October 3, 2013 marked a black chapter in the history of the small East African nation of Eritrea – a country that gained its independence from its larger neighbour, Ethiopia, in May 1991. For Eritreans,… Read More »Eritrea: A Country In Transition
Afghan refugees celebrate their cultural festivals, not only for fun and entertainment, but also to teach and enrich their children’s knowledge of Afghan culture and traditions.
Fardous Bahbouh writes about her experiences of volunteering in the UK Excitement and anticipation were at high levels at the busy St Pancras International station, as Khaled and Mazen (pseudonyms for two Syrian child refugees)… Read More »What I’ve gained from volunteering with refugees
Abdulwahab Tahhan writes about attending the Centre for Investigative Journalism’s summer conference. As an inexperienced, and at best a citizen journalist who hasn’t published more than a couple of articles and a film, I was… Read More »Learning about tools for investigative journalism
Data and documents are crucially important in Investigative Journalism. In CIJ Summer Conference 2016, veteran investigative journalists shared their experiences about the process of accessing and collecting, analysing, scraping, coding and encrypting data.
Temesghen Debesai Asfaha shares his views on what journalism means to him, after living and working in a country where journalism was unable to function independently from state control.
Ghazal Khateeb discusses the difficulties she’s faced in getting into the media industry after restarting her career in the UK.
With aspirations to raise awareness about the on-going conflicts in both Syria and the Middle East, Fardous Bahbouh believes that as a journalist, or someone who builds bridges between people, she can do this. In… Read More »Fardous Bahbouh: Raising awareness
Coming from Syria, Zaid Ghangour has experienced how journalism’s core values can be morphed within specific political climates. However, now in the UK following a journey that involved staying at Calais’ now infamous refugee camp,… Read More »Zaid Ghangour
Being from Iran, Nargess Tavassolian has experienced how journalism can be restricted by government censorship with the country currently ranked 169th out of 180 within the World Press Freedom Index. However, despite this lack of… Read More »Journalism as a tool for truth and social change