Investigation
Meat Slaughterhouses in Egypt: Waste Management Triggers Environmental Disasters
NAWA Media is a collaborative platform that aims to empower and support early-career journalists in using open-source data in conducting climate and environmental investigative journalism. NAWA Media relies on our PledgeMeter and ClimaFact trackers to, respectively, follow governmental progress in achieving promised climate goals in a bid to increase transparency in access to information, as well as combat misleading information related to climate change in the North Africa and West Asia (NAWA) region. NAWA Media offers a practical space through the Media Lab and learning resources in Arabic that localize latest developments in journalism.
The NAWA Media Lab is a space where early-career journalists can develop and produce journalistic investigations and reports in the NAWA region. In addition, the Lab has a dedicated open-source investigative unit to respond to crises related to climate change and armed conflict.
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We produce and distribute high-quality podcasts on various topics such as elections, climate, technology, memory, and human rights journalism.
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We offer a collection of free and open educational resources, including Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), localized open-source tools and guides that democratize access to practical journalistic skills such as digital campaigning, satirical writing, podcast production, digital verification, and open-source investigative journalism.
Read moreAs the region faces escalating impacts from climate change, NAWA Media has dedicated its work to monitoring how governments and local media are rising up to the challenge. The PledgeMeter is a tool designed to analyze and track governmental statements on their climate commitments and public plans. Our ClimaFact Tracker, on the other hand, deconstructs misleading climate change mediated discourse. Both trackers allow us to produce nuanced and critical environmental reports and journalistic investigations on the region.
Read morejournalism have received specialized training and small grants (in addition to hundreds of others) registered in our MOOCs.
climate change reports have been analyzed online via North Africa and West Asia
instances of fake content have been detected in the target countries.
We provide innovative capacity building for early-career journalists by facilitating access to open-source tools while tackling media inequality in the region.
Our projects, which are largely operated virtually/remotely, are designed for all early-career journalists in NAWA interested in engaging with new technologies for journalism.
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