Seven highlights from Trust Conference 2019

From the need to create more inclusive economies, to protecting media freedom and the complexity of preserving privacy in a digital age. Trust Conference 2019 addressed some of the most urgent human rights issues of our time.

Ninth annual TrustLaw awards celebrate ground-breaking pro bono work

TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono legal service, celebrated its annual TrustLaw Awards ceremony on November 11th at London’s iconic OXO Tower.

Sustainable Development course brings high 5s and humour to journalists in southern Africa

28 reporters from across southern Africa attended our second Sustainable Development Reporting course in Pretoria, in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB).

TrustLaw Celebrates European Pro Bono Week

TrustLaw, Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono legal programme, co-hosted the first-ever European Pro Bono Week. Covering four of the Pro Bono Days across the region, Dublin, Milan, Madrid and Lisbon, the TrustLaw Europe team organised workshops for non-profit organisations and social enterprises.

Tina Tchen, Maria Ressa and Sinéad Burke amongst speakers headlining Trust Conference

Global human rights leaders – including Ferkat Jawdat, a Uighur activist, and Geum Hyok Kim, a young North Korean defector – will speak alongside representatives from Google, Facebook, Apple and Uber at the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s annual global human rights forum Trust Conference, held on November 13 and 14 in London.

Canada tops global poll as best country for social entrepreneurs while Britain and US slump

Canada, Australia and France are the best countries to be a social entrepreneur, according to the results of a global perception poll conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with Deutsche Bank’s Made for Good programme.

Winners of 2019 Kurt Schork Memorial Awards in International Journalism announced

Three winners of awards that honour brave, yet often unrecognised journalists for their reporting on conflict, corruption and injustice are announced this week.

Training to empower the next generation of Arab media leaders held in Dubai

The Thomson Reuters Foundation opened the two-week Youth Arab Media Leaders Programme with intensive training designed to educate, empower and inspire future media leaders in the MENA region.

TrustLaw, Thomson Reuters, and UN Global Compact Hold Legal Working Group on SDG 16

Last week, as world leaders gathered in New York for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thomson Reuters, TrustLaw, and the UN Global Compact convened experts from across the legal community and leading NGOs for an interactive morning session on delivering SDG 16.

TrustLaw convenes women’s rights working group in Tanzania

This August, TrustLaw convened leading women’s rights organisations for a Legal Working Group in Dar es Salam. The event brought together a group of key international and grassroots organisations in Tanzania to discuss how legal pro bono can strengthen their work on gender equality.

Mexican reporters tackle human trafficking beat in week-long course

A group of 14 journalists from across Mexico took part in a five-day workshop in the capital in July on how to report on human trafficking and modern slavery.

TrustLaw wins “Best Collaborative Initiative” at the 2019 Lawyer Awards

On Tuesday 25 June, TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global legal pro bono service, was awarded the “Best Collaborative Initiative” at the 2019 Lawyer Awards.

Journalist training course held in Brazil as country looks to strengthen fight against slavery

Reporting on Migration and Trafficking course held in Phnom Penh

As Cambodia grapples with irregular migration, human trafficking and modern slavery, the Thomson Reuters Foundation held a training course for journalists - ‘Reporting on Migration and Trafficking’ – in Phnom Penh from June 17-21.

Thomson Reuters Foundation Gathers Top Experts to Discuss Cutting-Edge Field of Climate Attribution

On April 24th, the Thomson Reuters Foundation hosted a panel discussion on a cutting-edge scientific approach to tackling climate change. This first-of-its kind event was hosted at Dentons law firm in New York City and featured leading experts including Jeffrey Sachs.

Training course for journalists held in Kolkata as India strives to crack down on bonded labour and trafficking

As India strives to crack down on bonded labour and human trafficking, the Thomson Reuters Foundation held a training course for journalists - ‘Reporting on Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery’ – in Kolkata from April 1-5.

TrustLaw hosts annual Café Pro Bono in London

TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation's global pro bono legal programme, hosted its annual Café Pro Bono with legal partners Cooley, Dentons, Kirkland & Ellis and Sidley Austin

Cambodian journalists brainstorm stories on women and LGBT+ rights in gender reporting course

We held our first training course in Cambodia on gender reporting, including an exercise on finding the “gender angle” in major national news stories and drawing up a code of conduct for LGBT+ reporting.

INTERVIEW: Gregg Segal, 2018 Food Sustainability Media Award Winner

We sit down with the winner of the Multimedia Published category and creator of the Daily Bread challenge, Gregg Segal, to talk about his inspiration and plans for the future.

