Simon Allison

@simonallison.bsky.social

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Newspaper person. Co-founder @thecontinent.org

Advert for the The Continent newspaper, published in sister publication The Atlas, showing a busy street scene in Mbare, Harare. A mural is painted on the wall of a building, showing two people reading newspapers with the slogan - READING IS RESISTANCE.
South Africa's national men's football team arriving in Mexico City for the world cup. This image shows them disembarking from a charter plane, operated by Omni Air International.
Front cover of the first issue of The Atlas newspaper, with the headline: The Writing is on the Wall: Inside the fight to own the 24-millennium news cycle. The illustration on the front is of the Blombos Pattern, humanity's earliest recorded artwork, carved into red ochre 75,000 years ago. The texture of the paper behind the engraved rock replicates the Blombos Pattern itself - a series of bisecting, uneven diagonal lines. This is the pilot edition of The Atlas, a collaboration between Coda Story and The Continent.
Illustration of six people sitting around a square coffee table, in a lush garden, participating in a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony. The illustration is headlined 'Coffee with The Continent'
Front cover of Issue 229 of The Continent, headlined 'Here we go again'. The image depicts Trump, Rubio and Vance as old-fashioned colonisers, fighting an imperial war.
A story about how celebrations of Timket, an Ethiopian Orthodox festival, have been muted in Minnesota due to ongoing immigration enforcement. Ethiopian and Eritrean families are choosing to stay at home rather than risk going to church.
Front page of The Continent Issue 218, showing an illustration of a fractured Sudan. With the headline: Genocide Resumes in Darfur as Sudan tears apart.
The Cover of The Continent Issue 217, showing an illustration of a boat on the Red Sea, with people drowning in the water below. It is headlined: Exodus - Why We Leave Tigray.
Advertisement for The Continent newspaper, depicting two astronauts sitting on a bench. One is looking at their phone, the other is reading a newspaper. Above the illustration is text that reads 'Can't trust the internet? Read a newspaper instead.'
Front cover of The Continent Issue 210, headlined 'The Goma blues'. Image depicts a collage of scenes from a graphic story about life under occupation in Goma.
Cover of The Atlantic about the war in Sudan, headlined 'The war about nothing'.
Page from The Continent newspaper, showing an illustration of an Ethiopian wedding scene. It's the introduction to a story about Mahmoud Ahmed, the king of Ethiopian Tizita music, who has just retired.
Title page of The Museum of Stolen History, a new series in The Continent. "Things can be taken. Their stories must still be told". Depicts an illustrated museum display cabinet featuring the Bangwa Queen and the Golden Crown.
Cartoon depicting the three wise men on camels. Instead of looking at a star, they are looking at an explosion in the sky. One of them says, 'That's where we'll find the genocide'.
Headline from The Continent newspaper that reads: Nyusi, Be more civil, servants (or else). The story is about the president of Mozambique, who has threatened not to pay civil servants if post-election protests continue.
An image of a job advert for News Editor at The Continent, a pan-African paper. To apply, send a CV, a work sample and 100 words saying why you are the right fit.