Power Shifts: Sturgeon steps away & investigating the green energy boom
Plus: Scottish Beacon seeks freelancers, Anas Sarwar is told of the challenges of the clean enegry transition and GFT agrees to demands to drop Coca-Cola from festival
This week, we’re very excited to announce our new collaborative journalism project -The Power Shift.
The Scottish Beacon is seeking two freelancers for the project who will investigate and report on the impact of Scotland’s green energy boom on communities.
If this interest you, you can find out more inside…
As well as these stories from our partners:
Anas Sarwar is told of the challenges of the clean energy transition
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Oil leaves Loch Long after six years, as Petroineos remains tight-lipped
…and much more, including elsewhere in local news!
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The Scottish Beacon is looking to hire two freelancers (an investigative journalist and a podcast producer) to work on a new collaborative reporting project investigating the impact of the green energy boom on Scotland's communities.
The Scottish Beacon is excited to announce The Power Shift – a major new collaborative journalism project that will investigate how Scotland’s green energy transition is reshaping land, communities, and power dynamics across the country.
Backed by the Tenacious Journalism Awards, this project will bring together community-based publications from across Scotland to uncover who really benefits from the shift to renewables – and who’s being left behind.
From land ownership and community benefits to the voices that often go unheard, we’ll be digging deep into the positive and negative impacts of Scotland’s energy boom – aiming to inspire cross-community learning as well as holding power to account.
The project will feature in depth stories from 10 of our publishing partners – independent, community-based publications from right across Scotland.
Find out how to apply here.
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