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About the GRC
Global
journalism,
done
differently.
We are an editorially independent and not-for-profit newsroom working to reimagine global journalism. Here’s how we work.
In numbers
- 🏆 26 awards and nominations
- 🌏 21 active contributing journalists
- 🎓 220+ graduate students trained through hands-on global journalism
Recent Highlight
Our project Turning points, aired in partnership with PBS NewsHour, won the 2022 Edward R. Murrow National Award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
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Latest Feature / series
Growing older
This series incorporates short documentaries, written features, and data visualizations to look at the wide-ranging impacts of an aging world.
Produced by students of the Global Reporting Program and published in partnership with The Globe and Mail.
Latest Feature / Story
1. South Korea
In South Korea, nearly half of women aged 66+ are living in poverty. Yeong-Im Jung is one of them, and collects recyclables to help meet basic needs.
Photo: Yejin Jo Latest Feature / Story
2. Canada
In a poll, 85% of Canadians said they’d do “everything they can” to age at home. Quita Longmore shares that sentiment — but it can be challenging in practice.
Photo: Arrthy Thayaparan
Recent media Partners
…the Global Reporting Centre peels back that false narrative that things are just happening in one country. And allows journalists and students to collaborate on really big stories that can make a really big difference.”
—Martha Mendoza, AP News
It is really an opportunity for journalists to come together as opposed to just working in our silos.”
—Duy Linh Tu, Columbia Journalism School
Their merging of academics with journalists is a fascinating new way to explore in-depth topics that are complicated and span the globe.”
—Robert Cribb, Toronto Star
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Updates and Events
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A new look, and a renewed focus on doing things differently
The Global Reporting Centre has evolved since its inception nearly seven years ago. Reflecting on its development, executive director and founder Peter Klein said, “We thought that, if we’re going to build up global journalism, we could try different approaches. But the notion of really challenging the norms and practices wasn’t central to our early…
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Meet our new supply chain reporting fellow
We spoke with Emma Barnes-Lewis, the GRC’s Supply Chain Reporting Fellow, about what compelled her to research modern slavery and exploitation.
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How a ‘carbon cage’ blocks climate mitigation
Associate Professor Kate Ervine with a short doc for Scientific American exploring how climate action is stopped by carbon dependence. Co-produced by Duy Linh Tu with support from the Hidden Costs Academic-Journalism Collaboration Grant.
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Fake Facebook accounts used to attack detained Moroccan journalists in coordinated online campaign
Part of a larger GRC/CPJ study on efforts to discredit and harass journalists around the world.
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa speaks on disinformation and democracy
The GRC co-hosted a public lecture by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa, who explained how disinformation spread by social media threatens democracy.
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China’s capture of Ghana’s fishing industry threatening food security
Ghanian journalist Kwabena Adu Koranteng and researcher Alassane Samba look at how Chinese proliferation in Ghana’s fishing industry is threatening food security in the region. This story is a result of the Hidden Costs Academic-Journalism Collaboration Grant.
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Global Reporting Centre wins National Edward R. Murrow Award
Turning Points wins a national Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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Announcing the Tiny Foundation Fellows for Investigative Journalism
The Global Reporting Centre and the Citizens announce the seven recipients of The Tiny Foundation Fellowships for Investigative Journalism. The fellows, who include both up-and-coming and experienced journalists, will dive into the role of technology in abuses of power.
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