Thomson Reuters Foundation News

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Thomson Reuters Foundation News, formerly known as Alertnet, is a worldwide news service that provides free access to smaller media outlets and non-governmental organizations across the globe. It operates under the auspices of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, which is the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters.

Thomson Reuters Foundation News
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Key people
Belinda Goldsmith, Editor-in-Chief
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The global editorial team consists of more than 45 journalists and 150 freelancers, who cover under-reported stories that revolve around aid, development, women's rights, human trafficking, property rights, climate change, and resilience.

Awards

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In 2015, the team won the Asian Environmental Journalism Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting by a Media Organisation, as well as a United Nations Correspondents Association UN Foundation prize [1]

In 2012, the Climate editorial team was selected as an Official Honouree of the 16th Annual Webby Awards in the Green category.[2]

In 2011, the team was awarded the "Voices of Courage" Award by the Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) [3]

In 2011, AlertNet was awarded an EPPY Award for the "Best News Website" category.[4]

AlertNet received a gold trophy for "Best News Site" at the Lovie Awards.[5]

In March 2011, the Foundation won the "Best Use of New Media" award for its Emergency Information Service (EIS) at the Third Annual Social Innovation Awards hosted by Justmeans.

In 2010, "Surviving the Tsunami: Stories of Hope", a Thomson Reuters Foundation multimedia documentary created for the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, was nominated for an Emmy award and won a prize at the Best of Photojournalism Awards.[6] The documentary was also a finalist in the 2010 Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma and named Best Web Special Feature by Editor & Publisher. AlertNet was named a Millennium Product by the British government, an award for outstanding application of innovative technology.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2015 UNCA Awards Winners « The United Nations Correspondents Association".
  2. ^ "AlertNet Climate -- The Webby Awards".
  3. ^ "An Interview with our 2011 Voices of Courage Honoree Thomson Reuters Foundation". www.womensrefugeecommission.org.
  4. ^ "EPPY Awards - 2011 Winners". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  5. ^ "Winners". 21 February 2023.
  6. ^ "NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2010 Web Site Winners". bop.nppa.org. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2022.