Sachini Kavindya

The independent Russian TV channel Dozdh (TV Rain) obtains the Journalism Trust Initiative certification

Russian language channel TV Rain becomes the first media in exile to obtain the Journalism Trust Initiative. This channel has proven its independence from the Kremlin for years. This certification proves the utility of JTI in front of despotic regimes. The Russian independent channel forced into exile TV Rain just obtained the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) certification mark, a […]

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News coverage of systemic gender gaps is virtually nonexistent. We can change that.

There is nothing more to discuss about gender equality because we have gone far enough.  I am tired of being told that we journalists are getting yet another thing wrong: diversity and gender reporting. This is relentless. The news agenda is so darn busy with existential stories, I don’t have time to look at differences

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Know your Parliament – Youth workshop series on understanding the role of the parliament Uva Province Workshop – Badulla

The inaugural workshop of the “Know Your Parliament” provincial youth series, hosted by the Sri Lanka Press Institute, was successfully held on January 31, 2024, from 9 AM to 5 PM at the Riverside Hotel, Badulla. Aimed at young journalists and communicators aged 20-30, the program fostered meaningful engagement between youth groups and parliamentarians. Hon.

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This app connects journalists with scientists in East Africa

In 2020, SciDev.Net carried out an unpublished study for which scientists, journalists and communicators discussed what they viewed as the biggest concerns facing science journalism in East Africa. Focusing on Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, among the challenges the study’s findings surfaced was a lack of access to scientific information. And where journalists had

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The Wall Street Journal, Economist and Financial Times all now have female editors – what does it mean for business?

ournalist Natasha Tynes has been pitching stories for so long she could do it in her sleep, she says. The first step is to realize that selling a story requires research, planning and practice to be successful, just like many other aspects of journalism. “The more you market yourself, the more confident and proficient you become,” said

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Account of arrest of suspected mastermind in Cameroonian journalist’s murder

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has compiled an account of how controversial Cameroonian businessman Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga and two other high-profile persons were arrested early today (6 February) in connection with outspoken radio journalist Martinez Zogo’s murder on 17 January. The preparations began shortly after midnight at gendarmerie headquarters in the capital, Yaoundé. For the next few hours,

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