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Friday, 30 April 2021, 6:29 pm The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Tuesday named investigative journalist and media executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines as the recipient of its 2021 press freedom award. For over three decades, Ms. Ressa has been involved in many initiatives to promote press freedom and currently manages the online outlet, Rappler. Her work however, also made her a target for attacks and abuse, UNESCO – the UN agency tasked with defending press freedom – said in a news release. Ms. Ressa was chosen for the UNESCO/Guillermo ...

Good News Pilipinas Filipino journalist Maria Ressa awarded UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize Maria Ressa’s fight for press freedom in the Philippines has gained international awareness on the plight of Filipino journalists. UNESCO Photo. Filipino journalist Maria Ressa has been named the recipient of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Press Freedom Prize. The investigative journalist from the Philippines was announced on April 27 as the 2021 laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, on the recommendation of...

PARIS, Apr 28 2021 - Investigative journalist and media executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines has been named as the 2021 laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals. The Award Ceremony will take place on 2 May in Windhoek, Namibia, on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day Global Conference, and be streamed online. Over a career spanning more than thirty years, Ressa has worked as CNN’s lead investigative reporter for Asia and the head of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. She has also...

How African news organisations can build strong alliances across the continent “African voices need to be heard in global policy-making,” says media scholar Herman Wasserman, author of a recent report on collaboration Herman Wasserman, Professor of Media Studies at the University of Cape Town.  Benon Herbert Oluka Tuesday 27 April 2021 When African newspaper journalists signed the Windhoek Declaration on May 3, 1991, there was an air of optimism that it would pave the way to the achievement of the press freedom ideals journalists aspired for. The date was eventually declared World Pre...

How journalism training is changing (and flourishing) in sub-Saharan Africa Nonprofits and universities are shaping the future of journalism in the continent by focusing on new priorities, Laura Oliver reports Journalist uses a phone to film in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. REUTERS/Baz Ratner Laura Oliver Monday 15 February 2021 Journalists in Africa have witnessed huge social, economic and political changes in the last 10 years. Alongside news milestones, different priorities for countries and audiences have emerged, from tackling climate change and financial corruption to the ...