We work to bolster the resilience of independent media, strengthen access to the law and promote responsible business practices.
Our approach
We leverage our unique combination of media and legal expertise, together with data intelligence, to inform, connect, and empower professionals and civil society to strengthen free, fair and informed societies. We deliver our work through capacity-building programmes, legal support, events, research, news and data-driven products.
Our research
TRF Insights: Journalism in the AI era
The transition to the AI-enabled newsroom is well underway.
Our new report reveals that over 80% of journalists surveyed are using AI. Yet only 13% had an official policy in their workplace.
Explore the findings from our first TRF Insights report, which amplifies the voices of our journalism training programme alumni.
Our annual event
21 – 22 Oct, 2025
Trust Conference
Trust Conference is our flagship annual forum dedicated to tackling critical and intersecting global issues, convening world-leading experts at the forefront of shaping free, fair and informed societies.
Our journalism See all
Context is the Foundation’s award-winning media platform, providing news and analysis around three of the most significant and interconnected issues of our time: climate change, the effects of technology on society, and socio-economic inequality. Our human-centered journalism is delivered across a range of formats — from in-depth stories to videos and podcasts to newsletters.
Read our latest news stories
Q&A: UK doctor says Britain is failing children with long COVID
LONDON – Respiratory consultant Binita Kane was working on the frontlines of the pandemic in Britain when her 10-year-old daughter Jasmin developed long COVID in…
Can Indonesia produce more food without deforestation?
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s government hopes an initiative to turn millions of hectares of land, including forests and peatlands, into farmland will reduce the world’s fourth-most populous nation’s reliance…
Q&A: How can fashion workers adapt to climate change?
Jason Judd, executive director of the ILR Global Labor Institute at Cornell University, discusses how workers could be helped to adapt to growing climate hazards. Growing…
UK parents quit jobs to care for children with long COVID
LONDON – As a lively 11-year-old, Louise’s son loved riding his bike, building outdoor dens, and swimming in the sea near his home on England’s south coast. But then COVID struck. He has…
Johnson Sirleaf: Aid cuts could erase women from public life
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was Africa’s first democratically elected woman head of state, leading Liberia as president between 2006 and 2018. She is also a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the…