Joe Houghton

About

Joe Houghton is a London-based freelance journalist from the Brecon Beacons in Wales.

He has a Masters with Distinction in Broadcast Journalism from City, University of London and a BSc in Anthropology from UCL. 

As well as freelancing for various clients he also runs his own page, called @dis.informed, focussed on tech news and promoting social media literacy.

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My Latest Work

Global South World •

Did big oil companies use the COP summit in Brazil for their own agenda?

The study by the Climate Action Against Disinformation coalition (CAAD) and the Climainfo Institute found the number of Big Oil ads in Brazil increased by 2,900% in the run-up to the COP30 summit. Researchers behind the study have called this an “unprecedented greenwashing campaign”.Using data collected by the Centre for Climate Communication and Data Science (C3DS) at the University of Exeter, the researchers found that Big Oil companies were pouring money into Google ads targeting Brazil. Thes...
Global South World •

Trump hopes to secure U.S. mineral rights as he hosts peace talks between Rwanda and DRC

The leaders hope the peace deal can end the latest round of bitter fighting in eastern DRC, most notably between government forces and M23 rebels linked with Rwanda. Trump, on the other hand, has his own stake in brokering peace: mineral rights.The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most mineral-rich countries in the world, with an estimated wealth of $24 trillion in natural minerals. Many of these minerals are vital for expanding the IT and AI industries, on which the U.S. relies. So fa...
Global South World •

Jaipur's giant air filters tackling India's pollution: Are they just a ‘PR gimmick’?

Memes online have compared the purifier towers to “water filters in the ocean” or “an AC outside your house in 45-degree heat”. Officials say each box can cleanse a small zone roughly 20 metres in radius, sucking in polluted air and filtering out the dangerous fine particles, like PM2.5.PM2.5 is particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometres in diameter, particularly dangerous as it can penetrate deep into a person’s lungs and enter their bloodstreams, bringing severe health risks.The critics s...
Global South World •

What has sparked protests in Peru?: Video

The unrest began as a ‘Generation Z March’ against pension reforms and has grown due to anger over ‘government corruption and violence’.The reforms require all citizens over 18 to enrol in either the state-run Office of Pension Normalisation or a private Pension Fund Administrator, a mandate that experts warn will burden workers in a country where around 70% of employment is informal. Many believe it will worsen inequality and disproportionately affect low-income Peruvians.The marches were led b...
City London News •

Meet the Green leadership candidates - City News

“Sorry I’m late, even this early thing’s get hectic” Ellie Chowns MP tells me. It’s 9:25am and Ellie is already two hours into her working day.
Ellie is the Green Party MP for North Herefordshire and has just launched her joint leadership bid with Adrian Ramsey.
They’re up against surprise challenger and current deputy leader Zack Polanksi, who launched his campaign for leadership in the Guardian. In the Guardian article Zack said he wants to see the Green party transform into a “mass movement”...
City London News •

Protesters at Kurdish Community Centre voice regret - City News

Following a moment of erupting tension with police at protests on Thursday over what protestors are calling ‘unjust and heavy-handed’ arrests at a Kurdish Community Centre, some of those who had been present tell City News they’re feeling regretful.
‘The police aimed to provoke us, we can’t fall into their hands’ one senior protestor said.
‘Those people had been trying to have a decent demonstration from the beginning’ he added.
The brief clash took place on the evening of Thursday 28th. Protest...

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