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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...

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📢 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

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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 
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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. 🧵👇

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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

In Ecuador, Jorge Navarrate’s investigation reveals the country’s cocaine trade and how children are working in its production. Jorge was forced to leave the country for a time after receiving death threats because of his reporting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=09B1...

#TFYoungJournalist2025

In Nigeria, freelance journalist Abdulrasheed Hammad speaks to the displaced parents of malnourished children for the International Center for Investigative Reporting in a harsh exposé of life for many refugees: www.icirnigeria.org/displaced-by...

The desperate plight of families living without food and basic amenities in displacement camps in Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia,  is exposed by Mohamoud Shire of Radio Ergo: radioergo.org/en/2025/05/m...

Oksana Savoskina from @hromadske.bsky.social and her team were filming close to active fighting when their car was hit by a drone. Her film about a team of volunteers trying to rescue two abandoned horses is a glimpse of a day-in-the-life on the front line: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSFX...

#TFYoungJournalist 🏆 Award: Here's more about the first 4 of the 12 Young Journalist Award candidates shortlisted and some of their stories... 🧵👇

We're excited to reveal this year's shortlist for the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award 🏆:
📑 681 stories submitted
🧑‍💻 227 candidates
🌍 60 countries
✨ 12 outstanding journalists have made it through.
Read about them: bit.ly/46x5U2N

@fpalondon.bsky.social #TFYoungJournalist