Call for entries to the 2019 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism

The awards recognise excellence in courageous reporting of conflict, corruption, human rights transgressions and other related issues.

INTERVIEW: Maggie Andresen, 2018 Food Sustainability Media Award Winner

We sat down with the winner of Food Sustainability Media Award's Multimedia Unpublished category to talk about her winning entry and discuss her plans for the future.

INTERVIEW: Kim Harrisberg, Winner of the Food Sustainability Media Award's 'Best of the Web'

We sat down with Best of the Web winner Natasha Harrisberg to discuss her winning entry, Food Apartheid, and her future plans for reporting on food sustainability.

INTERVIEW: Nastasha Alli, 2018 Food Sustainability Media Award Winner

Interview with Nastasha Alli, winner of the Written Unpublished category.

Populist. Enemy of the people. Liar.

Labels, loaded words and emotive language have long been used to sway or limit public debate. Participants at a recent Foundation workshop learned that any journalist who wants to inform that debate needs to handle them with care.

Winners Celebrated at the 2018 Kurt Schork Memorial Awards

The awards recognise independent journalists for their courageous reporting on under-reported stories, and also confer the News Fixer Award to recognise their unsung contributions.

UK Foreign Secretary Attends Performance of Nazanin's Story

The Thomson Reuters Foundation hosted a special performance of 'Nazanin's Story' at the Barbican, which was attended by UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

Eighth Annual TrustLaw Awards Celebrate Ground-breaking Pro Bono Work, With Value of Hours Donated Totaling $134M

The eighth annual TrustLaw Awards ceremony was held on September 26 in New York City, and highlighted the ground-breaking pro bono work undertaken by legal teams on behalf of NGOs and social enterprises.

Winners of 2018 Kurt Schork Memorial Award Announced

The winners of an award to honour some of the most courageous yet least recognised journalists around the world were announced this week, alongside an award for news fixers.

TrustLaw, 28 Too Many and Latham & Watkins launch The Law and FGM Report

TrustLaw, in partnership with UK charity 28 Too Many and over 120 lawyers, launched the report: “The Law and FGM: An Overview of 28 African Countries” last week.

New Director Announced for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen has been appointed Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Alan Rusbridger, Chair of the Institute’s Steering Committee, announced today.

INTERVIEW: Musdalafa Lyaga, 2017 Food Sustainability Media Award Winner

I was looking for a platform for the voices of farmers to be heard and where people could learn about the challenges they face

Reporting on climate finance? Don’t ask a banker, ask a farmer!

For Asian journalists attending our first workshop on climate finance reporting, the key to understanding the topic was a pig - or rather thousands of pigs.

Brave new alliances to wage war on human trafficking

Food Sustainability Media Award winners gather in London for reporting workshop

Winners and finalists of the 2017 Food Sustainability Media Award’s (FSMA) unpublished text, photography and video categories gathered in London this week to participate in a five-day reporting workshop.

TrustLaw hosts screening of Ai Weiwei’s Human Flow at the Barbican

On June 14th, TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono connection service, hosted a screening of “Human Flow” in partnership with Participant Media and London’s iconic Barbican Centre.

INTERVIEW: Uzmi Athar, 2017 Food Sustainability Media Award Winner

We sat down with Uzmi Athar, Winner of the 2017 Food Sustainability Media Award – Written Unpublished category to talk about how she came across her winning story, what winning the Award has meant, and what her plans for the future are.

INTERVIEW: Merin Porter, 2017 Food Sustainability Media Award Winner

We spoke to Merin Porter, Winner of the 2017 Food Sustainability Media Award – Best of the Web category, about what motivated her to write her winning piece and how home-grown food could be a way to reverse the decreasing levels of nutrition in what we eat today.

We train journalists and government communication teams in Bahrain on SDGs

The Thomson Reuters Foundation partners with the National Communication Centre Bahrain to train journalists and government spokespeople on how to communicate issues around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

INTERVIEW: Gloria Dickie, 2017 Food Sustainability Media Award Winner

We spoke to Gloria Dickie, Winner of the 2017 Food Sustainability Media Award - Published Written Category, about her interest in food sustainability issues and how insects might play a bigger role in the future of our food systems.

TrustLaw hosts annual Café Pro Bono in London

Last week TrustLaw hosted its annual Café Pro Bono with legal partners Shearman & Sterling. Over 50 members of our community gathered to obtain free legal advice on topics ranging from contracts, data protection, structuring and advocacy.

