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February update
Welcome to the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s February update. In this newsletter, you’ll find highlights from across our work, as well as the latest opportunities for you to get involved. If you don’t regularly receive our newsletter, you can subscribe here.
2022 Kurt Schork Awards now open for entries
Journalists from around the world can now submit entries for the Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism to win prestigious titles and cash prizes. The awards – split into three categories – recognise the courageous work of freelance journalists, local reporters and news fixers who report on conflict, corruption and injustice – often at great personal risk.
Entrants for the Freelance Award and Local Reporter Award must submit three articles each. The News Fixer Award requires journalists to nominate a fixer who has assisted them with their stories. The three winners will each receive a prize of US $5,000 and international recognition for their work.
The entry deadline is midnight GMT on 31 May. Now in their 21st year, the awards are named in honour of American war correspondent Kurt Schork, who was killed in Sierra Leone in 2000 while on assignment for Reuters.
Panel: International action needed to end online sexual abuse
Online abuse towards women is on the rise, especially during COVID-19. Yet, legal frameworks designed to prevent and prosecute such borderless cyber crimes remain a long way off.
Last month, we hosted an online panel with Equality Now to share the findings of our joint report Online Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Women and Girls: A Call for International Standards with experts from government, business and civil society who discussed a gender-sensitive approach for change.
The report, which examined legal frameworks on digital security, found no internationally binding legal instrument that defined online sexual exploitation and abuse or specified the responsibility of tech platforms. In response, panellists explored legislative reforms geared towards protecting women online. Among other proposals, they endorsed the report’s recommendation to develop international standards that could coordinate laws and responses to online abuse, regardless of where it happens.
Top 3 ways to tackle climate change in 2022
Amid an onslaught of climate news about rising seas, extreme weather and a rapidly changing ecosystem, you may question what kind of action - if any - could make a difference.
In a new video, our editorial team unpacks the top three ways institutional action can steer the planet towards tackling the climate emergency in 2022 – another year expected to be defined by calls for carbon-cutting action and inevitably more climate disasters.
Help shape 2022 TrustLaw Pro Bono Index
TrustLaw, our global pro bono service, is working on its 2022 TrustLaw Index of Pro Bono Report and is calling for information about your firm’s pro bono work that will shape the forthcoming publication.
The index is a landmark report that maps the global scale, trends and success factors in the pro bono legal sector and shows the amount of free legal assistance provided by law firms in each country.
Discover more in our focus areas:
Media Freedom:
What trends will shape journalism in 2022?
This question is at the heart of an annual report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism on the trends and predictions in the journalism, media and technology sectors. The findings are based on interviews with 246 news leaders from 52 countries.
Building a personal brand can help boost a career in journalism
But for those in developing countries, it is not an easy task. In this blog, Corinne Podger, one of our media trainers, explains how our new personal branding course is helping to level the online playing field for journalists in Asia and the Pacific.
Inclusive Economies:
Anti-work & the Great Resignation: Why are workers quitting?
Asher Isbrucker, our Video Producer, has the answer. In this video, he speaks with anti-workers, economists and Redditors to look beyond the ‘Great Resignation’ statistics to understand why a record number of people are quitting across sectors and what that means for the future of work.
Human Rights:
Openly article on LGBT+ Afghans living under Taliban rule nominated for GLAAD Award
We are proud to share that Hugo Greenhalgh, Editor of Openly, has been nominated for the 2022 GLAAD Media Awards in the Outstanding Online Journalism Article category for his report on the plight of LGBT+ Afghans 100 days after the fall of Kabul.
This month we recommend:
Read: This Deutsche Welle article on how press freedom has crumbled in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s takeover.
Listen: This We Are Man Enough podcast on moving beyond the gender binary, featuring an acclaimed gender non-conforming writer, poet and speaker, ALOK.
Read: This The New Humanitarian feature on 10 humanitarian crises and trends to watch in 2022.
Join: The Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers Launch Week online from 28 February to 4 March to learn about the critical role of law in creating an equitable and sustainable future.
Opportunities:
Head of Secretariat, Media Freedom Coalition: This full-time role, based in London, will be responsible for the effective launch and operations of the Media Freedom Coalition.
Development Manager: This full-time role, based in London, sits within our Product and Technology department and will lead all our development projects.
Online Safety Manager: This full-time role, based in London, will help build our 'Defending Media Freedom' pillar within our Media Freedom team.
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