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'''Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)''', is an international ] development ] based in ], ].
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JHR was founded ] and ] in 2002.<ref name=davis>Davis, Nicholas, "," ''Toronto Sun'', November 1, 2004</ref> Ben Peterson is currently JHR’s Executive Director.<ref>, accessed January 19, 2008</ref> '''Journalists for Human Rights''' ('''JHR''') is Canada's largest international media development organization. Based in ], ], Canada, JHR was founded in 2002 by ] and ] in 2002.<ref name="davis">Davis, Nicholas, "Africa got under his skin", ''Toronto Sun'', November 1, 2004</ref> JHR's mission is to inspire and mobilize media to cover human rights stories in ways that help communities help themselves. The organization's vision is for everyone in the world to access their ].{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}


JHR believes that "Creating rights awareness is the first and most necessary step to ending the abuse of human rights. By mobilizing the media to spread human rights awareness, JHR informs people about human rights, empowering marginalized communities to stand up, speak out, and protect themselves."<ref name="jhr1">"," accessed February 3, 2009</ref> JHR has partnered with over 400 media organizations in 29 different countries to train over 17,650 journalists. Their human rights stories have reached over 76 million people.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
Its mission "is dedicated to increasing the quality and quantity of human rights reporting in the African media."<ref>, accessed January 19, 2008</ref> JHR’s programs are split into two categories—its work in ] and its work in ].


JHR employs a rights-based "reciprocal change" approach, a process that involves local media partnerships and consultations with editors and owners, working journalists, students, civil society and other relevant stakeholders within a region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=jhr's 'Reciprocal Change' Model |url=http://www.jhr.ca/en/int_reciprocal.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223210845/http://jhr.ca/en/int_reciprocal.php |archive-date=2009-02-23 |access-date=2022-09-19}}</ref>
In ], JHR claims to have worked in 14 countries, where it runs programs for local journalists aimed at increasing the quality and quantity of human rights reporting in the local media. JHR says that its programming helps reach over 20 million Africans a week, through its local media partners (radio, print and TV) with human rights information they wouldn’t have received otherwise.<ref name=ben>"
Stephens, Lisa, , ''Report on Business Magazine'', May 7, 2007</ref>In theory, this helps to increase public awareness and debate about human rights issues, empowering victims to fight back. It also creates a climate where human rights abusers are less likely to get away with their crimes. JHR has offices in ] (]), ] (]) and ] (]).<ref name=JHR/><ref name=kelly>Kelly, Deidre, "For society, Africa is the cause du jour; Local philanthropists are developing a global perspective, Deirdre Kelly writes," ''Globe and Mail'', October 12, 2007</ref>


JHR is currently led by Rachel Pulfer, its Executive Director.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Team {{!}} JHR|url = http://www.jhr.ca/en/about-2/the-team/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150912013413/http://www.jhr.ca/en/about-2/the-team/|url-status = dead|archive-date = September 12, 2015|website = www.jhr.ca|accessdate = 2015-11-30}}</ref> It has ongoing programs in Mali, Kenya, and works with Syrian journalists in Turkey, Tunisia, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Canada.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
In ], JHR has chapters at universities across ] and a few in the ]. These chapters aim to engage students in the importance of human rights reporting, and to encourage them to spread awareness on campus about rights issues through various forms of media. In ], JHR has 25 chapters at universities that include the ], ] and ].<ref name=JHR>, accessed January 19, 2008</ref> JHR claims that over 20% of Canada’s journalism students are involved in one way or another with JHR’s Chapter program. JHR is now working to expanding this program in the US. Chapters there include ] and the ].


== Activities ==
JHR has received media attention in ], including from '']'', '']'' and the ]. This coverage has been largely focused on its work in ] and on Executive Director Ben Peterson.
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=== The Democratic Republic of Congo ===
JHR claims that it is the largest media development organization in Canada.
Since 2007, JHR has worked with over 1450 journalists and journalism students in the DRC to produce media about human rights abuses, crime, corruption, democracy, and good governance. JHR initiatives have built a network of ten autonomous press clubs that span the country, and work to promote coverage of human rights issues. JHR's work in the DRCongo is currently supported by ].


