Impact

Tag: Misinformation

  • MALI: Bamako CSOs join hands with Health Ministry’s Immunization team to promote COVID vaccinations

    At a community event organized by JHR in Bamako, 127 women and girls participated in a dialogue about the necessity of COVID-19 vaccinations, led by a local women-focused CSO and Dr Ibrahim Diall, a doctor with the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene’s Immunization Section. After an hour-long discussion with the experts, as many as

  • MALI: JHR continues to work to fight COVID-19 misinfo and advance vaccinations

    Funded by Global Affairs Canada, our Mobilizing Media to Fight COVID-19 (MMFC) program held workshops with the Ministry of Health and Social Development in Mali last month, where 17 journalists and bloggers were trained on the National Strategy for Immunization and the Fight against COVID-19. The attendees learned about public health measures against COVID-19, the

  • Call for Proposals, Misinformation Project $3,000 Reporting Bursaries

    Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) and 16 journalist trainers recently held a series of training workshops on media literacy and digital investigation for Canadian journalists. We are now offering one-time bursaries of $3000 CDN. Successful applicants will receive a bursary to produce original and timely reporting on stories related to online misinformation. The Misinformation Project

  • This World Press Freedom Day Webinar, JHR is Mobilizing Media to Fight Misinformation Worldwide. Join Us!

    This World Press Freedom Day, JHR will be hosting a special webinar that unpacks the implications of the ongoing mis/disinformation crisis for today’s COVID-19 stricken world. JHR Executive Director Rachel Pulfer will speak to online disinformation expert Craig Silverman, JHR project manager Siyabulela Mandela and World Press Freedom Canada president Shawn McCarthy on the subject. They will discuss the heightened need to