Sachini Kavindya

Impose climate tax on fossil fuel giants, media groups urge

Image: Activists outside Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, calling for climate justice. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images The Guardian and dozens of international media titles publish a joint editorial calling for radical thinking on how to fund climate action in poorer countries Dozens of media organisations from around the world have published a joint editorial article calling for a

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Byjus, Meta, Twitter: India tech workers fight back amid mass layoffs

By Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Thousands of young Indians are suddenly staring at an uncertain future as technology companies and start-ups announce mass layoffs due to global headwinds and funding crunches. But many are refusing to stay quiet about it. In October, when Ravi (name changed on request) realised that he and several colleagues

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How AI can help analyze women’s representation in the news

From automating content production to assisting fact-checking efforts, artificial intelligence (AI) has become more widely used in journalism in recent years. The opportunities that algorithms offer media organizations have become clearer along the way. Among them, AI technologies can play a role in improving women’s representation in the news. The Financial Times’ bot, She said He

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This geo-journalism platform covers the worsening climate crisis in Nigeria

As the climate crisis intensifies in Africa, Nigerians continue to feel its effects firsthand. Just in the past month, the country has experienced its worst flooding since 2012, which has left more than 600 people dead and displaced over 1.4 million others, while leaving more than 45,000 homes in disrepair. Vast areas of farmland have also been destroyed, inflaming fears of

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Shireen Abu Aqla: Israel won’t cooperate with US death probe

Shireen Abu Aqla was killed during an Israeli raid in Jenin refugee camp Israel will not cooperate with any “external investigation” into the death of journalist Shireen Abu Aqla. Defence Minister Benny Gantz said it was “a mistake” for US authorities to open an investigation into the killing. The Palestinian-American correspondent was shot in the

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Covering the climate crisis? Here’s what to know.

From international migration and geopolitics to natural disasters and more, today’s climate crisis will undoubtedly impact the work of journalists around the world covering all varieties of beats. For many, it has already. The International Center for Journalists this week kicked off the Pamela Howard Forum on Global Crisis Reporting with a discussion focused on helping reporters

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Audio, gamification, marketplace: How SPH Media built its product portfolio

2022-11-14. How does the audience come into play when a news organisation builds a product? Matching user needs with product functionality and commercial aspects is no easy task. by Neha Gupta neha.gupta@wan-ifra.org | November 14, 2022 Based in Singapore, SPH Media has eight daily newspapers published in four languages – English, Malay, Tamil and Chinese. They also

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Michael Miller: “Journalism’s traditional role of unearthing uncomfortable truths is on the rise”

2022-11-14. News Corp Australia has passed the one million digital subscribers milestone. Digital subscribers at News Corp Australia as of September 30, 2022, were 1,012,000 compared to 897,000 in the prior year. In this opinion piece, News Corp Australasia’s executive chairman Michael Miller says the achievement reflects Australians’ thirst for trusted journalism. It confirms WAN-IFRA’s

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“Green journalists” weren’t targets in Egypt, but that could change with COP 27

As the climate is not one of its priorities, the Egyptian government has not harassed environmental journalists with any particular assiduity in the past, but they risk becoming targets now that Egypt is hosting the UN’s COP 27 climate change conference from 6 to 18 November, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warns. “If Egypt takes the

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