About

"A human being is a part of the whole called by us the universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.

"Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty” - Albert Einstein.

One of my specialisms, and my passions, is socially conscious journalism. 

I've wanted to be a journalist ever since I sat determinedly next to my mum in the car on the way to a football match in Ipswich when I was 13 trying to figure out what to do with my life. After all, time was slipping away from me.

At the time, I knew journalism involved writing, a lot of writing, and that's what I loved to do. But as I grew older, working at unpaid placement after unpaid placement, I realised there was a lot more to the industry than just writing well.

Journalism, at its core, is one of the most important public services of them all. Holding authorities to account, to make sure they serve the public well, and to keep everyone informed with the latest news is such a thrill. Anyone who badmouths the press, sometimes with very good reason, will undoubtedly still be reading the papers or watching the news.

In the last few years, my favourite articles have been the ones that have helped under-represented groups of people to reach a wider audience or that highlighted an under-reported issue. Societal and socially conscious journalism, at its strongest, is incredibly moving and can do a lot of good.

I want to provide a space for my humanitarian articles, thoughts on human-centred issues in the national press and links to any socially conscious articles I have recently read and admired.

So flick through, have a read and I hope some of these articles and thoughts spark your interest. 

Any comments or suggestions for articles are welcomed with open arms. If you want to write a guest post  for the blog, email imogengblake@gmailDOTcom.

PS. This blog is no longer very active due to work committments.