Balkans without Borders

On a sunny spring day, 16 young enthusiasts from the Balkans met for the first time in London to attend the courses of Reuters journalists-turned-trainers Keith Stafford and Richard Meares.

Taller sobre cobertura de elecciones en Bogotá

The Thomson Reuters Foundation ran a 3-day elections reporting course in Bogota for 10 journalists from Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and Mexico. The aim of the course was to prepare journalists in countries where elections are taking place this year. Blog in Spanish.

TrustLaw hosts first regional awards in India

TrustLaw hosted its first regional TrustLaw Awards in India last week. Over forty representatives from India’s top legal firms, NGOs and social enterprises gathered in New Delhi to celebrate their achievements through TrustLaw and engage in powerful discussions on legal pro bono in India.

Africa Rising reporters look beyond to find their own success stories

Increasingly African business and social leaders emphasise the future of the continent lies in its own hands. But are we adequately reporting this entrepreneurial and innovative spirit?

What does the secret service know about you? TrustLaw co-hosts digital privacy event in the Netherlands

TrustLaw, Pro Bono Connect and De Brauw, Blackstone, Westbroek brought together NGOs, lawyers, journalists and academics in Amsterdam on 8 March to discuss the implications of the Dutch Intelligence and Security Services Act.

INTERVIEW: Justice Baidoo, 2017 Food Sustainability Media Award Winner

We spoke to Justice Baidoo, Winner of the 2017 Food Sustainability Media Award - Published Video Category, about his interest in food security and how his winning entry highlights sustainability issues across Ghana.

From our Editor-in-Chief: Putting modern slavery on the news agenda in India

We caught up with our Editor-in-Chief, Belinda Goldsmith, after her trip to India earlier this month. Read this short interview and her latest blog to find out more about the Foundation’s work on reporting modern slavery.

TrustLaw launches guide for social enterprises in Asia

TrustLaw, in partnership with law firm Tilleke & Gibbins, the British Council and United Nations ESCAP launched the ASEAN Social Enterprise Structuring Guide in Bangkok last week.

Meet our journalists: Claudio Accheri

INTERVIEW: George Steinmetz, 2017 Food Sustainability Media Award Winner

We sat down with the winner of the Food Sustainability Media Award's published photography category to hear more about his passion for covering food sustainability and what the Award has meant to his work.

Foundation launches course in Women in Management and Leadership

Last year, the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Corporate Training arm launched a new course titled Women in Management and Leadership. The course is designed to give a clear outline of the structural barriers faced by many women and offer new strategies to navigate them.

TrustLaw hosts its first workshop for social enterprises in Ireland

TrustLaw, in partnership with the law firm Arthur Cox, brought together leaders of the social enterprise sector in Ireland last week to discuss the challenges they face and the legal frameworks and support available to them.

Thomson Reuters Foundation expands coverage of cities

The Thomson Reuters Foundation today announced the expansion of its property rights coverage with the addition of Citiscope, an online platform created to help cities work better for all people through the power of independent journalism.

Call for media professionals and emerging talent to enter Food Sustainability Media Award

Applications to 2018 Food Sustainability Media Awards are now open.

Freelancers, Local Reporters and News Fixers Celebrated at Kurt Schork Awards

The awards recognise independent journalists for their courageous reporting on controversial issues, and included an inaugural award for the category of News Fixer.

Food Sustainability Media Award Finalists Announced

Thomson Reuters Foundation and Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition reveal finalists for award recognising talent in reporting on global food system challenges.

Ten reporters selected for Uncovering Security Programme 2018 Story Lab

Ten investigative reporters have now been selected for the Uncovering Security Story Lab, which will take place from the 8 to 11 January 2018 at Wiston House in West Sussex, UK.

Foundation Hosts Performance of ‘Looking for Mummy: Nazanin’s Story’ in Support of Colleague Detained in Iran

Last night the Thomson Reuters Foundation hosted a special performance of ‘Looking for Mummy: Nazanin’s Story’, a play about the ongoing detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who has been imprisoned in Iran for over 550 days.

Winners of 2017 Kurt Schork Memorial Awards Announced

The winners of an award to honour some of the most courageous yet least recognised journalists around the world were announced this week, alongside an inaugural award for news fixers.

Seventh Annual TrustLaw Awards Celebrate Groundbreaking Pro Bono Work, With Value of Hours Donated Totaling $109M

The seventh annual TrustLaw Awards ceremony was held on September 28 in London, celebrating groundbreaking pro bono work undertaken by legal teams on behalf of NGOs and social enterprises around the world.

