Covering the Delta variant: Describing its features without exaggerating its impact

Covering the Covid-19 pandemic has been a real challenge for journalists. The surge of new virus variants, such as Delta, and the lack of clear...

Starting up a career in journalism during the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has been an uncertain time for early-career journalists as many media stopped their activity, put their internships and...

Trust in news grows, need for diverse and gender-balanced newsrooms demanded

The Reuters Digital News Report 2021 has revealed that public’s trust in news has risen sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic and that younger...

Hungary: Deterioration of press freedom under the pretext of COVID-19

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has used COVID-19 as a pretext to extend his grip on the country, notably...

The struggle of Brazilian journalists in times of pandemic

Since the beginning of the pandemic in Brazil, FENAJ - the National Federation of Journalists, along with all Brazilian workers, has monitored and...

Journalists’ mental health during the pandemic: We need to talk

Stress, anxiety, depression, sleep and eating disorders or burnout are just some of the mental health problems that many journalists covering the...

Somalia: NUSOJ and the IOM launch the COVID-19 Reporting Handbook for journalists

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) have worked collaboratively to launch on the...

Ukraine: Unions and newspaper editors unite in call for urgent action to save print media

The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) has won support for a 14-point plan to save the country's print media.

Norway: Mandatory quarantine rule for foreign journalists must be amended

The Norwegian government has decided it will require a mandatory quarantine of 10 days for all foreign journalists on assignment in Norway. The...

Freelance journalists: Organizing is key to survive the pandemic

In certain parts of the world, the pandemic has boosted the unionization wave in digital media but also among freelance journalists, who are...

Palestine: PJS secures financial aid for local media and journalists

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has secured a financial aid package from the Palestinian authority for Palestinian local media and...

IFJ and FAJ call on African governments to give priority to journalists for COVID-19 vaccinations   

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan-African Organization of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), has called on African...

Calling on all Trade Unions to ‘To Build and strengthen a World of work free from violence and harassment’

The IFJ joins Global Trade Unions in their call to strengthen female workers' rights in the Middle East and Arab countries.

African journalists underline the importance of a strong journalists’ union role in managing the response to the COVID-19 crisis to protect quality journalism and improve working conditions

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the pan-African organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in collaboration with...

"Climate change isn’t just an environmental story, it affects almost every beat we cover"

Sean Holman is an associate professor of journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary and a freedom of information researcher and climate crisis...

Unions unite in condemning Facebook bullying and call for bolder steps to tackle news deserts

Journalists and media unions in Australia, the US, Canada and the UK have issued the following joint call for governments to take "bolder steps" to...

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