRY GIRLS EXPERIENCE
A new Derry Girls exhibition has opened at the Tower Museum in the Maiden City.... Read More
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FACE GOING HUNGRY THIS SUMMER - REPORT
New report from UU... Read More
IF NOT THE WOMEN WHO ELSE?
Ukrainian Reconstruction in 2023 and beyond...... Read More
TRADE NI PROSPECTUS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH LAUNCH AT WESTMINSTER
New economic report seeks to provide a blueprint for economic growth and prosperity in Northern Ireland over the next 10 years and beyond.... Read More
CCG MARKS 25 YEARS SINCE WE VOTED FOR PEACE
CCG statement on 'Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland'... Read More
LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2023 #LE23
Coverage of the local council elections in Northern Ireland... Read More
SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE HOSTILITY: EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN IN IRISH JOURNALISM
Report by Dr Dawn Wheatley from Dublin City University's School of Communications... Read More
#GFA25
The Good Friday Agreement 25 years on…... Read More
SDLP SETS OUT PRINCIPLES FOR BUILDING A NEW IRELAND
Publication marks the beginning of a new phase of the Commission’s work with a public engagement programme now also underway.... Read More
BONFIRE DATA REVEALED
Check out some of the costs for every single bonfire in Northern Ireland...... Read More
KEEPING IT TOGETHER
I didn’t know Natalie McNally well but I am so sad that she is dead.... Read More
TROLLS CAN EMAIL ALL FUTURE FEEDBACK TO SMALL D*CK ENERGY AT GET A LIFE DOT COM
NEW YEAR MORE ME... Read More
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Simpsons me festive greetings...... Read More
FROM BELFAST TO BEIRUT AND THE BEKAA VALLEY
Coverage of my recent trip to Lebanon with Trócaire... Read More
TOOT TOOT
I have just joined Mastodon (not the band)... Read More
ON TO THE NEXT JOB
The importance of press freedom... Read More
KING CHARLES BELFAST VISIT
KC3 and Queen Consort Camilla visit Hillsborough and Belfast following the Queen's death... Read More
STORIES OF LOYALIST WOMEN GROWING UP IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Her Loyal Voice amplifying women's voices... Read More
MCCONNELL’S IRISH WHISKY AT THE CRUM
Drinking in gaol!... Read More
JULY BONFIRE INCIDENTS IN FULL
List of bonfire related incidents police are investigating...... Read More
BONFIRE TRAGEDY IN LARNE
A father-of-two in his 30s has died at a bonfire site in Larne.... Read More
JOE LYCETT JOKE COMPLAINT IN BELFAST
Belfast person reports joke to the police!... Read More
MOURNE SEAFOOD COULD MOVE OVER BANK SQUARE NIGHTMARE
Catalogue of problems could force popular restaurant from its Bank Square location... Read More
CEATHRAR CAILÍNÍ DHOIRE (FOUR DERRY GIRLS)
Exploring the Derry and Thornhill College 1990s experience through an Irish language lens.... Read More
NILT SURVEY SHOWS RISING SUPPORT FOR IRISH UNIFICATION, NATIONALIST IDENTIFICATION AND THE NI PROTOCOL
A growing majority in Northern Ireland think Brexit has increased the likelihood of a united Ireland... Read More
THANK YOU, DERRY GIRLS
My reflections on the finale of Derry Girls... Read More
#AE22
Northern Ireland Assembly Election coverage 2022... Read More
WOMEN'S AID AE22 KEY QUESTIONS
Questions WA think you should be asking MLA hopefuls looking for your vote.... Read More
IWD2022 WORLD CHANGING WOMEN
I’m hosting the IWD2022 Women’s Day rally in Belfast on Saturday, March 5th... Read More
WOMEN’S VOICES IN PEACEBUILDING KEY TO SUSTAINABLE AND LASTING PEACE
NWC all-island women’s forum... Read More
TÁ CÚPLA FOCAL GAEILGE AGAM
I am doing Irish language classes with Turas...... Read More
GOODBYE 2021 HELLO 2022
Happy New Year from Amanda.ie... Read More
SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ME
Here’s your card…... Read More
DAPIVIRINE RING WILL REDUCE WOMEN’S HIV RISK
The first long-acting option to protect women from HIV has been recommended for use by WHO... Read More
HEAR HER VOICE
Women’s Aid ‘Hear Her Voice’ project capturing the experience of domestic abuse survivors in Northern Ireland... Read More
WHAT WOMEN WANT END OF YEAR REVIEW!
