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Writing financial news in the snowy mountains of Georgia
Wed., February 8, 12:46 PM | Comments ( 0 )
My visit to Georgia was not my first trip to the Caucasus area but certainly one of the most amazing and amusing ones. On a cold, late-January Monday morning, we all gathered in Tbilisi’s Freedom Square to go to the mountains of Bakuriani for the Financial News Writing course, run jointly by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The temperature was just below freezing on a gray day with the sky heavy with snow. Freedom Square had witnessed many major events in Georgia’s history including the restoration of Georgia’s independence in 1991 and the Rose Revolution in 2003 that prompted resignation of Shevardnadze and brought a change of power in the country.
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TrustMedia launches voxpop contest to mark Egyptian Revolution anniversary
Tue., January 24, 1:16 PM | Comments ( 0 )
To mark the first anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution on January 25th, Thomson Reuters Foundation is running a live blog on its new multimedia platform, youTrust.org.
http://www.youtrust.org/themes/egyptian-revolution-one-year-on/
The liveblog will document the Revolution's anniversary in real time with exclusive videos, interviews, photos and news in Arabic from our 15 journalists covering events on the ground for Aswat Masriya.
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Bringing women’s health issues to the forefront in China and Africa
Wed., December 7, 4:04 PM | Comments ( 2 )
HIV orphans and mosquito nets are what come to most people’s minds when they think of health problems in Africa. But widespread women’s health problems like fistulas, gender based violence and lack of access to contraceptives lurk just below the surface of public awareness. These were some of the issues discussed in October’s GBC Women’s Health Reporting course in Johannesburg.
Likewise, last month’s Health Reporting course in Beijing, though not specifically focused on women’s health, raised the issue of a shortage of media coverage on women’s issues in China.
But what exactly is the connection between China and Africa, you might ask?
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Where are they now? Catching up with TRF alumnus Ana Katulic
Tue., December 6, 11:55 AM | Comments ( 0 )
Ana Katulic from Croatia was a participant on our Writing and Reporting News course in November 2010 and on our Making TV News course in September 2011. Here is what she has to say about our courses and being a journalist:
How did you become a journalist?
Some people have an ambition to become actors or singers, successful lawyers or managers, but for me, journalism was always on the top of that list. I guess I knew this would be my future occupation since high school. I started writing for the school paper, and then was hired by a local radio station as an intern. Seven years later I'm still working there, as a chief editor of the program.
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Where are they now? Catching up with TRF alumnus Zahar Coretchii
Fri., December 2, 12:15 PM | Comments ( 0 )
Zahar Coretchii from Moldova was a participant on our Writing and Reporting News course in London, March 2011. He writes for the newspaper Moldavskie Vedomosti. Here is what he has to say about the course and journalism in his country:
How did you become a journalist?
I just followed my parents' footsteps, because at the age of 19 when I finished school I didn't know what to do with my life at all. After a few years of study and internships, the job became more and more attractive. Now I feel bored after a week on holiday!
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This week at TrustMedia (2/12/11):
Fri., December 2, 12:08 PM | Comments ( 0 )
On Monday the TrustMedia team welcomed programme coordinator Will back to the office after his weeklong stint in Bangladesh for the IFAD Rural Poverty Reporting course in Dhaka.
All this week, our intern Bobbie has been in Cairo to help with Aswat Masriya as the Egyptian elections get underway. The new Arabic language website provides Egyptians with vital news and information about the ongoing elections in Egypt, and is run by a team of local journalists in Cairo.
Aswat Masriya is looking for a full-time multimedia editor in based in Cairo. For more information click here. The deadline for applications is Monday, 5 December.
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Where are they now? Catching up with TRF alumnus Ioana Matei
Tue., November 29, 4:15 PM | Comments ( 0 )
Ioana Matei is from Romania and works for the Public Television network. She completed our Making Television News course in London, September 2011. Here is what she has to say about the course and being a journalist:
How did you become a journalist?
I considered journalism as an interesting career since high school. Yet, at that time it was just one of many, many options. I used to write articles for websites now and then, and I even had an internship at a business newspaper. As a student, I kept looking for jobs and career opportunities. I used to drive my parents insane because I was getting hired one day and quitting the next day. All this ended when I first set foot in a TV newsroom.
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This week at TrustMedia (25/11/2011)
Fri., November 25, 4:52 PM | Comments ( 0 )
It's been a hectic week at TrustMedia, so this will be a quick post.
TrustMedia intern Bobbie is off to Cairo next week to help with Aswat Masriya as the Egyptian elections begin on Monday, 28 November! The Arabic language website provides Egyptians with vital news and information about the upcoming elections in Egypt, and is run by a team of local journalists in Cairo.
An English language version of the website is in the works and should be available soon, so stay tuned!
