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Thomson Reuters Foundation News, formerly Alertnet, is a global news service, available free to smaller media outlets and non-government organisations around the world. It is run by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters. The global editorial team of over 45 journalists and 150 freelancers, covers the world’s under-reported stories at the heart of aid, development, women’s rights, human trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Awards In 2017, Nita Bhalla won Journalist of the Year at the SOPA Awards. In 2015, the team won the Asian Environmental Journalism Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting by a Media Organisation, as well as a United Nations Correspondents Association UN Foundation prize In 2012, the Climate editorial team was selected as an Official Honouree of the 16th Annual Webby Awards in the Green category. In 2011, the team was awarded the “Voices of Courage” Award by the Women’s Refugee Commiss ...
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London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ...
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ...
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Thomson Reuters Foundation
Thomson Reuters Foundation is a London-based charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, a Canadian news conglomerate. The Foundation is registered as a charity in the United States and United Kingdom and is headquartered in Canary Wharf, London. Antonio Zappulla has been CEO since 2016. History Beginnings In September 1997, the Reuters Foundation launched AlertNet, a website providing free humanitarian news and information. AlertNet was set up in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwanda genocide as a response to criticism of the slow media response and poorly coordinated activities of the relief agencies on the ground. AlertNet aimed to facilitate co-ordination among relief workers. In 2004, the Foundation created, Iraq's first independent national news agency, Aswat al-Iraq (Voices of Iraq), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Spanish International Cooperation Agency (AECI). Thomson Reuters Foundation Following the acquisition of Reuters by the Canadia ...
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Articles related to the field of journalism include: 0–9 * 24-hour news cycle * 2003 invasion of Iraq media coverage A * ABC News * Advocacy journalism * Afghanistanism * AP Stylebook * Assignment editor * Associated Press B * Beat reporting * Breaking news C * Canadian Association of Journalists * CBC News * CBS News * Chart * Chicago circulation wars * Citizen journalism * CNN * Columnist * Committee to Protect Journalists * Copy editing * Creative nonfiction D * Dak edition * Decline of newspapers * Deep Throat * Desktop publishing E * Editing * Editor * Editor-at-Large * Editorial * Editorial board * Editorial independence * Editorial page * Embedded journalist * Eyewitness News F * First Amendment to the United States Constitution * Fourth Estate * Fox News Channel * Freedom of the press * Free newspaper * Full disclosure G * Gag order * Gotcha journalism * Graphic design H * Headline * Headlinese * Hedcut * History of ...
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