==Criticisms== === Jordan ===
To date, JHR has trained over 250 Jordanian journalists, journalism graduates and students on human rights reporting, the majority of which have been women. JHR's commitment to improving accessibility is demonstrated through the creation of online platform Maidan. Maidan is a platform that enables the public to participate in the process of collecting data and reporting human rights violations to hold governing bodies accountable, and acts as a resource for media and CSOs. Through training, public engagement and story production, JHR has worked to increase freedom of expression in Jordan and create a space for more open, informed and constructive dialogue on human rights issues affecting the country.
In 2005, JHR accepted funding from ], a Canadian mining organization known for it's human rights abuses, particularly in Tanzania, where JHR was NOT operating at the time. The funding represented a tiny portion of JHR's overall budget to date and JHR has since developed a strict policy in assessing donors on a case by case basis.
<ref name=ProtestBarrick>, accessed December 28, 2008</ref>


=== South Africa ===
In January 2008, one former employee reported that in 2005 they were living in an abandoned building in ], (]) At the time JHR offered assistance in finding alternate accomodation but was turned down.
In 2017, JHR worked in partnership with the ] and ] to launch the Journalism and Media Lab (JAMLab). Six teams of young South African journalists and media entrepreneurs entered the lab to incubate or accelerate their ideas for six months. Teams had access to mentorship, facilities, and contacts who supported them as they worked to develop new ideas in media, determine how to reach new audiences and figure out how best to sustain themselves with new revenue.
<ref name=minogue>Minogue, Sarah, "," ''This Magazine'', January, 2008</ref>


=== Syria ===
In September 2008, JHR Executive Director Benjamin Peterson, admitted that JHR does short-term work in some countries as 'test cases' to see if JHR should develop full programs in the country. Mr. Peterson stated that interns are sent to do short-term work (as requested by local organizations) to determine if JHR should establish a presence in a particular country, and expecting to achieve significant development results is not realistic." As the employees are only in country for 6-8 months, achieving long-term results would not be realistic. <ref name=macleans>Mendleson, Rachel, "," ''Macleans Magazine'', September 19, 2008</ref>
Since 2017, JHR has created a network of 175 Syrian journalists working inside and outside of Syria, in order to ensure that outlets working in different geographic territories can share resources, collaborate on tough stories and given outlets access to territories they cannot usually work in freely. The project working with Syrian journalists is funded by the ] and ].

=== South Sudan ===
JHR has partnered with ] and the ] to train over 150 journalists, and enhanced and developed the skills of 20 media managers. JHR has also trained 50 government representatives on communicating with media and on human rights issues in order to build bridges between the government, civil society, and the media to better understand the role of each sector in public life.

=== Canada ===
Since the 2013 launch of JHR's Indigenous Reporters Program, JHR has worked in Indigenous communities across northern Ontario to provide journalism and media literacy training. JHR has trained over 850 community members in 17 different Indigenous communities in Canada. They have produced more than 650 stories and new bulletins, reaching an audience of over 2.2 million people. JHR has also produced 29 scholarships and 40 internships for emerging Indigenous reporters to pursue post-secondary education and launch their careers in journalism.

==Funding==
JHR is a registered Canadian Charity. It receives funding from international and Canadian agencies and governments, foundations, and individual donors.

Financial contributors since 2013 include:<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Wilson-Smith |first1=Anthony |last2=Pulfer |first2=Rachel |title=Annual Report 2013 |url=https://jhr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2013-JHR-Annual-Report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103053446/https://jhr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2013-JHR-Annual-Report.pdf |archive-date=2023-01-03 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=Journalists for Human Rights}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Pulfer |first1=Rachel |last2=Glenwright |first2=Danny |last3=Wilson-Smith |first3=Anthony |title=2014 Annual Report |url=https://jhr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/JHR-Annual-Report-2014-FINAL.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108081702/https://jhr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/JHR-Annual-Report-2014-FINAL.pdf |archive-date=2023-01-08 |access-date=2022-01-09 |website=Journalists for Human Rights}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Journalists for Human Rights |date=2017-09-26 |title=Annual Report 2015 |url=https://issuu.com/journalistsforhumanrights/docs/online_jhr_-_annual_report_2015 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Journalists for Human Rights |date=2017-09-26 |title=Annual Report 2016 |url=https://issuu.com/journalistsforhumanrights/docs/jhr_-_annual_report_2016_-_v9_email |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Journalists for Human Rights |date=2018-12-21 |title=2017 Annual Report |url=https://issuu.com/journalistsforhumanrights/docs/jhr_-_annual_report_2017_-_vfinal3_ |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Journalists for Human Rights |date=2019-10-21 |title=Annual Report 2018 |url=https://issuu.com/journalistsforhumanrights/docs/jhr_-_annual_report_2018_-_v7_online_ |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Journalists for Human Rights |date=2021-02-02 |title=Annual Report 2019 |url=https://issuu.com/journalistsforhumanrights/docs/jhr_-_annual_report_2019 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Cooke |first1=Michael |last2=Pulfer |first2=Rachel |date=January 2022 |title=Annual Report 2020 |url=https://jhr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/JHR-Annual-Report-2020-Digital.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103053423/https://jhr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/JHR-Annual-Report-2020-Digital.pdf |archive-date=2023-01-03 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=Journalists for Human Rights}}</ref>