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Where are they now?: Catching up with TRF alumnus Analia Llorente
Thu., November 24, 12:18 PM | Comments ( 0 )
Analía Llorente from Argentina completed our Writing Financial and Business News course in London, November 2009. Here is what she has to say about the course and life as a journalist in Argentina:
How did you become a journalist?
The first time I entered a radio studio, I was 12, and I thought to myself, ‘this is where I want to be’. As soon as I finished secondary school I began working at the leading radio station in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was just by chance, and I began at the very lowest position: picking the phone to listen to the audience's calls. Ten years ago I discovered the internet world so I started working in news websites. Now I'm the sub-editor of Cronista.com (www.cronista.com), one of the best economic and financial websites in Argentina.
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This week at TrustMedia (18/11/2011)
Fri., November 18, 4:14 PM | Comments ( 1 )
It's been an eventful week for the TrustMedia team! Monday was the official launch of Aswat Masriya in Cairo, TrustMedia’s new Egyptian Elections news and information website. The Arabic language website provides Egyptians with vital news and information about the upcoming elections in Egypt, and is run by a team of local journalists in Cairo.
An English language version of the website is in the works and should be available soon, so stay tuned!
The launch of Aswat coincided with our Elections Reporting course held this week in Cairo. Other courses held this week were the Economic Reporting course in Maputo, and the Good Governance Reporting course in Sarajevo. Also, there are some great new blog posts about this week's Cairo course and about climate change in Africa, so check out our blogs section.
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This week at TrustMedia (11/11/2011)
Fri., November 11, 2:40 PM | Comments ( 0 )
Monday marked the return of our Programme Director, Jo, who had been away at the annual NewsXChange conference in Cascais, Portugal from Wednesday to Friday November 2-4. The conference brings together senior executives from the news industry and from around the world to discuss and debate issues in the media.
Participants on last week’s Crises and Disaster Reporting course in Cascais were given the opportunity to attend some of News XChange sessions on ‘Japan’ and ‘A Disaster in Your Country’.
Other courses over the last week included Crises and Disaster Reporting in Hong Kong, and a Health Reporting course in Beijing in conjunction with Tsingua University. There have also been some great new alumni blog posts on the TrustMedia website, sharing experiences about climate change in Kenya and stories from our recent Writing and Reporting course in London.
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This week at TrustMedia (04/11/2011)
Fri., November 4, 5:27 PM | Comments ( 0 )
Our poor weekly blog has been a bit neglected of late, all the more to tell you this week!
Let’s start with Aswat Masriya. As-what? Aswat Masriya is TrustMedia’s new Egyptian Elections news and information website. We launched last week and have had a fantastic response. The website provides Egyptians with vital news and information about the upcoming elections in Egypt, and is run by a team of local journalists in Cairo.
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TrustMedia looking for Intern for London office
Tue., November 1, 10:07 AM | Comments ( 2 )
Thomson Reuters Foundation is looking to recruit an Arabic-speaking intern at its headquarters in London, one day per week. This is a paid position with an immediate start.
Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustMedia team have recently launched an Arabic website, Aswat Masriya providing information and news on the upcoming elections in Egypt. Following further funding, we are expanding the site and launching an English language version.
The intern will be working closely with the Aswat Masriya team in Cairo translating articles from Arabic to English and producing English subtitles for Arabic videos.
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The week I learned
Thu., October 27, 3:55 PM | Comments ( 3 )
Where do you think that you can talk openly about vaginas, condoms and unnatural sex within the first hour of a five-day training course? It could only be on this week’s Women’s Health and Opportunity course that Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) with GBCHealth just completed in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Usually, my colleagues and I on the TrustMedia team spend most of our time on the 5th floor of our London headquarters in corporate Canary Wharf organising journalism training courses that run in exotic locations around the world. When the opportunity came up, I jumped at the chance to get out of the office and away from my regular routine to actually see what we do. Goodbye 10 a.m. Starbuck’s cappuccinos!
Along with the lovely TRF trainers, Lisa Essex and Lisa Anderson, I headed off to South Africa, partly in anticipation of the great week ahead but mostly, a nervous wreck about how this week could possibly come off without any hitches. I shouldn’t have worried, as Tracy Hart, who helped organise the most important bit – getting everyone there--would tell me.
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This week at TrustMedia (14/10/2011)
Fri., October 14, 5:38 PM | Comments ( 0 )
On Wednesday morning we headed down to the auditorium for TRF and World Food Programme’s seminar on ‘Social Media for Humanitarian Change’ seminar. We were delighted with the turnout of professionals and others from NGOs, all with Blackberries, iPads and other twitter-friendly devices in hand! Highlights of the day were a heated panel discussion on the role of social media in this ‘Brave New Networked World’ (watch it here), and the presentation of a number of new social media tools.
