2025 Young Journalist Award
Entries are now open for the Young Journalist Award
Are you a young journalist driven to investigate, expose social issues and hold power to account? We want to hear your stories. Enter our prestigious annual competition and join a network of inspirational journalists.
Find out how to enter here.
Latest courses
For the Record: Covering War and Conflict
The fourth course in our collaboration with the EBU will teach you the importance of using the right language in reports, how to talk to survivors and the best way to document and archive from a scene of a possible war crime.
للتوثيق: تغطية الحروب والنزاعات
أحدث دورة تدريبية بالتعاون مع اتحاد البثّ الأوروبي متاحة الآن باللغة العربية! تتضمن الدورة أمثلة من إسرائيل وغزة والسودان والمزيد، وتشرح أهمية استخدام اللغة الصحيحة في التقارير وكيفية إجراء مقابلات مع الناجين وكيفية أرشفة مقاطع الفيديو والصور.
What we do
We train journalists and communicators using top experts in their field.
We create e-learning courses, hosted on our platform, Journalism Now.
We support local news organisations to maximise revenue by understanding their audience, using our wide network to share solutions across borders.
We help independent journalists and their news organisations under threat from anti-democratic governments to keep publishing.
We commission audience research in challenging markets to inform our network’s business decisions.
Working in almost 100 countries
A strong, growing online network of more than 24,000 journalists
Providing training for 11,000+ journalists in just five years
32 ground-breaking courses via messaging apps – translated into English, Russian and Arabic
Delivering 177 e-learning courses in 16 languages
1,000 grants in five years, supporting media outlets to grow by up to 75%
Celebrating 60 years
We champion journalistic integrity – supporting journalists and media organisations built on fair, independent and trusted journalism.
Our long history and global reach has uniquely positioned us to bring the most innovative solutions to helping local news thrive.
Who we are
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Journalism Now
Journalism Now is an online training platform that offers a variety of training opportunities for journalists. From self-paced courses to live webinars and blogs, Journalism Now features training resources created by Thomson Foundation's network of international experts and practitioners focusing on practical skills and examples.
