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WINner’s stories: Winnie Najjuma's WIN journey

By Winnie Najjuma While starting out on this journey, I honestly did not know what to expect. When I was sending my application, I only did it because I had promised myself to apply for any opportu...

Jineth Bedoya Lima – Golden Pen winner and press freedom warrior

By Colette Davidson As the winner of this year’s WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom award, Jineth Bedoya Lima continues to fight for press freedom and justice for victims of sexual violence &ndas...

WINner’s stories: How WIN re-energized and shaped my journalism career

By Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki  For me, participating in the 2020 Women In News (WIN) Leadership Accelerator programme came as a breakthrough in my professional development and revampi...

WAN-IFRA Women in News names Mary Mbewe the 2020 Editorial Leadership Award Laureate for Africa

PRESS RELEASE   Today, WAN-IFRA Women in News will name Mary Mbewe, Executive Editor of the Daily Nation in Zambia as the 2020 WIN Editorial Leadership Award Laureate for Africa. The announce...

Mary Mbewe accepts the 2020 Editorial Leadership Award for Africa

"I believe journalism chose me and I fell in love with writing from an early age (12 ), when my brother, Donald Malama (now late) forced me to read novels and later explain the content to hi...

Executive Editor Mary Mbewe Inspires Young Women Journalists to Become Leaders

Interview by Colette Davidson Mary Mbewe has become a role model for women journalists in Zambia, quietly moving up the editorial ranks and exemplifying how women can become successful media leader...

Sexual Harassment: the unspoken media scourge

We know both anecdotally and from WIN research that the problem of unwanted sexual advances in news organisations is huge. But what practical steps should you take if you are harassed or someone, to w...

Sexual Harassment in the Media: WINner’s stories

Sexual harassment is a scourge in our societies and it is no different in the media. Women in News is working with executives, editors and women journalists to put policies in place that call out inap...

Reinventing the Newsroom for the New Normal

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the media landscape has seen a lot of changes and disruptions; from having to set up virtual newsrooms, to ceasing print editions, and adapting to the audie...

WAN-IFRA Women in News supports women journalists in Lebanon as part of the Social Impact Reporting Initiative in the Arab Region

Beirut, Lebanon - Following the Beirut explosion on 4 August, 2020, WIN launched a special initiative as part of the Social Impact Reporting Initiative to support women journalists who are covering th...