Bio

Background and Format The Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, covers the world’s under-reported stories, with a global team of about 40 staff journalists on humanitarian crises, women’s empowerment, the human impact of climate change, property rights, and trafficking and slavery. All of its stories are published on its news website, news.trust.org, as well as distributed on the Reuters news wire.   Established in 1983 as a training programme for journalists in developing countries, the Thomson Reuters Foundation promotes free, independent journalism through its continued training programmes and also acts to promote socio-economic progress worldwide. As well as its news service and journalism training, the Foundation runs Trust Law - which connects law firms providing pro bono work to NGOs and social enterprises -  and holds the annual Trust Women conference focused on empowering women and combating trafficking and slavery. Trust.org is the Foundation’s main website. Audience and Readership: People interested in humanitarian stories as well as campaigners and lawyers along with people working in law enforcement, politics and global business. Deadline: Best to contact in the morning. Frequency: Daily - online. Monthly Unique Users: This figure is not available. Distribution: Content is produced for the website and also distributed through the Reuters news wire. Awards: 2013 - Online Media Awards, Best National/World News Site: for Aswat Masriya (nominated) Other Information: The Foundation hold an annual conference called Trust Women which brings together campaigners, filmmakers, lawyers, senior figures from law enforcement, politics, the judiciary and global business to take action to advance the status of women and their rights. PRs can get involved by sending us ideas for speakers - individuals who are leaders in their field – to media.foundation@thomsonreuters.com. It also provides the TrustLaw global pro bono legal programme connecting NGOs and social entrepreneurs with big law firms. They like to receive new ideas from PRs and quirky stories. Embargoed content is preferable - or to at least receive a story well ahead of time. They're particularly interested in 'people stories', a story that has a human face. Whatever they receive, it must fit into their remit, content has to have a global view and focus on under reported stories, humanitarian relief, governance, trafficking and slavery, and must promote socio-economic progress. The team are also available to moderate at presentations and conferences if it can promote the Foundation.