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  1. Mar 12

    ? journo Nayantara Narayanan won the Indian Society for Study of Pain’s Journalist of the Year Award for an article detailing the challenges of living with fibromyalgia, a part of series "Invisible Pain" 👏

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  2. Mar 12

    ? 's social media platform for rural areas featured in case study: "Mobile Vaani demonstrates how low-literacy people without internet access can not only consume but create content for community development."

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    Mar 8

    and so it continues

    Charter'97 with independent news now blocked in Belarus. No reason given.
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  4. Mar 8

    5/5 For more examples of reporting on gender and other social issues, navigate our interactive map & find concrete examples of how MDIF clients have created real change in their communities through their reporting in the past two years

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  5. Mar 8

    4/5 Many women in South Africa can’t afford sanitary products & each month millions of girls miss school because of menstruation. 's has been very vocal in the debate on menstrual health, showing that it's crucial for empowering girls & women.

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  6. Mar 8

    3/5 Out of 25 countries with the highest rates of femicide, 14 are in Lat Am-Caribbean. In Ecuador, boosts public debate on gender violence, spotlighting / anti-femicide protests & offering in-depth reporting on the struggles facing women.

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  7. Mar 8

    2/5 In Puntland, Somalia, where women face deep-rooted patriarchal norms, sets an example by running women’s desk since 2005, reporting on women's issues in its regular news, and advocating for the rights of women, including girls’ education & equal employment.

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  8. Mar 8

    1/5 On we want to highlight how media we support strive to advance and to thank all journos and media managers for their hard work addressing women’s issues & promoting .

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  9. Mar 5

    ? Editors at Ecuadoran independent media, including , discussed fact checking and told how and disinformation affected two recent votes in the South American country.

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  10. Mar 5

    Check out 's new podcast, The Back Story. This week joined by of Egypt's local news network Welad ElBalad Media, Sonny Swe of Myanmar's and 's CEO

    “Every day we have to fight with the censorship board. If they don't like just one word, they’ll reject the whole story” Sonny Swe. Listen to The Backstory: A Podcast by
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  11. Mar 5

    ? Space made available for independent broadcasters in Myanmar: , one of the participants of our Myanmar Media Program, launched a new free-to-air digital TV channel

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  12. Mar 2

    Mo’ letters, mo’ work. SAMIP's monthly round-up, as Innovation Challenge winners take wing....

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  13. Feb 27

    We are delighted to be included in 50 for the seventh straight year! Great recognition for the importance of investing in independent media

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  14. Feb 26

    ? created 2nd part of the series “Insajder locally” on another 3 Serbian cities, exposing irregularities and abuses that pushed the cities into debts

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  15. Feb 26

    Slovak investigative Ján Kuciak and his girlfriend killed at home over the weekend, reports. Police believe murder linked to his work as investigative journalist

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  16. Feb 26

    ? Our partner published a report on the situation of in Cambodia, finding that only 11% of journos surveyed think the sector was moving in the right direction. Read more on in Cambodia here:

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    This is right up there, challenging for the best front page I have ever seen! Nice one

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  18. Feb 22

    “Tony Haile: there’s no hero business model that’s going to save everyone (not even Scroll)” by Freia Nahser

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    Feb 21

    [Announcement] Applications for entry into the South Africa Media Innovation Program are now open. Go onto our website: to apply today.

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  20. Feb 19

    ? Last week Jacob Zuma resigned from the South African presidency after pressure from his party. Check how covered his departure:

    Under new management: This week’s M&G is a special edition -We take a look at the Zuma years and the way forward. Plus, could this be the last call at the Saxonwold shebeen? Get the M&G for this and more!
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