But that wasn’t all… the seminar also marked the launch of our new community social media website, youTrust, which is now live and open to all! With youTrust, you can create ‘packages’ of multimedia and articles around any topic of your choice and contribute content to the site and livestreams on humanitarian issues. The site has already been a huge success- have a go here!
Down in out training room this week there was a ‘Writing and Reporting News’ course. Our participants came from Brazil, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Paraguay, Slovakia, Uganda and Vietnam. A little further away, there was also a TRF/NORAD Financial and Business journalism course in Dakar and a Making Television News Course in Istanbul. Photos are on Facebook.
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This week at TrustMedia (06/10/2011)
Fri., October 7, 7:08 PM | Comments ( 1 )
This week has been a successful one for Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF). On Sunday, TRF received the “Best Annual Report” Award at the Digital Communications Awards in Berlin. You can watch the video report here. TRF was also nominated for or the “Best Corporate website” Award for the AlertNet website and for the “Online Campaigns by Institutions” Award for “The five worst countries for a woman to live in” poll.
Looking forward to next week, we’re gearing up for the TRF and World Food Programme (WFP) seminar; “Turbo-charge your campaign: Social Media for Humanitarian Change” on Wednesday 12th October. It’s free a one-day event held here at Thomson Reuters in London, open to all. We’ll be bringing together humanitarian aid and social media professionals, showcasing innovative media tools and discuss how this new ‘networked world’ has transformed the way humanitarian organizations conduct their campaigns.
The morning session will include a panel discussion on how social media can generate humanitarian change, and the afternoon will be made up of workshops on creating a campaign with impact. To reserve places, just visit: http://sm4change.eventbrite.com/.
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This week at TrustMedia (30/09/2011)
Fri., September 30, 5:20 PM | Comments ( 0 )
It’s been a while since our last blog, so there’s lots to fill you in on this week.
Let’s start with the courses. Two weeks back, we hosted a group of Economics students from Misr International University (MIU) in Cairo, Egypt on a Business Journalism course. We had a fantastic time with the students and their trainer, Reuters journalist Manuela Bedawy, not least hearing about their experiences of the uprising in Tahrir Square. As well as undertaking training here in Canary Wharf, the group also visited the London Metal Exchange and the Financial Times to broaden their introduction to business journalism.
No sooner had our Egyptians left than we were welcoming another 15 journalists from (deep breath) Croatia, DRC, Egypt, Hong Kong, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, UAE, Ukraine and Venezuela for our ‘Making Television News’ course here in London, led by Neil Everton and Kevin Fogerty. The participants settled straight into the course and produced some brilliant footage. Take a look at our Facebook page for an idea of how the course panned out.
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This week at TrustMedia (09/09/2011)
Fri., September 9, 5:32 PM | Comments ( 0 )
Well it looks like summer is over in London, so while our programme coordinator, Will makes one last escape to a festival, this week we’ve been splitting our time between our current course participants and projects further afield.
This week our Director Jo Weir has been in Egypt working with our local partners on our upcoming Egyptian Elections Website and programme of elections reporting courses. The website is looking great, and Jo’s been meeting with lots of interested organisations out there; we’re looking forward to hearing all of her first-hand news on the project, which should help us progress with similar projects that we’re looking to launch across the Arab world. Jo will also be heading off to Zimbabwe to work on the Independent Zimbabwean Financial and Business News Service that we’ll be creating in partnership with European Journalism Centre (EJC), preliminarily named ‘The Source’. Check back for more information on this soon!
Back in London, this week we’ve been running our ‘Writing Financial and Business News’ course. We’ve had a great time getting to know the 11 participants who have come from all over the world, and hope that they’ve enjoyed their experience here. Each day we’ve had a different participant blogging about their experiences on the course, you can read them here, and while you’re there, check out one of our trainer’s excellent account of egg throwing, hare chasing and other political matters during TRF’s media training for parliamentary officials in Ukraine.
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This week at TrustMedia (05/09/2011)
Mon., September 5, 4:31 PM | Comments ( 0 )
A little later than usual, last week only had four days for us in the U.K. but we still managed to fit a lot in! On Wednesday we were pleased to welcome five of our consultants from South Africa, Egypt, Kuwait, Portugal and China who came over to catch up with the TrustMedia team and tell us about courses and happenings in their respective countries.
We were also running a ‘Train the Trainers’ course last week. Twelve current and ex-Reuters members of staff were trained up to lead TrustMedia journalism courses in their areas of expertise.
Back on the fifth floor, last week we were looking at further broadening our elections websites and training projects to Palestine (as well as Libya, Morocco and Egypt!). Our Director, Jo flew to Cairo at the weekend to meet the website team out there, so we’re looking forward to hearing how it’s going.
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This week at TrustMedia (26/08/2011)
Fri., August 26, 5:10 PM | Comments ( 0 )
A quick blog post this week as we’ve been uber busy at TrustMedia!
