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Mali
Training a generation of peer educators to combat gendered disinformation in Bamako
After JHR ran a workshop series for young content creators and students, Bamako youth have committed to play their part in challenging disinformation and hate speech in their communities. One participant Tiémoko Kassongué pledged, “From now on, I will verify information before sharing it online. I commit to raising awareness in my network and will
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Kenya
JHR and partners celebrate courage and excellence in African media
By Mercy Njoroge Two Kenyan journalists and a Nigerian journalist were awarded at the 2026 JHR co-sponsored Africa Media Awards, held during the Africa Media Festival organized by Baraza Media Lab on February 25-26 in Nairobi, Kenya. The winning award went to Robert Amalemba, a Kenyan journalist with Afrique XXI, who won the top award
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World Radio Day
World Radio Day 2026: 3 stories that prove radio still changes lives
Happy World Radio Day 2026! In the hardest-to-reach places, radio is still the most powerful tool for documenting truth and sparking change. Today we’re celebrating the journalists and stations carrying marginalized voices every single day. Kenya: “Radio is the only place where we feel heard” Millicent Sabwami is Station Manager at North Rift Radio in
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Canada
Indigenous fellows shine in culminating projects
Fellows in JHR’s Growing Indigenous Storytellers Fellowship conclude their six-month placement at APTN with a final project that brings together everything they’ve learned through the program. JHR is proud to present the final projects of the fellowship’s first cohort, Angela Belleau and Veronica Blackhawk, and second cohort, Ryan Cunningham, Rose Jacobs and Julia Ross. Angela
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Kenya
JHR-trained journalists shine at Kenya’s 2025 Community Media Awards
By Mercy Njoroge (Media Trainer, JHR-Kenya) & Benard Ogoi (Project Coordinator, JHR-Kenya) JHR-Kenya is proud to celebrate the achievements of eight of its trained journalists who received multiple awards at the recently concluded Community Media Awards 2025. The awards, organized by the Association of Grassroots Journalists Kenya (AGJK), marked the culmination of a five-day conference
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Europe
JHR-supported documentary screened at Italian Senate
Yesterday, inside the Italian Senate, lawmakers watched a film the Kremlin never wanted them to see. Prisoners: System of Terror, a documentary by independent Russian media outlet Activatica, exposes a vast and secret Russian prison network holding tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians without charge. Ordinary people disappeared into detention centres, stripped of legal rights
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