WIMB END OF YEAR REVIEW... Read More
STORMONT BILL OF RIGHTS EXPERT PANEL ROW
Professor Colin Harvey blocked from expert panel?... Read More
WHY ARE YOU WORKING FOR THEM, AMANDA?
The joy of being a freelance media woman... Read More
BELFAST PREMIERE RED CARPET INTERVIEWS WITH JAMIE DORNAN, JUDE HILL, CIARÁN HINDS AND KENNETH BRANAGH
BELFAST IS LIKE AN UGLY CHILD - YOU LOVE IT THE MOST... Read More
EX-PRISONERS OPEN DOORS CLOSED
Wide ranging interview with Cooperation Ireland CEO Peter Sheridan... Read More
BEING ONLINE BEING YOURSELF BEING SAFE
I’ve been invited to Queerspace to talk about the online world... Read More
SOBER OCTOBER
Giving up booze to raise funds for Aware NI... Read More
IN CONVERSATION WITH LINDA ERVINE, EILEEN WEIR, RACHEL POWELL AND ELAINE CRORY
Women and community sector reps media experience and misogyny... Read More
TEA AND HOPE AT THE #UUP21 CONFERENCE
"We are the Ulster Unionist Party and we are back.”... Read More
TAOISEACH MICHEÁL MARTIN VISITS WOMEN’S TEC
FF leader checks out Women’s Tec... Read More
IN CONVERSATION WITH JOURNALISM LECTURER MAGGIE SWARBRICK
What is the new generation of journalists learning?... Read More
IN CONVERSATION WITH SUSAN MCKAY, FIONNUALA O CONNOR, ANNE HAILES, AND MARY KELLY
Media representation fellowship interview series... Read More
NORTH BELFAST #COFFEEGATE
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip...... Read More
AMANDA JOHNSTON'S HEALTH JOURNEY
What a transformation!... Read More
DUP SAYS NO TO VACCINATION QUERY
Trying to get answers...... Read More
DISTORTION AT THE MAC
New play available to stream September 30... Read More
DEMAND FOR NORTH BELFAST FOODBANK SOARS
Poverty expert Sinead McKinley on the challenges ahead... Read More
MEET BELFAST’S PIE QUEEN SHONEE MCWILLIAMS
In conversation with Shonee McWilliams... Read More
FAMILY LAW EXPERT CLARE CURRAN
In conversation with Clare Curran about family law... Read More
CCTV IN BELFAST SCHOOL TOILETS
CCTV at Belfast Royal Academy... Read More
COFFEE AND CAKE
A new way to support my journalism... Read More
WRITING WITH FIRE
Get your tickets for the Docs Ireland screening... Read More
FORMER CONSPIRACY THEORIST PHILIP BLAIR ON HIS DECONVERSION
A former conspiracy theorist talks to me about his deconversion…... Read More
SCÉALTA WITH JOE AUSTIN IN CONVERSATION WITH AMANDA FERGUSON
Chatting to Joe about life and journalism... Read More
A CODE OF ETHICS?
Private Eye reporting a UK government media code of ethics in the pipeline…... Read More
RIP DAWN FOSTER
Dawn Foster gone too soon... Read More
WOMEN ON AIR WANT MORE NORTHERN/NI WOMEN FOR ITS MEDIA DATABASE
Are you a woman? Do you have a voice? Make it heard.... Read More
INTERVIEW WITH #WIMB BURSARY WINNER
Aoife Burke chats about winning WIMB bursary competition... Read More
CHARITY TO WITHDRAW PATHWAY TO LOCAL ABORTION CARE DUE TO THE FAILURE TO COMMISSION SERVICES
ICNI set to withdraw the central access point into EMA services if funding is not made available by October 1... Read More
MORE EVIDENCE OF CROSS COMMUNITY VETO BEING USED AT STORMONT TO BLOCK RIGHTS
FOI....... Read More
STUDENTS - GET YOUR WIMBELFAST COMPETITION ENTRIES IN!