Uncovering Security Programme grantees publish articles on wide range of topics

Following its 2016 Story Lab, four teams of journalists and researchers were awarded travel grants by the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Uncovering Security Programme to help with the cost of field research for media articles and academic papers, as well as some collaborative pieces.

Adidas, Walmart and Nestlé among shortlisted candidates for the Stop Slavery Award

Thomson Reuters Foundation names 15 businesses in high-profile initiative recognising global fight against forced labour.

The Thomson Reuters Foundation celebrates 20 years of real news about real people

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is celebrating its 20th anniversary widely recognized as one of the world’s leading humanitarian news service.

Foundation co-hosts first Climate Visuals masterclass

Thomson Reuters Foundation co-hosts the inaugural Climate Visuals masterclass in partnership with NGO Climate Outreach at Canary Wharf headquarters.

place hosts screening and Q&A on 'Politics of Death' at London's Iconic Frontline Club

place welcomed a packed room at London's iconic Frontline Club for a special screening and Q&A on its latest feature, titled "The Politics of Death".

Foundation Trains Leading Lebanese Reporters to Cover UK General Election for Audiences at Home

From June 6-10, the Thomson Reuters Foundation partnered with the British Embassy in Beirut to train 12 journalists from leading print, online, radio and TV outlets in Lebanon to report on the UK General Election for a Lebanese audience.

South Asia Chief Correspondent takes home Journalist of the Year at 2017 SOPA Awards

The SOPA Awards for Editorial Excellence were established in 1999 as a tribute to editorial excellence in both traditional and new media, and were designed to encourage editorial vitality throughout the region.

Foundation Launches ‘Know Your Rights’ Guide on Immigration and Asylum in the US under the Executive Order

To help those affected by the “travel ban” under the revised Executive Order (“Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States”) issued by the President of the United States on March 6.

Thomson Reuters Foundation Wins British Expertise International Award

Our Wealth of Nations programme took home the prize for International Capacity Building Project at the 2017 British Expertise Awards.

Indian Journalists Explore Subtleties of Modern Slavery

Human trafficking and forced labour don't usually involve guns and chains - but the coercion is no less real.

From adventurers to inventors, Saudi women unite to inspire new generation

Saudi women from mount climber to tech inventor join forces as changes for women start to emerge

The power of presentation in the digital age

Our experts share why employees need to adapt their presentation skills to keep the attention of audiences that are more distracted than ever

Statement from Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's Health

Call for entries to the 2017 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism

KSMF invites freelance journalists and fixers from all over the world to enter the 16th annual awards, established in 2002 to honour American freelance journalist Kurt Schork who was killed in 2000 while on assignment for Reuters in Sierra Leone.

Statement from Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's Health

Foundation Hosts Live Twitter Chat with Ashoka Changemakers

Join the Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with Ashoka Changemakers for a 1-hour online live Twitter Chat on Thursday 01 December from 1.15 - 2.15 pm GMT to discuss sustainable fashion.

Statement from Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO in Response to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's Hunger Strike

Butterfly effect : Reporting Women

Blog post by Abeer Hassan, who recently co-trained a group of journalists in Amman, Jordan for the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Reporting Women Course.

Statement from Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO Monique Villa In Response to the United Nations' Call for the Immediate Release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

2016 Kurt Schork Awards Winners Announced

Winners of the Kurt Schork Memorial Fund Awards, hosted at Thomson Reuters Offices in Canary Wharf of October 27, have been announced.

Statement from Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO Monique Villa In Response to the Sentencing of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Five Years' Imprisonment

Reporting Taboos

The Thomson Reuters Foundation held its first-ever journalist training on reporting taboos last month.

Statement from Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO Monique Villa In Response to the Accusations Towards Nazanin-Zaghari Ratcliffe, Detained in Iran

Statement from Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO Monique Villa After the Announcement that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Will Be Tried in Tehran

First-Ever 'Tomorrow's News' Training

This month, the Thomson Reuters Foundation held the first-ever training for journalists from across Africa on how to produce strong digital content.

2016 Schork Awards Finalists Announced

Finalists for the 2016 Schork Memorial Fund Awards in International Journalism have been announced and include journalists from Nigeria, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, India, and Egypt.

Statement from Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO Monique Villa With Regard to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Detained in Iran

Foundation Wins SOPA Award

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is the proud recipient of a SOPA Award for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment, as well as two Honourable Mentions.