Journalism Matters
500 news organizations mark World News Day by demonstrating the power of journalism to make a difference. Take a look at the following reports and features that are making an impact in an increasingly complex and uncertain world:
Politician caught negotiating with Russia in trap
Heinz-Christian Strache, the leader of Austria’s right-wing populist FPÖ party, met with purported Russian multimillionaire in Ibiza on July 24, 2017. She offered him campaign support in exchange for public contracts. What he didn’t know was that the entire exchange was staged and recorded by hidden cameras.
A girl’s journey from slavery to activism
After spending six years of bonded labour in India, 25-year-old Pachayammal has rescued over 100 people from slavery.
The voice from the jungle
As he usually does in the morning, Madu greets his listeners. Madu runs his broadcast from a community radio station, Benor FM Radio, located in a remote area in Bukit Suban Village. The village is located in the Air Hitam District of Sarulangun Regency in theJambi Province. Benor Radio was initiated by an NGO called the Indonesian Conservation Community Warsi.
Trafficked into nightmares
Local agents have been smuggling victims across Benapole’s border by showing forged documents of family relations at immigration checkpoints. Sometimes the gang members marry the victims only to sell them into prostitution later.
Finding ways to beat farm debt
The farm sector has been a driving engine behind Thailand’s economic growth, but at the same time, debt among farmers has been rising. The main product of farming is rice. Last year, the value of rice traded was 174.5 billion baht (US$5.7 billion), entailing 12.89% of all farming products.
Singapore government clamps down on medical tourism in public hospitals
The Health Ministry (MOH) has told public hospitals to terminate all contracts with foreign agents who refer patients from overseas, after The Sunday Times highlighted the existence of such a practice.
How Ramadan Diaries series opened minds, homes and hearts
Inspired by the CNA Insider series on migrant workers, Singaporeans organised open houses to show their appreciation by giving some of them a taste of home away from home.
How Fear & Money Silenced A Murdered Journalist’s Family
In June 2015, journalist Jagendra Singh was set on fire by a minister’s henchmen in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh in India. The case never went to trial and none of the accused were punished. The Lede investigate what happened.
Tales of sorrow from electricity consumers
The story is looks at the energy crisis in Nigeria with special focus on victims of the Benin Electricity Company (BEDC), a firm that handles power distribution in Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti states.
A Minister on a Mission
Malaysia’s Minister Yeo Bee Yin plans to end single-use plastics in Malaysia by 2030.
Why women in Beed district don’t have wombs
“You will hardly find women with wombs in these villages. These are villages of womb-less women,” says Manda Ugale, with gloom in her eyes. Sitting in her tiny house in the Hajipur village within the drought-affected Beed district of Maharashtra’s Marath-wada region, she struggles to talk about the painful topic.
Investigating river construction to save the streams
“ The only way home is to bash against a wall.” In March 2018, the Environmental Ethics Foundation of Taiwan released a video shot depicting fish jumping from a river in order to reach the upper streams to spawn. However, as the river bank was made of concrete, the fish were defeated by the task and died at the river side. None completed their mission to return.