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Lorenzo Natali Media Prize
The Lorenzo Natali Media Prize is a journalism prize awarded annually by the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) since 1992. The prize rewards outstanding reporting on themes including inequality, poverty eradication, sustainable development, peace, democracy and human rights. History Named after Lorenzo Natali, an Italian politician and former European Commissioner, the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize was established in 1992 to celebrate the work of journalists who report on stories about the social, political, economic and environmental dimensions of development around the world. It recognises journalism’s contribution to building more sustainable, fairer and more prosperous societies, in line with the European Union’s development policies. The Prize was not awarded between 1995 and 1997. In 1998 the prize was relaunched in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists who was a partner in managing the award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directorate-General For International Partnerships
The Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG International Partnerships or DG INTPA) is the European Commission department responsible for international development policy. It operates under the authority of the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen. The European Commission disbursed 14.4 billion euros in official development assistance (ODA) in 2021 (0.21% of EU GNI). This was slightly above the 13.7 billion disbursed by the development ministry of Germany, the EU's biggest ODA donor. As a whole, the EU and its member states provided ODA of 70.2 billion euros (0.49% of EU GNI, below the 0.7% target). The EU has a strong preference for bilateral financing (provision of aid to recipient governments, as opposed to NGOs), with 99% of EUI (DG INTPA + EIB) funds going to partner country governments. History The Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid was formed on 1 January 2011 following the merger of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders (RWB; french: Reporters sans frontières; RSF) is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization with the stated aim of safeguarding the right to freedom of information. It describes its advocacy as founded on the belief that everyone requires access to the news and information, in line with Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that recognizes the right to receive and share information regardless of frontiers, along with other international rights charters. RSF has consultative status at the United Nations, UNESCO, the Council of Europe, and the International Organisation of the Francophonie. Activities RSF works on the ground in defence of individual journalists at risk and also at the highest levels of government and international forums to defend the right to freedom of expression and information. It provides daily briefings and press releases on threats to media freedom in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wire (India)
''The Wire'' is an Indian nonprofit news and opinion website which publishes in English, Hindi, Marathi, and Urdu. It was founded in 2015 by Siddharth Varadarajan, Sidharth Bhatia, and M. K. Venu. The publication's reporters have won several national and international awards, including three Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards and the CPJ International Press Freedom Award. It has also been subject to several defamation suits by businessmen and politicians. History Siddharth Varadarajan resigned from his position as editor at ''The Hindu'' citing the return of the editorship of the paper to being family run in 2013. On 11 May 2015, ''The Wire'' was started by Siddharth Varadarajan, Sidharth Bhatia and M. K. Venu who had initially funded the website. Later, it was made part of the Foundation for Independent Journalism, a non-profit Indian company. The Independent and Public Spirited Media Foundation has provided ''The Wire'' with funding as well. Varadarajan cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visão
''Visão'' is a Portuguese news magazine published weekly in Lisbon, Portugal. History and profile ''Visão'' was first published on 25 March 1993. The magazine is the successor to the weekly newspaper ''O Jornal'' which was published between 1975 and 1992. The founding owner of ''Visão'' was the Projornal company. The magazine was modelled on ''Time'' and ''Der Spiegel'' and is owned by Impresa. It was published weekly on Thursdays by Edimprensa, a joint subsidiary of Impresa and Edipresse. In 2018 Portuguese company Trust in News (TIN) acquired the magazine. The weekly has its headquarters in Lisbon. ''Visão'' has a liberal political leaning. In addition to news sections the magazine has a 12-page culture section. Since 1999 the weekly has offered a culture and leisure supplement, ''Visão Sete''. Circulation The circulation of ''Visão'' was 99,198 copies in 2005. The magazine had a circulation of 100,000 copies in 2007. Its 2008 circulation was 92,850 copies. It rose to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Doyle
Mark Doyle is a British journalist and former world affairs correspondent for BBC News. He is known in particular for his articles on topics related to Africa. Early life and education Career In 1980, Doyle volunteered as a student teacher at the British-Senegalese Institute in Dakar, Senegal. He later worked with human rights group Amnesty International and ''West Africa'', a London-based magazine, before joining the BBC as a producer for the programme ''Focus on Africa'' in 1986. He continued reporting out of several African countries, becoming the East Africa correspondent from 1993 to 1994."Mark Doyle" ''Newstalk'' biography, BBC News, 3 June 1998. He is known for his reporting done after he arrived in Kigali at the begi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauri König
