Make media more diverse now! ”Praktikantit” mentoring programme started
Finland's media landscape needs diversity. Vikes' new ''Praktikantit'' mentorprogram supports journalists with an immigrant background and promotes diversity in editorial work. Vikes Make Media More Diverse Now! project is based on a survey carried out in 2023, which...
Conciliatory journalistic analysis paves the way for a multi-voiced debate
Researcher at The Finnish Association for Conciliatory Journalists Sopiva Mikko Hautakangas and journalist Noora Kettunen write in their blog about conciliatory journalism as a basis for a multi-voiced debate.
Community radio portal brings rural voices to Tanzania and soon Uganda
Vikes' support for community media in East Africa continued to be strong in Tanzania and expanded to Uganda and Kenya in 2021. The number of trained journalists exceeded expectations. Journalist Grace Hamisi in the Jamii FM studio. In the background on TV, the...
Working conditions for journalists in Somalia are gradually improving
In 2021, the Vikes Somalia project focused on supporting Fesoj's trade union advocacy, security training with the police and the production of children's programming for Somali National Television. Photo: Somali Journalists' UnionIn Somalia, Vikes has had two main...
Vikes in Central America 2021: training and support for journalists in exile
Journalists in Central America are being harassed at an accelerating rate. Vikes' partners managed to continue training, workshops and journalism in the midst of the crisis, albeit partly from exile. Nicaragua has been in a serious political crisis for years....
Press freedom 2022: Media polarises societies and more and more countries repress press freedom
Reporters Without Borders published its annual index of press freedom. It argues that disinformation and opinion media are polarising societies everywhere, and that more and more countries are regressing towards authoritarianism and repression of press freedom....
Meet the journalist Avasna Pandey
Avasna Pandey: Nepal's women journalists are not harassed as much as they used to be, but we still need to build respect.
