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Mabrouka Khedir, a Tunisian journalist with green-coloured glasses…

Invited to the Agora of Journalisme of Tours 2023 to present her new media COSMOS, Mabrouka Khédir, a Tunisian journalist, did not hesitate to present her project during a discussion session about media initiatives in the French-speaking countries. She also made an interview with Tours journalism school magazine and participated in the recording of the …

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“Media support requests flexibility, long term support, and collaborations”

The Danish organization International Media Support is one of the leading players in support of media and independent journalism in the North Africa and Middle East region. Known as “IMS”, it supports journalists in the region for many years and has successfully contributed to the creation of a number of media initiatives in the region. …

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DARAJ, the rising alternative media….

In her office located in an old restored stone building in the trendy Mar Mickaël district of Beirut, Alia Ibrahim leads, like a true conductor, the team of journalists from DARAJ, a media outlet that has succeeded, in a few years, to conquer a growing audience throughout the Arab world. She is also in close …

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Podcast : Journalism and Media development challenges and perspectives in North-Africa and in the Middle-East

During the 16th edition of the Agora for Journalism in Tours, the Sahafa Med program brought together its national correspondents and journalists from Southern Mediterranean countries – some exiled in Europe. They recorded a discussion about the support programs and projects implemented by international actors for the benefit of journalists in Northern Africa and the …

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Covering migration & exile : how to address the topic in today’s media.

The 16th edition of the Agora for Journalism in Tours highlighted the topic of migration and how European media cover such a complex phenomenon. Four specialised journalists attended the panel to raise awareness on this divisive subject : Mariama Thiam, a journalist working in several African media, such as for Africa Check (Senegal), Sarah Frères, …

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What’s new on the editorial front in Tunisia, Lebanon and Burkina Faso ?

Media innovations in the French-speaking world were highlighted on 30 March 2023 as part of the programme of the Agora for journalism in Tours. This roundtable was moderated by Jean Kouchner, Secretary-general of the French-speaking press union (UPF). Speakers were Mabrouka Khedir from the Tunisian environmental media Cosmos, Inoussa Maïga, ffounder of the Agribusiness online …

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Southern Mediterranean journalists in exile in Europe: challenges and prospects

As part of the 16th edition of the Agoras for journalism in Tours, a workshop brought together a dozen journalists from the southern Mediterranean who were forced to go into exile in Europe because of the threats they faced. Originally from Syria, Egypt, Morocco and Libya, these journalists now live in France, Germany and Belgium. …

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Sahafa Med workshop on the support to independent media in the South of the Mediterranean in the framework of the Journalism Forum in Tours

The Sahafa Med seminar, organised on 23 November 2022 in Brussels in the framework of the European Agoras for journalism, brought together fifty media development actors working in the Southern Mediterranean. This seminar provided an opportunity to collectively reflect on the challenges and prospects for supporting independent journalists in this region. In the framework of …

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Jordan: exchanges between freelancers and donors

In the framework of Sahafa Med, an informal meeting between Jordanian freelance journalists and representatives of international donors who support media and journalists in Jordan took place in Amman on 21 February at the premises of the Community Media Network, a group of community radio stations. The meeting brought together 28 people, including a dozen …

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Press freedom and journalists’ rights must be respected in the Maghreb

Journalism & Citizenship is committed in 2018 to journalists in the Arab world, particularly in the Maghreb, by launching the International Agoras for journalism in Tunis, with the support of various partners, including the Tunisian Journalists Union (SNJT). The first edition of the Southern Mediterranean Conference was full of hope for freedom of expression and …

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