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January update

Welcome to the Thomson Reuters Foundation [[link removed]]’s January update. In this newsletter, you’ll find highlights from across our areas of work, as well as the latest opportunities for you to get involved. If you don’t regularly receive our newsletter, you can subscribe here [[link removed]].

Trust Conference 2023: Save the Date

We are delighted to announce that this year, Trust Conference [[link removed]] - our flagship annual event - will take place on 19 & 20 October, in London.

Dedicated to tackling some of the most critical issues of our time, Trust Conference provides a platform for collaboration and thought leadership from world-leading experts, innovators and activists at the forefront of global efforts to build inclusive and sustainable economies, equitable societies, and a free and independent media.

The event takes place over two days, packed with keynote speeches, panel discussions, spotlight sessions and networking opportunities.

Make sure to keep an eye on the Trust Conference website [[link removed]] for the agenda and speaker announcements. In the meantime:

WATCH THE 2022 HIGHLIGHTS [[link removed]] SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER [[link removed]] Context's 'The future of food' series featured on Pocket

We have teamed up with Pocket – a Mozilla product which lets you discover and save content – to showcase stories from our new digital news platform, Context [[link removed]].

The first of our three ‘Pocket Collections’ centres around the future of food. Our articles and videos examine the links between what we eat and issues including global inflation, food insecurity and climate change – as well as the potential of technology to change what we consume as part of the shift towards a more sustainable future.

EXPLORE THE COLLECTION [[link removed]] January updates across the Foundation Media Freedom:

Legal guide on laws relating to “fake news” in Russia translated into two new languages

Last year, our global pro bono service, TrustLaw [[link removed]], launched a legal guide to help journalists and newsrooms understand the new laws relating to “fake news” in Russia, and how they’ve been applied to local and international press. We are pleased to announce that this resource is now available in Russian [[link removed]] and Ukrainian [[link removed]], making it more accessible to journalists around the world.

The guide was co-produced with the Committee to Protect Journalists [[link removed]], with pro bono legal research provided by Hogan Lovells.

Inclusive Economies:

Indian tech firm Byju’s summoned by watchdog over Context expose

Last month, Context published a two-part investigation into the business practices of leading Indian education technology company Byju’s, uncovering harsh working conditions [[link removed]] and the mistreatment of customers [[link removed]]. In response to this expose – which revealed employees being made to work long hours under threat and aggressive sales tactics targeted at vulnerable and low-income families – the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) issued summons [[link removed]] highlighting the company’s malpractices. This is believed to be the first such notice issued to an edtech company in India over its sales practices.

Human Rights:

Why Germany's coal mine struggle matters to all of us

Luisa Neubauer is a prominent German climate activist who successfully sued the German government over its climate inaction. In this opinion piece for Context [[link removed]], she unpacks the recent protests against the expansion of the Garzweiler mine, located in the German Rhineland.

For more than two years, activists – including local people, environmentalists and supporters from around the world – occupied Luetzerath to protest the ongoing coal extraction. Despite being evicted, they put a spotlight on the environmental destruction in the region and the urgency to end fossil fuel deals in order to achieve climate justice.

Discover more in our focus areas:

Media Freedom [[link removed]] | Inclusive Economies [[link removed]] | Human Rights [[link removed]]

This month we recommend

Read: Survival of the richest: How we much tax the super-rich now to fight inequality [[link removed]] | Oxfam

Read: Greta Thunberg's rise from youth activist to global climate leader [[link removed]] | Context

Read: What challenges will LGBTQ+ people around the world face in 2023? [[link removed]] | Openly

Apply: Call for nominations: UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2023 [[link removed]] | UNESCO

Explore: Resources map to help practitioners, investors and financial institutions manage sustainability impacts [[link removed]] | Impact Management Platform

Opportunities:

Business Development Executive [[link removed]]. Based in London, the Business Development Executive will provide project management and administration support to a highly experienced team of fundraisers across a diverse portfolio of corporate, institutional, and bilateral donors. The successful applicant will be a key part of helping the Business Development team to raise £6million+ annually.

Experience Cloud Developer, TrustLaw (FT: 12 months) [[link removed]]. Based in India, the TrustLaw Portal Developer 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 corporate legal teams, to an interactive ecosystem that also offers opportunities for learning, knowledge-sharing, innovation, networking, and collaboration.

We are the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. We work to advance media freedom [[link removed]], foster more inclusive economies [[link removed]], and promote human rights [[link removed]].

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