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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆? At Thomson’s masterclass in Prague, media leaders from across Europe explored this balance, guided by experts from The Washington Post, The Financial Times and StoryFlow Ltd.    From speeding up workflows to navigating ethical dilemmas, this programme equipped executives with tools to transform their organisations. Read more: https://bit.ly/3ZVpR1n    #Media #Innovation #AI #Journalism #Leadership  David Caswell Phoebe Connelly Liz Lohn

🖊️ 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰  The Afghan woman reporter who won Thomson’s Young Journalist of the Year award shares her extraordinary journey working in secret under the Taliban's oppressive rule. Despite immense risks, she continues to tell the stories of Afghan women silenced by a regime that has systematically stripped them of their freedoms.    Read the full interview to learn about her courage, challenges, and hopes for the future: https://bit.ly/49A6vlu    #TFYoungJournalist #JournalismMatters #Journalism #Afghanistan 

🌟 Join Our Team: Group Operations and Programmes Manager 🌟   We are recruiting a Group Operations and Programmes Manager to oversee Thomson’s impactful projects, ensuring they operate efficiently, meet compliance and funder standards, and deliver meaningful results. Based in Berlin / London in a hybrid capacity, you’ll play a key role in managing our Programmes across the Thomson group, fostering collaboration, optimising workflows, and working alongside key stakeholders to build international media networks and forge alliances that seek to promote media freedoms in practical ways that benefit news makers every day.   We are looking for someone with: ✅ Extensive programme management experience, ideally in the media development sector. ✅ A strong understanding of the journalism/media industries. ✅ Proven expertise in budget management, reporting, and team leadership.   📍 Location: Berlin | London | Remote hybrid 📅 Deadline for applications: 5 January 2025   Apply now or share with your network! Details here: https://bit.ly/3ZNptBW   #MediaJobs #ProgrammeManagement #Journalism #Media

Today’s Supporting Independent Media Through Global Partnerships conference hosted by the European Commission INTPA's Gender Equality, Human Rights, Democratic Governance (G1) unit served as a forum in which to formally launch the start of the Advancing Global Innovation and Learning Effectively to Build Resilience in Independent Media (AGILE) project -- the first major specific grant awarded under the new Thematic Framework Partnership Agreement for Human Rights and Democracy between the consortium led by Internews Europe and the European Union 🚀 Speaking at the event, Meera Selva, Internews Europe CEO, said: "We are navigating an increasingly polarized and mistrustful environment, where journalists face attacks from governments, politicians, and society at large. A healthy information environment requires good information, safe access to it, a plurality of voices, and the protection of those who provide it, be they journalists, statisticians, or artists. To build a resilient media ecosystem, we need global knowledge-sharing networks, driven not from Brussels or London, but from solutions crafted by those on the frontlines of journalism." With thanks to Internews’ consortium partners CFI, agence française de développement médias, ARTICLE 19, Fojo Media Institute, and the Thomson Foundation 🤝 A statement from Internews Europe and its consortium partners on this new initiative can be found 👉 https://bit.ly/4ijJxTL

Live from #AIMediaEthics Masterclass in Prague: How can we leverage AI in journalism and transform workflows while safeguarding the ethics that define credible news? For The Washington Post’s Phoebe Connelly, accountability and audience focus are non-negotiable.  #AI #Media #Journalism #Ethics #News Partnership on AI

At Thomson’s #AIMediaEthics Masterclass in Prague, we’re discussing how Artificial Intelligence can reinforce the value of verified, trustworthy journalism. For StoryFlow Founder David Caswell, AI presents both risks and opportunities for the information ecosystem. The future of trust in media may depend on how we harness AI responsibly. What do you think? Let us know below! 👇 #AI #Media #Journalism #Ethics #News Partnership on AI

Thomson's AI masterclass in Prague: British ambassador to the Czech Republic Matt Field OBE welcomes media leaders from Central Europe and Western Balkans to the important discussion around innovation and the ethics of using Artificial Intelligence in newsrooms. He called for a "collaborative" approach with "journalists working together with civil society and governments to ensure AI works for all". #AI #Journalism #Media #Ethics

An unforgettable week of learning – the verdict from Somaiyah Hafeez, one of the finalists for Thomson’s Young Journalist of the Year Award who spent a week in London touring some of the most prestigious UK newsrooms and learning a new skill.   In our latest article, she reflects on her “transformative” London visit, on the importance of covering her native Balochistan, her passion for data journalism, and what it means to be fearless as a young journalist: https://bit.ly/4f06Qin #JournalismMatters #YoungJournalistAward #Journalism #London #Media  Foreign Press Association in London

🌟 Congratulations to Jamaima Afridi, a former Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award finalist, on winning the Lorenzo Natali Best Emerging Journalist Award! 🏆  Jamaima's powerful investigative reporting has brought attention to the challenges Afghan refugees face in Pakistan, particularly since the Taliban's return to power.     #JournalismMatters #EmergingJournalist #LorenzoNataliPrize

🏆 An Afghan woman reporter, working in secret, has been named the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist of the Year 2024.     Her courageous work with The Afghan Times exposes the harsh realities of life under Taliban rule, including severe restrictions placed on women. At the Foreign Press Association Media Awards, her acceptance speech was played to the audience in the room.     To protect her safety, we are sharing this silent version of her speech online. It symbolises the risks she faces every day in pursuit of truth.     Read her inspiring story and those of finalists Somaiyah Hafeez and Aisha Farrukh here: https://bit.ly/4fJDFS7    #TFYoungJournalist #JournalismMatters #Awards #Afghanistan #Journalism Foreign Press Association in London The Centrum Media Kontinentalist ARIJ Network Global Investigative Journalism Network