Azerbaijan Permanently Suspended from Open Government Partnership for Restricting Civic Space
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Steering Committee has resolved to permanently suspend the Republic of Azerbaijan from the global partnership of 75 countries and 104 local governments working with thousands of civil society organizations...
Winners Emerge in Women Radio’s Maiden ReportHer Awards
Winners have emerged in the maiden edition of the ReportHer Awards, an initiative of Women Radio 91.7, Nigeria’s first women-centred radio station, which celebrates journalists for their commitment to reporting women. The ceremony which...
Reuters Institute Publishes Digital News Report 2023, Highlights Further Decline in Trust in News
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in June 2023 published its annual “Digital News Report 2023”, showing, among other things, trust in the news further declined by 2 percent across markets over...
Hostwriter Invites Applications for 2023 Hostwriter Prize
Hostwriter, an open network that helps journalists easily collaborate across borders, is inviting applications for its 2023 Hostwriter Prize, which grants €6000 in awards for collaborative journalism projects between members.
The Prize consists of two...
WSCIJ Trains CMEDIA Partners on Conducting Investigative Reporting
The Wole Soyinka Centre on Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on May 16 and 17, 2023, conducted a two-day training for its partners on its Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusion and Accountability (CMEDIA) Project in...
Police Threaten Journalist, Use him as Bait to Arrest Community Leader
Five armed operatives of the Rivers State Police Command on June 5, 2023, harassed and threatened Mr. Chinedu Orlu-Orlu, a presenter with Today 95.1 FM radio and forcibly used him as bait to lure...
AIJC Calls for Entries for Inaugural African Investigative Journalist of the...
Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) is calling on journalists or teams of journalists from Africa to apply for its inaugural African Investigative Journalist of the...
