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PSM Weekly | 31 January – 6 Feburary 2024

Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

Side of a truck with RTV SLO branding.

Trust at RTV SLO: “It is easier to ruin than rebuild”

After RTV SLO went through challenges and reforms, how is the broadcaster encouraging and restoring public trust in them as an institution?

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New PMA project: Building the Caribbean’s next generation of media literate citizens

PMA's new media and information literacy project in the Caribbean aims to empower schoolchildren, educators, and journalists.

Image shows a house in rubble after being torn apart by a hurricane.

Why newsrooms should have mental health strategies for climate journalists

It’s time to recognise that climate reporting can have a serious mental impact, says Seigonie Mohammed of CCN TV6 in Trinidad and Tobago.

The highlights of our gender-sensitive reporting workshop for SEA journalists and NGOs

The Public Media Alliance recently hosted its gender-sensitive reporting workshop in Bangkok. Here are the highlights from the two-day event.

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Peru: New administration of IRTP accused of interference

A slate of dismissals at Peru's state broadcaster, IRTP, after a controversial boss was appointed has led to accusations of interference.

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UN confirms investigation into the threats faced by BBC News Persian journalists & families

The UN International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran has today confirmed that its investigation will include the targeting of journalists.

Windhoek Namibian

Investigative journalism workshop “happening at just the right time”

An interview with Emily-May Brown on how the PMA-organised workshop in Namibia will promote investigative journalism in sub-Saharan Africa.

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2 journalists killed in Haiti: PMA & project partners send condolences

The Haiti reporters who were killed had attended a PMA-run project earlier this year on journalist safety and dis- and misinformation.

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Call-out: Journalists in Exile

Does your newsroom have any opportunities – funding, training, fellowship, employment, or other – to offer to journalists in exile?