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The Story So Far

Ctrl.Alt.Shift year one was crazier than Boris Johnson's hair.

Following our launch in June 2008, we embarked on a mission to fight social and global injustice. As well as exposing madness and bringing the world to rights on the website and magazine we took action against countries restricting the travel of people living with HIV and highlighted the 50 million women missing in India. Given our love for all things art, music and culture, we teamed up with Vice, BALTIC, Sadlers Wells, and launched a film project which resulted in five shorts which are now touring festivals.

Ambassadors and talent who got down with the Ctrl.Alt.Shift cause included Julian Barratt, Martin Freeman, Chipmunk, Young Knives, Metronomy, Nan Goldin, Alexa Chung, David Shrigley, Matthew Stone, T Magic, The Streets, Mystery Jets, Boy Better Know and MPHO.

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Ctrl.Alt.Shift team

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Online Editor
Dwain Lucktung

Dwain started life at Ctrl.Alt.ShiftHQ as a journalism graduate and took to reporting like a duck to a large body of calm water. He’s spent two weeks in the Congo, broken his toe playing footy and wishes to be the first Asian James Bond. Blog
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Deputy Editor:
Eva Baker

 Eva's currently living and loving all things deputy editorial at CAS HQ, and has already bagged some cracking interviews, from civil rights activist Jesse Jackson to Jurassic 5. She's lived and worked in Panama, Cuba and Barcelona, and has a fondness for hip hop, sunshine islands and all things Latin American.
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Events:
Olivia Flint

Olivia may not look like your typical rock goddess but she can be found drumming, strumming and throwing her weight about in and out of the Ctrl.Alt.ShiftHQ. She also has a penchant for sandwiches, protests and holiday camps. Youtube
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Events:
Rosie Underwood

 Rosie's missioned down to the mean streets of London from bonny Scotland to dedicate her year to the Ctrl.Alt.Shift events team. She's got a passion for Irn Bru, haggis and whisky. Standard. Oh, and she spent 10 weeks in Ghana as part of the Platfrom2 programme, which explains this cheesy (but cute) photo.
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Students:
Chris Mead

A man of many talents Chris plays the saxaphone, does more theatre than Kevin Spacey and reel’s off film facts like it’s nothing. He looks relatively good in lycra which, for the record, is due to cycling habits and nothing to do with cross-dressing. Think of him as a teenager in a man’s body. Blog

 
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Students:
Amy Hall

 Amy spends most of her time hassling students into becoming activists for Ctrl.Alt.Shift... and anyone else who crosses her path for that matter. She loves wandering around on her bike, and has been known to create great and wonderful things from lentils and chickpeas.
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Contributing Editor:
Riz Ahmed

Oxford graduate and owner of many amazing multi-coloured jackets, Riz is the star of acclaimed movie Shifty, the television series Britz, and award winning film, The Road To Guantanamo. Under his moniker Riz MC he’s recorded anthems like Post 9/11 Blues. Legend. Website
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Contributing Editor:
Richard Lemmer

Having founded a college fanzine and blagging his first interview with MP Alan Johnson at the tender age of 17, he’s interviewed Maroon 5, The Killers, the Prince of Jordan, The Yes Men and Noel Clarke amongst others. He lives off nothing but orange juice and hot cross buns. Fact. Blog
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Contributing Editor:
Kevin E.G. Perry

After reporting from Congo for Ctrl.Alt.Shift he was shortlisted by The Guardian for their International Development Journalism Award and sent to India to write for them. He’s also a regular contributor to Drowned in Sound and Artrocker, and as a student he edited a newspaper called The Beaver. Blog
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CAS Writer:
Fadah Jassem

Goldsmiths graduate in Anthropology and Media, Fads interviews, reviews and highlights important issues for CAS.  Find her glued to her books, macbook and earphones with a slice of cake on the side. Hopes to be a Dr in something one day! Blog
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CAS Writer:
Dan Glass

CAS partner in crime Dan organises with activist networks 'So We Stand' and 'Plane Stupid' to confront social and environmental injustice. He revels in creating cheeky ways to be a thorn in the side of those destroying the planet, duly sticking himself to Prime Minsters, occupying airports, and dancing with old ladies blighted by flightpaths...
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CAS Writer:
Maleena Pone

Maleena is a freelance presenter, journalist and poet.  She loves homegrown music for the soul and supports independent artists who continue to flourish and be an example of the alternative. She feels that there are never enough questions to ask the world, and agrees whole heartedly with Lois Lane, “There’s far too much injustice around us to be ignored any longer..."
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CAS Writer:
Josh Toussaint Strauss

Josh is a freelance journalist and camera operator living and working in London, and issues of conflict and forced migration have for a long time been of great interest and concern to him. Through a readjusted lens, he wishes to expose the cirumstances that those living on the ‘periphery’ of society experience every day.
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CAS Writer:
Melanie Scagliarini

Melanie is a freelance journalist and activist, and is passionate about finding the stories that don’t hit the mainstream news. When she isn’t travelling around the world, she spends her time in London - attending international development and human rights events and campaigning. Her epitaph would read "should’ve gone to the pub more."