Press Releases

Read all press releases from the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

• Thomson Reuters Foundation launches Coronavirus Crisis Reporting Hub

  In collaboration with the World Economic Forum, the hub will equip reporters in the Global South to cover the pandemic.

  6 April 2020
• CEO responds to news that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released on furlough

  The Free Nazanin Campaign has confirmed that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released on furlough for two weeks from Evin Prison in Iran, where she has been illegally held since April 2016.

  17 March 2020
• Message from Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO Antonio Zappulla in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

  As the situation with the coronavirus (COVID-19) develops, we wanted to keep you updated as to the measures we are taking to ensure the delivery of our services, as much as is possible, whilst prioritising the health of our workers and partners.

  16 March 2020
• CEO joins call for UK Government to insist that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is tested for Coronavirus

  The Free Nazanin Campaign confirmed today that it believes Nazanin has contracted Coronavirus inside Evin Prison, in large part due to the lack of hygiene materials made available to the prisoners.

  29 February 2020
• Aldi UK, HSBC UK and Delta Air Lines amongst winners of global anti-slavery award

  The Thomson Reuters Foundation names businesses, SMEs, NGOs, and journalists leading the way in the fight to end forced labour and trafficking.

  20 February 2020
• Tina Tchen, Maria Ressa and Sinéad Burke amongst speakers headlining world-leading human rights Forum hosted by Thomson Reuters Foundation

  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.

  5 November 2019
• 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.

  22 October 2019
• 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.

  1 October 2019
• Thomson Reuters Foundation and Nextlaw Referral Network partner to expand the world’s biggest legal pro bono network

  TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono service, and Nextlaw Referral Network, the largest free legal referral network in the world, are announcing a new partnership to scale the practice of legal pro bono support for NGOs and social enterprises which are focused on creating social and environmental change.

  19 September 2019
• Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO calls on PM Johnson to prioritise securing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release

  We call on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to treat Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s case with the utmost urgency and seriousness, as her dire condition calls for.

  23 July 2019
• Thomson Reuters Foundation and University of Lincoln Announce New Master’s Degree in International Journalism

  The University of Lincoln, UK, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation have announced the creation of a unique new Master’s degree course, starting this September*. The MA International Journalism course is an innovative new partnership designed to equip new generations of journalists to report impartially on critical global issues facing society today.

  3 May 2019
• Thomson Reuters Foundation awarded £400,000 from People’s Postcode Lottery

  People's Postcode Lottery awarded the Thomson Reuters Foundation funding to expand its editorial team’s coverage of under-reported stories on modern slavery, access to land and property rights and LGBT+ issues.

  1 May 2019