Impact

Topic: Program

  • Lessons from the frontlines of press freedom: JHR at the Festival International de Journalisme in Carleton-sur-Mer

    “In 2002, the number of countries said to be facing “grave” difficulties with press freedom was 13.7 percent. Now, it’s more than half.” This was just one of the key insights that JHR President Rachel Pulfer shared to a room of both journalists and the general public during the Liberty of the Press in The

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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