Our attentions have been focussed on the Arab world this week, not least because of events in Libya. On Monday, members of our team went to hear deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg speak at a British Council event organised with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy to unite young leaders from Egypt and Tunisia and share thoughts on democracy in North Africa. We were inspired by the experiences and insights of these young people, many of whom took part in demonstrations in Tunisia and Tahrir Square, and are now keener than ever to launch our Egyptian elections website.
We’ve also started thinking about launching projects similar to our Egyptian elections website across the Arab world and are considering projects in Morocco, Libya and Palestine. These will focus on enhancing the role of the media in the democratic process and will be run by local partner organisations and journalists.
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This week at TrustMedia (19/08/2011)
Fri., August 19, 4:53 PM | Comments ( 1 )
As grey skies set in over Canary Wharf this week, we’re envying members of the TrustMedia team who have jetted off to sunnier climes or escaped to the Oval for the cricket, but there’s plenty to keep us busy here!
This week we’ve been working hard with colleagues in the Middle East on our new Egyptian Elections website. We’ve now confirmed the Egyptian journalists who’ll be working on the website led by Editor-in-Chief Saif Hamdan, and have started to build the website itself, which is looking great. We’re even looking at the possibility of launching similar projects around the world so watch this space.
We were also pleased to make it into Media Helping Media’s ‘Top Sites for Journalists’, we’re up there with the best of them so check out the list here: http://www.scoop.it/t/top-sites-for-journalists/p/366765092/trustmedia
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This week at TrustMedia
Thu., August 11, 2:55 PM | Comments ( 0 )
Welcome to TrustMedia’s new weekly blog! Each week we’ll update you on all the news from TrustMedia, including upcoming projects, new courses and news from the team in Canary Wharf.
It’s certainly been an eventful few days in London. We were glued to our news monitors as reports of the London riots came in and plumes of black smoke emerged from a building in the near distance, but we’re feeling much encouraged both by the lovely messages of support we received from our TrustMedia Alumni and by the army of volunteer cleaners who’ve come out in full force with their brooms for operation riot clean-up!
Aside from that it’s business as usual at TrustMedia. This week we’ve been busy working on our forthcoming Egyptian Elections website, due to launch this autumn. The site will be a comprehensive guide to the elections, featuring profiles of candidates, commentaries on the electoral process and of course the results as they come in. It’ll be the go-to place for Egyptians looking for information about the election with regular contributions from local journalists in Egypt.
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Statelessness: Contribute to our next themed package
Thu., August 4, 11:15 AM | Comments ( 6 )
Child Marriage: Denying girls’ rights, perpetuating poverty is the latest in a series of multimedia special reports featuring videos, info-graphics and articles by Thomson Reuters Foundation, which runs the AlertNet humanitarian news website, the TrustLaw legal news service and TrustMedia journalism training programme.
Our next package, out in late August, will be on the issue of statelessness – a legal limbo that affects some 15 million people worldwide who lack any nationality, denying them basic rights and protections.
There are many reasons why a person might be stateless. Sometimes, it has to do with the dissolution of a state, as in parts of the former Soviet Union or the partition of East and West Pakistan. Sometimes it has to do with technical reasons -- such as when people fall between gaps in conflicting nationality laws.
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Two weeks at Thomson Reuters Foundation
Thu., July 28, 12:20 PM | Comments ( 1 )
Having spent just over 2 weeks doing work experience at Thomson Reuters Foundation, the task of summing up my experience is not easy. How can I begin to explain how much I have learnt and how much I have loved it? From the moment I first stepped into the big marble reception of Thomson Reuters I was intimidated, yet excited. Although I had often walked past sleek London offices such as this, this was my first official work experience, and I really didn’t know quite what to expect.
I was immediately bustled from the reception to office, a flurry of unfamiliar faces I would soon get to know a lot better, and straight into a meeting about one of the Foundation team’s new projects. Although I had completely familiarized myself with the TrustMedia website, I found myself sitting in the meeting and desperately trying to take in as much information as possible. It was my first hour at the office and I was already learning so much. I was fascinated by the way people were able to work jointly as a team to solve a problem. I couldn’t wait to get started and do my bit!
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Welcome to TrustMedia
Sat., June 4, 12:39 PM | Comments ( 33 )
Welcome to TrustMedia, the new home of the Thomson Reuters Foundation journalism, media and development programmes.
In fact it’s not just a new home, but a new name; ReutersLink has served our needs well over the past decade, but like many things in life progress waits for no one.
2011 is our thirtieth year of running journalism training projects, and so much has changed since then. From those early days, when it was decided that Reuters had something to offer that could really make a difference in the world, the Foundation has become a pioneer of promoting trusted information around the world. We are now running over 100 workshops a year, in seven languages, in everything from climate change reporting, business and financial news reporting, to workshops looking at good governance, TV journalism and health reporting.