Mauri König is a Brazilian journalist who has won several international prizes for his work on human rights abuses. He holds a master's degree in "literary reportage". Journalism He wrote a series of articles in 2000 and 2001 on Brazilian children being kidnapped for service in the military of Paraguay. Three men, allegedly from the Paraguayan police, assaulted him on 19 December 2000 after he photographed a police station in San Alberto. The attackers tortured him, whipping him with chains and strangling him, before leaving him for dead. However, König survived and continued to report on the story. He won a 2002 award from the Inter-American Press Association for one of the stories in the series that appeared in ''O Estado de Panama''. König was reportedly threatened again by local police in 2003 for his research along the Brazil–Paraguay border, and was finally forced to abandon the case. Beginning in 2002, König served as a special reporter for ''Gazeta do Povo'', a C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fariha Razzaq Haroon
Fariha Razzaq Haroon was a Pakistani politician and journalist who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2002 to 2007. Born in 1956, she became the first Pakistani writer to be recognised by The International Federation of Journalists for this coveted feat. Her written article also earned her and Pakistan for the first time the prized European Commission's "Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism" in 2000. She became the first Pakistani writer to be recognised by The International Federation of Journalists. Early life and education She was the daughter of an eminent civil engineer Abdul Razaq, who worked as a Chief Engineering Advisor to the Saudi Royal Air Force, after retirement as an Engineer in Chief Directorate of the Pakistan Army. He later went on to serve in politics and assisted Benazir Bhutto during her tenure as a Prime Minister. Fariha's mother Nishat Afza was a poet and an eminent social worker, graduated from Punjab University. During her time in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Johnston
Lucy Johnston (born 1969) is a British journalist, currently health editor of the '' Sunday Express'', and previously a staff reporter and investigative journalist for ''The Observer''. Johnston was a member of the original editorial team of ''The Big Issue'' in 1992. She has become known for her investigative articles on London's drug culture, deaths in police custody, animal research, and the pharmaceutical industry, and for her campaigns to improve healthcare provision to the elderly and mentally ill. Education and career Johnston was educated at Culford School in Bury St Edmunds. She moved to London in 1992 to work as a volunteer for ''The Big Issue'', becoming a reporter with the newspaper's original editorial team, before working her way up to news editor, then assistant editor. She was known from then until 1996 for several investigative pieces, including on deaths in police custody and street drugs in London.Swithinbank, Tessa''Coming Up from the Streets: The Story of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michela Wrong
Michela Wrong (born 1961) is a British journalist and author who has spent more than two decades writing about Africa. Her postings as a journalist began in Europe and then West, Central and East Africa. She has worked for Reuters, the BBC, and the Financial Times before becoming a freelance writer. Career Her debut book, ''In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz'' (2001), covers the time she spent in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) as it transitioned from the leadership of Mobutu Sese Seko to that of Laurent-Désiré Kabila. Her second book, ''I Didn't Do It For You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation'' (2004), discusses the nation of Eritrea and the role foreign nations have played in its history during the 20th century. Her third book, ''It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower'' (2009), tells the story of John Githongo, a Kenyan journalist and civil society activist, who in 2002 took on a senior anti-corruption role within the newly elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palagummi Sainath
Palagummi Sainath (born 1957) is an Indian columnist and author of the acclaimed book ''Everybody Loves a Good Drought''. He has extensively written on rural India, his notable interests are poverty, structural inequities, caste discrimination and farmers protests."Farm Bills Will Create a Vacuum that May Result in Utter Chaos: P. Sainath" 23 September 2020. Mukherjee, Mitali. ''The Wire''. He founded the (PARI) in 2014, an online platform that focuses on social and |
Charles Onyango-Obbo
Charles "Mase" Onyango-Obbo, also Charles Onyango Obbo, (born 1958) is a Ugandan author, journalist, and former Editor of '' Mail & Guardian Africa''. He is a former Managing Editor of '' The Monitor'', a daily Ugandan newspaper, former Executive Editor for the Africa and Digital Media Division with Nation Media Group. Considered one of the finest journalists in Africa, Onyango-Obbo is a political commentator on issues in East Africa and the African Great Lakes region. He writes a column, "Ear to the Ground", in ''The Monitor'', a second column in the regional weekly ''The EastAfrican'', and a third in the '' Daily Nation''. Early life Born in the town of Mbale in Eastern Uganda. Onyango-Obbo studied at St. Leo’s College, Kyegobe in Fort Portal and later Makerere University in Kampala, the largest and oldest public university in Uganda, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He later attended the American University in Cairo, where he obtained the degr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Richard
Laurent Richard is a French journalist, documentary filmmaker and producer. He is the founder of Forbidden Stories. He was awarded the European Journalist of the Year by Prix Europa. He is a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is an American news media organization established in 2006 that sponsors independent reporting on global issues that other media outlets are less willing or able to undertake on their own. The center's goal ... grantee. References French journalists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{France-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