£500 bursary prize for the winner... Read More
WORKING THROUGH COVID TIMES, A YEAR ON
The Irish Journalist: Working freelance on the pandemic roller coaster... Read More
SHARED ISLAND DIALOGUE
Shared Island Dialogue to consider the equality and inclusivity agenda on the island... Read More
A MEASURE OF JUSTICE
Black communities all over the world were saying ‘covid may be killing us but racism is also killing us’... Read More
THERE WAS NEVER A GOOD WAR OR A BAD PEACE
Street disorder on the streets of the north/NI. No, we aren’t “going back to the Troubles”... Read More
MY SCI MEDIA REPRESENTATION FELLOWSHIP
Call for evidence and information... Read More
NORTHERN IRELAND ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTION TASKGROUP REPORT
NEW: NIACT report vision to deliver abortion, contraception, and sex education... Read More
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION WEBINAR
NWMF panel event chaired by Lilian Seenoi-Barr... Read More
THE MEDIA IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Imagine Festival: How is the media addressing division and reflecting diversity?... Read More
STORMONT CROSS COMMUNITY VETO USED THREE TIMES TO BLOCK WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Cross-community votes triggered over abortion services... Read More
WOMEN IN MEDIA BELFAST LAUNCH
Our first event is on #IWD2021... Read More
“FUNERAL WATCH” IS UNEDIFYING
Enough is enough...... Read More
STORMONT U-TURN ON PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS FACE COVERING GUIDANCE
Stormont had revised its guidance on face coverings after a two-tier system emerged... Read More
MOTHER AND BABY HOMES
State apology from Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Victims and survivors the north/NI are still waiting for an apology, and public inquiry...... Read More
DRY JANUARY
I’m off the sauce for a good cause...... Read More
FESTIVE GREETINGS FROM ME
Christmas 2020 e-card... Read More
AMANDA FERGUSON - GLÓR at Leabharlann Uí Chonghaile
Amanda Ferguson - GLÓR at Leabharlann Uí Chonghaile... Read More
#FIRSTFRIDAYS COFFEE BREAK CATCH UP SERIES
The Irish Secretariat’s Office in Belfast asked me to interview six women from its #FirstFridays network.... Read More
FOODBANKS
Poverty in the north/Northern Ireland... Read More
SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE
My report for The Washington Post: 'Pubs, central to cultural life in Northern Ireland, close to control covid-19'... Read More
MARY COUGHLAN: NO F***ING FILTER
Life Stories launched at the Crum ahead of gigs there this November.... Read More
COMMUNITIES AND COVID
“Communities and COVID” captures uplifting accounts of how grassroots groups in Northern Ireland responded to the COVID-19 pandemic first wave.... Read More
YOU ONLY LIFT A CRYING CHILD
“Communication around the pandemic has been poor. Everyone knows it. What we have at present is a political blockage.” ~ Stephen Grimason... Read More
DERRY, IRELAND AND BEYOND SAYS GOODBYE TO JOHN HUME
The funeral has taken place of former SDLP leader and Nobel Laureate John Hume... Read More
FESTIVAL FUN WITH FÉILE AND EASTSIDE
Féile an Phobail and Eastside Arts festivals will keep you entertained... Read More
BREASTIVAL THE FESTIVAL HAS MOVED ONLINE
Breastfeeding festival inspired by DUP's Sammy Wilson... Read More
WOMEN HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH
Covid-19 Feminist Recovery Plan... Read More
TRYING SOMETHING NEW
I am exploring a new way of working, and a way for you to support my independent journalism... Read More
MY FIRST POST
A little bit about me.... Read More