Following on from the success of these pecha kucha-style presentations at last year’s festival, ‘How I broke the story’ is back with five new speakers who’ve produced world-class gender journa...
Eliza Anyangwe
Eliza Anyangwe is Managing Editor of CNN’s multi-award-winning gender inequality reporting team As Equals, and co-founder of The Gender Beat, a collaborative project to promote nuanced, impactful gender journalism and build a supportive community for those who produce it, particularly in the Majority World.
Before joining CNN in February 2021, she was Managing Editor of The Correspondent, a platform for constructive, member-funded, ad-free journalism. Eliza has spoken about gender, journalism or international development on stages from SXSW to TED Global; has written for Open Democracy, Al Jazeera and the FT, and has appeared on Newsnight, BBC World Service, PRI’s The World and Our Body Politic, among others. She is a contributing author to Africa’s Media Image in the 21st Century, published by Routledge.
Events IJF 2024
What every journalist needs to know about the connection between gender and rising authoritarianism around the world
Much has been said about the erosion of democracy around the world but much less attention is being paid to how authoritarian regimes (or far-right populists) are using “gender” (specific visions ...
Journalists from around the world share their experience producing world-leading journalism about the rights of women and gender-diverse people. From an investigation into the skin-whitening industry ...
Are you managing well? How to start a mental health conversation in your newsroom
Wellbeing is no longer a ‘nice to have’ but a necessary part of every newsroom’s conversation. However, across our industry, few leaders receive the training they need to support their staff. Th...
Is philanthropy-funded journalism “real” journalism: and how does it work in a traditional newsroom?
At a growing number of traditional and legacy news organizations, philanthropy is supporting reporting and journalism projects that otherwise might not be possible. In news organizations--large and sm...
Our societies feel more fragmented than ever and it’s not just tabloids who seem to be stoking the flames of discord and division. In the wake of the Christchurch terror attack, the UK's head of cou...
The practice commonly known as “parachute journalism”, i.e. dispatching journalists to a country for a relatively short period of time to cover a story, is a controversial type of reporting. But j...
Editorial and commercial: exploring the interplay between business models and the quality journalism they support
The opportunities for journalism in the digital age are greater than ever, but the commercial conditions in which it operates look increasingly hostile. For quality journalism outlets, ensuring that e...
The need for strong community-based newsrooms has scarcely felt more vital to our democracies, yet local media continues to be under immense pressure, with local investigative journalism facing its ow...
Good journalism on development and international cooperation issues: what to do, what not to do
The issues of international development and cooperation are becoming increasingly complex, urgent and interrelated. At the same time, new technologies allow more real-time news and different sources...
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