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May update
Welcome to the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s May 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.
Save the Date for an in-person Trust Conference in 2022
Trust Conference, our flagship annual forum, will return in-person for its 10th year on 26 and 27 October 2022 in London. The conference is dedicated to tackling some of the world’s most complex societal issues and has a specific focus on media freedom, digital rights, socio-economic inclusion and climate change.
This year’s speakers include Chief International Anchor at CNN, Christiane Amanpour CBE; Deputy Chair of the High-Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom and Co-Chair of Debevoise’s International Dispute Resolution Group, Catherine Amirfar; and UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan.
Featuring keynote speeches, plenaries and network opportunities, the conference attracts a large international audience, with last year’s forum bringing together more than 800 delegates from diverse sectors representing 75 countries. Read more.
Five highlights from the 2022 Stop Slavery Award
We hosted the 2022 Stop Slavery Award ceremony in London on 28 April – our first in-person event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the ceremony, we revealed the winners of the six categories and heard from a panel of experts on how human rights due diligence could help combat slavery.
From the announcement of winners to the experiences of activists working with slavery survivors, our colleagues reflect on five highlights from this year’s award ceremony.
Opinion: Legal threats and online abuse must not stifle free press
As new forms of harassment are threatening to silence journalism and weaken our democracies, in an opinion piece on World Press Freedom Day, our CEO Antonio Zappulla OMRI, talks about the current precarious situation facing independent media and how we can take action to defend it.
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We are launching a new editorial newsletter for professionals who are working to help build fair and inclusive economies.
If that’s you, this survey takes less than two minutes to complete, and the results will help us to craft something that you’ll be excited to read.
Discover more in our focus areas:
Media Freedom:
Five insights from UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day Conference
Journalism is under relentless attack – from existential digital threats to surging violence. But the media ecosystem is coming together to take action for its long-term survival. Read five key insights our Senior Manager for Media Initiatives Heba Kandil took from UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day Conference in Uruguay.
Less than three weeks until applications close for the Kurt Schork Awards
Applications for the 2022 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism close in less than three weeks, on 31 May. Now in their 21st year, the awards recognise courageous reporting of conflict, corruption and human rights transgressions. The winners of the three award categories – freelance journalists, local reporters and news fixers – each receive a $5,000 cash prize.
We are also pleased to announce this year’s esteemed judges: Channel 4’s International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum; Deputy Director at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Meera Selva; Reuters’ EMEA Chief Desk Editor, Angus MacSwan; The Economist’s Editor-at-large, Simon Long; reporter and investigative filmmaker, Juliana Ruhfus; and Global Voices’ Managing Editor, Filip Noubel.
We’re proud to support the 2022 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
The 2022 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, which honours a person or an organisation that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and promotion of press freedom, was awarded to the Belarusian Association of Journalists for its courageous coverage in a country where free media is severely at risk.
Inclusive Economies:
How can where we live affect our health?
In our new investigative series, Earth Focus, our editorial team examines whether where we live has an important influence on our health and well-being.
“Trust indigenous groups,” reports our Climate Change Editor Laurie Goering, to disperse $1.7 billion pledged by governments and foundations at COP26 to protect fast-vanishing tropical forests seen as crucial to protecting a stable climate and biodiversity.
If Roe v. Wade falls: How could data be used against pregnant people in the US?
As abortion wars escalate in the US, our journalists – David Sherfinski and Avi Asher-Schapiroreport – report how digital footprints could become a dangerous weapon against pregnant people. Law enforcement agencies, for instance, could use personal search histories to mount prosecutions – all without individuals’ consent.
What I have learned by working on the ‘S’ in ESG
Caring about a company’s impact on people and the planet is fast becoming a new reality in the corporate world. Our Inclusive Economies Director Giulia Corinaldi talks about what she has learned by working on the promotion of socially responsible business practices.
Human Rights:
Climate disasters drive Bangladeshi children from classrooms to work
As more extreme weather events force thousands of families from low-lying Bangladesh to urban slums, their children have to leave school permanently and start a lifetime of hard work.
Indian workers unaware of the toxic air in the world’s most polluted city
In this article, our journalist Annie Banerji reports that outdoor workers – from sweepers to security guards – in India’s northern city of Bhiwadi face a “slow poison” from air pollution. Many of them remain unaware of the risks that could come with working in the world’s most polluted city.
Join us in London this June for the 10th annual TrustLaw Awards
You are invited to the 2022 TrustLaw Award ceremony in London on 8 June, where we will celebrate extraordinary pro bono projects undertaken by legal teams to support NGOs and social enterprises around the world.
This month we recommend
Listen: This podcast episode of The Daily from The New York Times on a post-Roe America.
Read: This article in The Guardian on the new ‘fake news’ laws in Russian that are being used to stifle critical coverage of the Ukraine crisis.
Watch: This ‘Press freedom: What’s at stake?’ documentary from The Economist.
Attend: This Journalism Bootcamp for NGOs on how to effectively communicate biodiversity issues and work with reporters to raise greater awareness.
Read: This CNN analysis on finding the right tools to cover Maripol without reporters on the ground.
Watch: This documentary by our editorial team about the mental health impacts of climate change on people in the US.
Opportunities:
Inclusive Economies Editor, News & Editorial: This full-time role, based in London, will join our newsroom and lead our inclusive economies file.
Experience Cloud Developer, TrustLaw: This 12-month fixed-term role, based in India, will help to transform the TrustLaw Members’ Portal – developing features to take it from a simple platform, through which we connect high-impact NGOs and social enterprises with leading law firms and legal teams, to an interactive ecosystem that also offers opportunities for learning, knowledge-sharing, innovation, networking, and collaboration.
Project Manager, Online Safety, Media Freedom: This two-year fixed-term role, based in London, will manage TRFilter, our online harassment management tool.
Digital Marketing Manager, Audience Development: This full-time role, based in London, requires experience running paid social and email marketing campaigns. We are looking for a creative self-starter, with a deep knowledge of analytics and all major advertising platforms.
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