Media Freedom | Thomson Reuters Foundation

AREA OF FOCUS MEDIA FREEDOM

We support free, trusted, and independent media to ensure that citizens, businesses and policy makers have access to reliable and unbiased information in order to make informed decisions affecting people, communities and societies.

AREA OF FOCUS MEDIA
FREEDOM

WHAT WE DO

We have been working in the media development space for more than 35 years. Our goal is to help create a positive environment in which free and trusted media can thrive.

KEY INITIATIVES

Perspektivy is a professional development programme for journalists and editors from Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It is supported by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, and the Fritt Ord Foundation. Journalism around the world is undergoing huge change.

Social media, 24-hour news cycles and ever increasing competition is changing the way journalism is consumed. More people than ever read and spread the news on their phones; the distinction between journalist and casual observer is increasingly hard to discern; and cross-border journalism is becoming the norm. In this increasingly noisy landscape, the Perspektivy programme believes that the role of the skilled, impartial journalist is more important than ever.

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Wealth of Nations is an award-winning programme run by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in collaboration with some of Africa's leading organisations promoting excellence in journalism. In 2017 it won Best Capacity Building Project at the British Expertise International Awards, which recognise outstanding international work done by UK-based organisations. The programme recognises that, despite the poverty seen across the continent, Africa is wealthy in natural resources and human capital.

Wealth of Nations aims to form a strong, well-trained, independent media able to investigate and expose the financial manipulations that stop Africa from flourishing. The programme is supported by a grant from Norway’s development agency.

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SERVICES

Media
Development

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Through our Media Development work, we build capacity for free, trusted and independent media. We have so far trained and mentored more than 18,000 journalists in nine languages on topics including Journalism Ethics and Standards, Governance and Human Rights, Environment, Health and Resilience, Equality and Tolerance, and Economic and Social Development.

We also provide support to independent media outlets with a focus on media sustainability.

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TrustLaw

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Through TrustLaw, our pro-bono legal network, we provide free legal assistance and legal research to NGOs working to protect free media and freedom of speech around the world.

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News Reporting

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Our global news service comprised of a team of more than 50 journalists covers news from around the world adhering to the Trust Principles of accuracy, impartiality and freedom from bias.

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