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==Media coverage and Partnerships==
JHR has received media attention in ], from '']'',<ref name="globe">Kelly, Deidre, "," ''globeandmail.com'', October 13, 2007</ref><ref name="ben3">"
Stephens, Lisa, , ''globeandmail.com'', May 7, 2007</ref> '']'', the ] and '']''.<ref name="ctv">Ien, Marci, "{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}," ''CTV.ca'', October 22, 2008</ref> In 2012, JHR partnered with CBC and Global News to send journalists from those networks to JHR projects to act as short-term journalism trainers. In May 2013, CTV's senior editor and news anchor ] mentored a network of JHR affiliated journalists in Goma (Eastern DRC), the centre of ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis since 1998.<ref>LaFlamme, Lisa. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817212805/http://www.ctvnews.ca/ctv-national-news/digital-diary/friday-may-31-the-resilient-heart-of-the-congo-pumping-for-change-through-journalism-1.1305671 |date=2013-08-17 }}''CTV.ca'', May 2013</ref>

JHR partners with The Alva Foundation and Massey College on the Gordon N. Fisher-JHR Fellowship. The annual fellowship is part of the Southam Journalism Fellowships program at the University of Toronto's Massey College.

JHR partners with the Canadian Association of Journalism to present an annual award for human rights reporting and an award for an emerging Indigenous journalist. JHR also presents an annual award to a news organization or team for the best human rights coverage in Canada.


==References== ==References==
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== External links ==
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Organization
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JHR (Journalists for Human Rights)
Formation2002
Typenon-profit organization
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Websitewww.jhr.ca

Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is Canada's largest international media development organization. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, JHR was founded in 2002 by Benjamin Peterson and Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque in 2002. JHR's mission is to inspire and mobilize media to cover human rights stories in ways that help communities help themselves. The organization's vision is for everyone in the world to access their human rights.

JHR believes that "Creating rights awareness is the first and most necessary step to ending the abuse of human rights. By mobilizing the media to spread human rights awareness, JHR informs people about human rights, empowering marginalized communities to stand up, speak out, and protect themselves." JHR has partnered with over 400 media organizations in 29 different countries to train over 17,650 journalists. Their human rights stories have reached over 76 million people.

JHR employs a rights-based "reciprocal change" approach, a process that involves local media partnerships and consultations with editors and owners, working journalists, students, civil society and other relevant stakeholders within a region.

JHR is currently led by Rachel Pulfer, its Executive Director. It has ongoing programs in Mali, Kenya, and works with Syrian journalists in Turkey, Tunisia, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Canada.

Activities

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The Democratic Republic of Congo

Since 2007, JHR has worked with over 1450 journalists and journalism students in the DRC to produce media about human rights abuses, crime, corruption, democracy, and good governance. JHR initiatives have built a network of ten autonomous press clubs that span the country, and work to promote coverage of human rights issues. JHR's work in the DRCongo is currently supported by Global Affairs Canada.

Jordan

To date, JHR has trained over 250 Jordanian journalists, journalism graduates and students on human rights reporting, the majority of which have been women. JHR's commitment to improving accessibility is demonstrated through the creation of online platform Maidan. Maidan is a platform that enables the public to participate in the process of collecting data and reporting human rights violations to hold governing bodies accountable, and acts as a resource for media and CSOs. Through training, public engagement and story production, JHR has worked to increase freedom of expression in Jordan and create a space for more open, informed and constructive dialogue on human rights issues affecting the country.

