Media should shine the light on health workers on the front lines
The following is an adaptation of remarks I delivered at the International Health Workforce Awards upon receiving the journalism award. The story of health workers around the world is one of...
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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump announced Monday that his campaign revoked the press credentials for the Washington Post. It is the latest in a series of statements and actions by the...
View ArticleGovernments are finding new ways to limit press freedom, reports show
The state of press freedom is getting worse, say two organizations that advocate for journalists, regardless of whether journalists are working in repressive regimes or democratic countries....
View ArticleSee you later! The final Humanosphere podcast – for now
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This is the second part in a series on the relationship between NGOs and the media. For the month of February, Bill Gates served as guest editor for The Verge, an online news site. The site published...
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This is the third part in a series on the relationship between NGOs and the media. The international aid and development sector is sprawling and somewhat difficult to define. It means that the...
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View ArticleMedia should shine the light on health workers on the front lines
The following is an adaptation of remarks I delivered at the International Health Workforce Awards upon receiving the journalism award. The story of health workers around the world is one of...
View ArticleTrump restricting press access shares similarities with world’s authoritarian...
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump announced Monday that his campaign revoked the press credentials for the Washington Post. It is the latest in a series of statements and actions by the...
View ArticleGovernments are finding new ways to limit press freedom, reports show
The state of press freedom is getting worse, say two organizations that advocate for journalists, regardless of whether journalists are working in repressive regimes or democratic countries....
View ArticleSee you later! The final Humanosphere podcast – for now
For today's final Humanosphere podcast, we're going to talk about ourselves - why we do what we do, what are some of our favorite stories and where we go from here. Due to lack of funding, we must now...
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