President Adama Barrow of Gambia has signed the Access To Information Bill into law. The new measures are intended to facilitate the work of journalists and empower civil society to access government-held information to enhance accountability and transparency. Various stakeholders and civil society organisations including the Gambia Press Union had worked together to establish the […]

Competition for the prestigious annual Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award is now open, with a special emphasis this year on environmental journalism The award is dedicated to finding and inspiring ambitious young journalists, aged under 30, from countries with a Gross National Income per capita of less than $20,000. Judges look for stories that are […]

The Editors Guild of India has expressed shock over what it says is the cavalier manner in which Uttar Pradesh Police is treating the mysterious death of TV journalist, Sulabh Srivastava, pictured, in Pratapgrah. Mr Srivastava, who had been threatened by the a criminal gang for exposing their wrongdoings, had recently written a letter to […]

African journalists’ leaders have called on the African Union and national governments to institute a comprehensive framework for media freedom and quality journalism in Africa and launched campaigns in support of media freedom and the safety of journalists. The call came at the end of a two-day African Journalists Leadership’ Conference on “Building Stronger Unions […]

    The new CJA President, Chris Cobb of the Canadian branch, pictured, has said he was honoured to be leading the association. He was elected by branches after the online conference in Delhi in March.     “The leadership of the CJA is a team, and its members bring diverse experiences and knowledge to […]