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Inside the Global Fight for Press Freedom
Local journalists and media workers have been on the frontlines of these attacks. The countries where Global Press Journal has local bureaus, including Mexico, Uganda and Sri Lanka, are some of the hardest hit by attacks on press freedoms, where journalists feel pawned by …
Inside the Global Fight for Press Freedom
Through powerful personal narratives and comprehensive data, Global Press Journal shares the untold stories of 11 courageous, local journalists and activists across the globe.
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Global Press Reporting Certificate in Narrative Change Techniques Bringing narrative change to your community As a local journalist, you have the ability to change static and stereotypical narratives about your community. By learning easily applicable narrative change techniques, you can transform your own journalistic practice, better engage audiences and help people everywhere to better ...
The Little-Known Disorder Getting a Big Platform With Miss …
Jun 3, 2024 · Jane Dipika Garrett, who competed and placed in Miss Universe Nepal in 2023, poses for a portrait at a hotel during a program organized by PCOS Society of Nepal in Kathmandu. KATHMANDU, NEPAL — When Jane Dipika Garrett’s family learned that she’d applied to compete in Miss Universe Nepal, they assumed it was a joke.
Does a Hail Cannon Really Stop the Hail? - Global Press Journal
Jun 15, 2022 · A hail cannon blasts shock waves into the atmosphere. It's intended to disrupt the formation of damaging hailstones, although lacks much scientific evidence. Video by Lilette A. Contreras, GPJ Mexico. One hailstorm has the potential to damage thousands of hectares of crops. In July 2019, more than 5,000 hectares (19 square miles) of crops were ...
Global Press Enters a New Era
Oct 10, 2024 · This change has challenged our news organization to move past old ways of thinking. But it also represents a new era – one in which Global Press journalism will move away from the edges of the mainstream media market and into the center square. Global Press has operated for decades in remote, conflict-ridden and widely misunderstood places.
17 Years After Nepal’s Civil War: Where Is Justice?
Aug 21, 2023 · Shrestha says her husband was shot dead in their home in 2002 by members of the People’s Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). KIRTIPUR, NEPAL — On an October evening more than 20 years ago during Nepal’s civil war, three men casually walked into Srijana Shrestha’s house in her husband’s hometown of ...
In Zimbabwe, Disaster at the Intersection of Cholera and Climate …
Dec 11, 2023 · In recent decades, there have been two large outbreaks in Zimbabwe: one from 2008 to 2009, which resulted in over 100,000 cases and over 4,000 deaths, and another from 2018 to 2019, which resulted in 10,000 cases and 69 deaths across the country’s cholera hot spots. This year, the country experienced yet another outbreak.
Trash Crisis Leaves Puerto Rico Near ‘the Brink’ - Global Press Journal
Feb 16, 2021 · Puerto Rico recycles only 9% to 14% of its trash, although at least 35% of its solid waste is recyclable. In 2017, the trash crisis worsened when hurricanes Maria and Irma left at least 2.5 million tons of debris. The landfill that bedevils Contorno residents opened in 1966. Two potable water wells and 14 subterranean water wells lie within 2 ...