Press Releases
Shortlist for the 2nd Annual Award for Outstanding Work by an Indigenous Youth Reporter
Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2nd Annual [...]
NEW PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT TO HELP STRENGTHEN INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN THE ARAB WORLD
Photo Credit: JHR Journalists for Human Rights will work with the United Nations Democracy Fund [...]
Submissions open for JHR’s 2nd Annual Award for Outstanding Work by an Indigenous Youth Reporter
TORONTO, Feb. 3, 2021 – Today, Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is pleased to announce [...]
Journalists for Human Rights announces new Global Affairs funded project to fight COVID-19.
$1.5 million project will battle misinformation in 12 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East [...]
Statement by Journalists for Human Rights on the Maria Ressa verdict. No Journalist Should Face Jail Time for Doing Their Job
Toronto, June 16 2020 Journalists for Human Rights is appalled by Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa’s guilty [...]
A l’occasion de la Journée Mondiale de la Liberté de la Presse le mai 3, Journalistes pour les Droits Humains annonce des initiatives visant à lutter contre la désinformation partout dans le monde au sujet du Covid-19
Le journaliste Libérien Kolubah Akoi a couvert l'actualité d'Ebola en 2014. Crédit photo: Kolubah Akoi [...]
On May 3, World Press Freedom Day, Journalists for Human Rights Announces Efforts to Battle Misinformation Globally on COVID-19
TORONTO, May 1, 2020 /CNW/ - Journalists for Human Rights is pivoting its resources to [...]
Announcing Award for Outstanding Work by an Indigenous Youth Reporter supported by RBC Future Launch
TORONTO, Oct. 18, 2019 /CNW/ - Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is pleased to announce the first ever [...]
JHR Announces Co-Chairs and Leading Sponsors for Night for Rights 2019 Gala
TORONTO, Oct. 7, 2019 /CNW/ - On November 25, 2019, 400 of Canada's top journalists, media executives, business and political leaders [...]
Launching JHR’s program on “Fighting Disinformation through Strengthened Media and Citizen Preparedness in Canada.”
TORONTO, Sept. 27, 2019 /CNW/ - Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) announces the launch of its latest program [...]
Journalists for Human Rights in Mali
TORONTO, May 22, 2019 /CNW/ - Mali is a new country on JHR's map. Starting in 2019, the United [...]
Journalists for Human Rights and Seneca Emerging Indigenous Reporter Scholarship 2018
Journalists for Human Rights is delighted to announce a new scholarship at Seneca to support [...]
Yes, Journalism has a Future! JHR helps ignite innovative journalism in Africa
TORONTO, Dec. 15, 2017 /CNW/ - Three teams from the Journalism and Media Lab (JAMLAB) Accelerator programme [...]
And the JHR Lifetime Achievement Award in Human Rights Reporting goes to…
TORONTO, Oct. 7 2016 /CNW/ - Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is delighted to announce that Paul Barnsley, [...]
JHR Co-Founders Ben Peterson and Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque Honoured by Canadian Governor-General David Johnston for Meritorious Service
Co-founders recognized for their work launching Journalists for Human Rights, Canada's leading media development organization TORONTO, Dec. 21, [...]
MEDIA CALL: Journalists for Human Rights Night for Rights Gala
Journalists for Human Rights to welcome Toronto Raptors GM and media personalities to Night for [...]
Media Coverage
‘Look for the People in the Corners’: Journalist Jamin Mike – The Tyee
Increasingly, we understand: Press freedom matters. Now what? – The Globe and Mail
South Sudanese journalists push to change press freedom in young country – CTV News
When we improve the lives of women and girls, we all benefit – The Globe and Mail
World Press Freedom Day: 5 journalists killed on the job – CTVNews
How Syrian journalists took on sexist violence – and won change, through a fatwa – The Globe and Mail
World Press Freedom Day: Canada announces human rights investment – Global News
Journalists for Human Rights gets $11.7 million to support program focused on women and girls – The National Post
Feds fund media project aimed at improving coverage of human rights issues – CityNews
Panel sheds light on challenges women face in journalism – The Whig Standard
Being a journalist in South Sudan – AlJazeera
RTDNA Canada announces Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) as the 2018 recipient of the Bill Hutton Award of Excellence – GlobeNewsWire
Indigenous Reporters Program recognized with Excellence in Conservation award – Anishinabek News
The emotional exhaustion of debating Indigenous views – Toronto Star
Respect, dignity and fairness conveyed in capital letters: Public Editor – Toronto Star