South Africa

In 2017, JHR worked in partnership with the University of Witwatersrand and Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) to launch the Journalism and Media Lab (JAMLab). Six teams of young South African journalists and media entrepreneurs entered the lab to incubate or accelerate their ideas for six months. Teams had access to mentorship, facilities, and contacts who supported them as they worked to develop new ideas in media, determine how to reach new audiences and figure out how best to sustain themselves with new revenue.

Syria

Since 2017, JHR has created a network of 175 Syrian journalists working inside and outside of Syria, in order to ensure that outlets working in different geographic territories can share resources, collaborate on tough stories and given outlets access to territories they cannot usually work in freely. The project working with Syrian journalists is funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund and Global Affairs Canada.

South Sudan

JHR has partnered with UNESCO and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to train over 150 journalists, and enhanced and developed the skills of 20 media managers. JHR has also trained 50 government representatives on communicating with media and on human rights issues in order to build bridges between the government, civil society, and the media to better understand the role of each sector in public life.

Canada

Since the 2013 launch of JHR's Indigenous Reporters Program, JHR has worked in Indigenous communities across northern Ontario to provide journalism and media literacy training. JHR has trained over 850 community members in 17 different Indigenous communities in Canada. They have produced more than 650 stories and new bulletins, reaching an audience of over 2.2 million people. JHR has also produced 29 scholarships and 40 internships for emerging Indigenous reporters to pursue post-secondary education and launch their careers in journalism.

Funding

JHR is a registered Canadian Charity. It receives funding from international and Canadian agencies and governments, foundations, and individual donors.

Financial contributors since 2013 include:

Media coverage and Partnerships

JHR has received media attention in Canada, from The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and CTV.ca. In 2012, JHR partnered with CBC and Global News to send journalists from those networks to JHR projects to act as short-term journalism trainers. In May 2013, CTV's senior editor and news anchor Lisa LaFlamme mentored a network of JHR affiliated journalists in Goma (Eastern DRC), the centre of ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis since 1998.

JHR partners with The Alva Foundation and Massey College on the Gordon N. Fisher-JHR Fellowship. The annual fellowship is part of the Southam Journalism Fellowships program at the University of Toronto's Massey College.

JHR partners with the Canadian Association of Journalism to present an annual award for human rights reporting and an award for an emerging Indigenous journalist. JHR also presents an annual award to a news organization or team for the best human rights coverage in Canada.

References

  1. Davis, Nicholas, "Africa got under his skin", Toronto Sun, November 1, 2004
  2. "Journalists for Human Rights," accessed February 3, 2009
  3. "jhr's 'Reciprocal Change' Model". Archived from the original on 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  4. "The Team | JHR". www.jhr.ca. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  5. Wilson-Smith, Anthony; Pulfer, Rachel. "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Journalists for Human Rights. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  6. Pulfer, Rachel; Glenwright, Danny; Wilson-Smith, Anthony. "2014 Annual Report" (PDF). Journalists for Human Rights. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  7. Journalists for Human Rights (2017-09-26). "Annual Report 2015". Issuu. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  8. Journalists for Human Rights (2017-09-26). "Annual Report 2016". Issuu. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  9. Journalists for Human Rights (2018-12-21). "2017 Annual Report". Issuu. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  10. Journalists for Human Rights (2019-10-21). "Annual Report 2018". Issuu. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  11. Journalists for Human Rights (2021-02-02). "Annual Report 2019". Issuu. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  12. Cooke, Michael; Pulfer, Rachel (January 2022). "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). Journalists for Human Rights. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  13. Kelly, Deidre, "For society, Africa is the cause du jour," globeandmail.com, October 13, 2007
  14. " Stephens, Lisa, "Benjamin Peterson, 29 Ontario Co-founder, executive director, Journalists for Human Rights, Toronto", globeandmail.com, May 7, 2007
  15. Ien, Marci, "Marci Ien in Sierra Leone: Human Rights reporting," CTV.ca, October 22, 2008
  16. LaFlamme, Lisa. Friday May 31: the resilient heart of the Congo pumping for change through journalism Archived 2013-08-17 at the Wayback MachineCTV.ca, May 2013

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