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Our Work
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Almost every day of the year, in more than forty countries across the developing world, you will find the Thomson Foundation at work. 90% of our work is overseas.
There is no "off-the-shelf" approach - every project is designed for that particular country and organisation which has asked for it, to make sure that it meets specific local needs.
Projects can last from a few days to a few years and sometimes involve repeated visits by Foundation specialists.
In 2003, to mark forty years of media for development work some of our partners explained why they valued what we do.
The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Don McKinnon, wrote:"Talking about freedom of expression and the media's role as the watchdog is easy. Doing something about it is harder and takes real dedication and commitment as shown by the Thomson Foundation."
That is the reputation we are proud to have earned. And although we are increasingly involved in work with many civil society groups - such as UN agencies, charities and non-governmental organisations, - training the media remains a core area of work for the Foundation.
But the world of the mass media is changing very fast, and we are changing too, to make sure we are as able to help the journalists of the twenty-first century as the Foundation was when it began work four decades ago.
One significant change we have recently introduced is to merge our separate Print and Broadcast divisions under a single head of training.
We made the change for one simple reason - to make us more effective. But we have been very careful to ensure that the Foundation remains able, as before, to respond to specific demands for training and advice from print, broadcast and new media organisations - and from other agencies which need to better communicators. So each distinct area keeps its own ability to deliver according to needs.
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