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Dear Gender Justice Journalists, Activists and Friends, Welcome to our very first newsletter, thank you for subscribing, and being really patient while we got ready to send you regular updates. Now that we are virtually here (in your inboxes), we promise to send you regular updates, and news of what we have been up to as IJSC and give you previews of our flagship reports, and research publications. At IJSC, we believe in the power of journalism as the fourth estate to support and advance a healthy democracy. As a global community, we have collectively witnessed the rapid changes, and increasing shift to the far right in many countries around the world. We have also seen how commercial pressures, resource cuts, and redundancies have threatened and limited journalistic practice, stalling the advancement of social change. What we know for sure is that if we continue to do things the same old ways, we shall have the same old results. Results which have led to the roll back of human rights, and resulted in crises the world over. To solve new problems, we believe we need creative, multi-disciplinary approaches to advance social change, which is what we do as IJSC. So, if you are just hearing of The Institute for Journalism and Social Change for the first time, we would like to welcome you and offer you a front row seat at the intersections of journalism, activism, and research. We are a global initiative bringing together journalists, researchers and activists to work in innovative and inclusive ways. Think of us as a leader in the global media landscape, working within a trifecta of education, practice and community.
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