Dear Global Press readers,
When Global Press was founded 18 years ago, the goal was to bring to light the many voices around the world that were missing from the mainstream media market by hiring female reporters who would cover their own countries.
That’s why I first joined Global Press in 2013. We are proud to be a leader in creating jobs for local journalists who report gracefully and accurately on their own communities.
Krista Karch, editor-in-chief of Global Press
After a five-year break, I recently returned to Global Press as Editor-in-Chief. Although our goal remains the same, we live it a little differently.
The world is changing, and so are we. Global Press would not serve our readers well if we stayed the same. This change has challenged our news organization to move beyond old ways of thinking. But it also represents a new era – one in which Global Press journalism will shift away from the edges of the mainstream media market and towards the center.
Global Press has been operating in remote, conflicted and largely misunderstood places for decades. We will continue to cover many of these locations, but we are also adding new coverage countries. We will soon begin recruiting in Nigeria, Ukraine, Brazil and many other locations to enhance our highly collaborative, connected global coverage.
We have updated our editorial strategy to focus on investigative and explanatory global reporting in three core issue areas: civil rights, global health and the environment. Our reporting starts in the places where our reporters live but will expand to connect local news with what’s happening around the world.
“The world is changing and we are changing too. Global Press would be doing our readers no good if we stayed the same.”
There is another big change. We are introducing two-year, full-time reporting fellowships for female journalists in new reporting countries. These fellows will lead the reporting we produce under our new model while receiving advanced journalism training. In addition, we will continue to employ people as on-site reporters in our current reporting countries. And we’re launching new certificate programs to train even more women journalists around the world to improve their expertise in breaking news reporting skills. Graduates of the program can join the GP Reporting Network to contribute to our global reporting. As always, we are committed to creating exceptional journalism jobs for women around the world.
We do this for you, our readers. Look out for new newsletters and more ways to get involved in our work in the coming months. We are very grateful for your support over the years. Keep us in your newsfeed and spread the word about the journalism we publish. Join us as we continue to rethink international reporting.
– Krista Karch, Editor-in-Chief, Global Press