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To mark Safer Internet Day, 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗦𝗔𝗙𝗘_𝟬𝟯 is now live on Journalism Now. 'Your device, your shield' is the 3rd course in our 4-part MEDIASAFE series. 
Learn how to secure your devices and protect sensitive information when working in the field.
Register for free: bit.ly/49YIhSz

#DigitalSecurity

MEDIASAFE_02 is now live on Journalism Now.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 is the second in our four-part series of bitesize digital security courses. 
Learn how to keep your communications and sources secure.

New course released weekly: bit.ly/49YIhSz

Launching MEDIASAFE_01 – Digital breadcrumbs, the first in a new four-part series of bitesize digital security courses on Journalism Now. 

Learn how your online footprint becomes a target and how to protect yourself, your work and your sources.

New course released weekly: bit.ly/49YIhSz

Independent media in Brazil and Colombia faces an urgent crisis in traditional business models alongside a deteriorating security environment according to new research commissioned by Thomson Media under the EU co-funded #AGILE framework.
Read more:  bit.ly/49hoSxa

@ueencolombia.bsky.social

How are newsrooms across the Western Balkans and Central Europe using AI with ethics at the centre?
Thomson and @cnti.bsky.social gathered journalists in Sarajevo for two days of honest, practical exchange.
Read more: bit.ly/4q7jBOn

Images credit: Kayla Goodson/CNTI
#Journalism #AI

Kenyan journalist Tracy Bonareri Onchoke is the winner of the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award 2025.
She fought off competition from 226 journalists from 60 countries.
Read more 👉 www.thomsonfoundation.org/latest/tracy...

#TFYoungJournalist @fpalondon.bsky.social

Independent media in Central America are under strain, yet new pathways for sustainability are taking shape.
At ForoCAP, Thomson and @elfaro.net brought together journalists from across the region to discuss funding models that protect editorial independence.
Read more: bit.ly/3LPRdBi

The Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award is an annual competition organised in partnership with @fpalondon.bsky.social. This year’s winner will be announced at the FPA’s Media Awards on 24 Nov in London. 🏆

🇬🇭 Godwin Asediba | TV3 Ghana
“Troubled Morgue” exposed inhumane conditions in a major Accra mortuary, triggering public outcry, questions in parliament and funds set aside for renovation. Read Godwin Asediba’s profile: www.thomsonfoundation.org/latest/godwi...

🇰🇪 Wangu Kanuri | Daily Nation
From classrooms that trap unbearable heat to long, blistering walks to school, Wangu shows how extreme heat harms learning and health and puts a face to the climate emergency: www.thomsonfoundation.org/latest/wangu...

🇰🇪 Tracy Onchoke | Africa Uncensored
Her film “Blocked at the Bar” investigates why so many Kenyan law students are failing the bar exam, questioning standards and transparency. Read more: www.thomsonfoundation.org/latest/tracy...

Meet the #TFYoungJournalist 2025 finalists: 🧵 👇

Key takeaway: Collaboration and transparency are the foundations of trustworthy AI adoption in journalism.

Thanks to @cnti.bsky.social & all speakers driving practical, ethical #AI use in journalism across the Western Balkans & CEE.

Day 2 of Journalism and AI: Building Resilient Newsrooms for the Future  wrapped up in Sarajevo with case studies, ethics debates & AI prompt-engineering labs. 🧵👇

Day 1 of Journalism and AI: Building Resilient Newsrooms for the Future in Sarajevo explored how #AI can support sustainable, ethical journalism.
💬 Key takeaway: innovation and integrity can - and must - go hand in hand.
@cnti.bsky.social #JournalismAndAI #AIforViability

Thomson is proud to be a key contributor to
@unesco.org's groundbreaking Media & Information Literacy Toolkit for Media. Join the launch panel live from Cartagena, Colombia 23 Oct | 15:50 (local time)
💻 Register to watch online: unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#GlobalMILWeek

📢 Announcing the three finalists for the #TFYoungJournalist Award 2025. Congratulations to Godwin Asediba, Wangu Kanuri and Tracy Bonareri Onchoke. Winner to be announced at @fpalondon.bsky.social Awards on 24th November. Read more: bit.ly/4n26njJ

🏆 The winner will be announced at the Foreign Press Association Awards in London (UK) on November 24, 2025. Read more about the 12 shortlisted here: bit.ly/46x5U2N

@fpalondon.bsky.social

The environmental and economic impact of illegal deep-sea trawling on coastal communities is discussed by freelance journalist Hazaran Rahim Dad writing for Prism–DAWN.com in Pakistan: www.dawn.com/news/1903744

Journalist Wangu Kanuri from Daily Nation in Kenya talks to children and teachers struggling to cope at schools where extreme heat is making classrooms feel like ovens: nation.africa/kenya/health...

Freelance journalist Sanket Jain examines the science behind the effects of extreme heat on brain health and the impact it’s having on outdoor workers in a story for Chemical and Engineering News: cen.acs.org/biological-c...

In Nigeria, Yakubu Mohammed from Premium Times uncovered the extent of the country’s illicit lithium trade by posing as a buyer to interact with people illegally trading on social media platforms: www.premiumtimesng.com/investigatio...

The final four journalists to make it to the shortlist for #TFYoungJournalist 2025 🏆. Here's more about them and some of their stories.​.. 🧵👇
@fpalondon.bsky.social

Look out for more details about the other candidates on the shortlist for the Young Journalist Award 2025 🏆 in the coming days. bit.ly/46x5U2N

#TFYoungJournalist #JournalismMatters 
@fpalondon.bsky.social

Tracy Onchoke from Africa Uncensored in Kenya discovered serious irregularities in her investigation to find out why hundreds of law students in the country are failing bar exams: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvOs...

A human trafficking network involving public officials was exposed by journalist Julius Mbeŵe in his investigation for the Platform for Investigative Journalism Malawi. He discovered how a mother was falsely declared dead to facilitate the adoption of her children www.pijmalawi.org/show-story/t...

Godwin Asediba’s investigation into appalling conditions at a hospital morgue in Ghana for TV3 helped to secure his place in the top 12 finalists. His undercover filming has been viewed millions of times online and has prompted a public debate in the country: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWGj...

An investigation by Yaqut Ali (@yaqutali.bsky.social) at The Wire in India into the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur shows the devastating impact on the lives of those forced to flee their homes and businesses which have been taken over by militant groups: thewire.in/rights/speci...

#TFYoungJournalist 🏆 Award: Here are the latest four journalists to make the shortlist for 2025 and some of the stories they reported on. 🧵👇

@fpalondon.bsky.social

Watch out for more details about the other candidates on the shortlist for the Young Journalist Award 2025 in the coming days.​ Read about all 12 here: bit.ly/46x5U2N

#TFYoungJournalist #JournalismMatters 
@fpalondon.bsky.social