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Global Press
Formerly
Global Press Institute, Press Institute for Women in the Developing World
The organization consists of three divisions: Global Press Institute, which focuses on training local women to become journalists in developing media markets; Global Press Journa, the organization's award-winning multilingual news publication; and Global Press News Services, which sells products and services to media, education, and corporate syndication partners.[8]
History
Global Press Institute was founded in 2006 by Cristi Hegranes,[9] an American who had traveled to Nepal as a journalism student.[10] During her time there, Hegranes concluded that a local woman was better equipped to report on a community's story due to their cultural and historical context, as well as their access to authentic sources.[11][12][13][14]
GPI implements a training-to-employment mode, in which English proficiency and secondary school completion is not a requirement.[19][20] Upon completion of the training, graduates may be offered paid employment with Global Press Journal.[8]
In 2023, Semafor reported that Global Press had exponentially inflated its audience numbers to funders, and raised questions about the role of editors in writing GPJ stories and whether the organization's journalism training program had equipped local women reporters for employment at any other media organization.[25]
In 2024, a Columbia Journalism Review investigation reported that Global Press was laying off journalists and recalibrating its operations amid financial difficulties, and raised questions about workplace conditions and whether GPJ reporters had been adequately trained for employment elsewhere.[26]
Global Press Journal
Global Press Journal is a multilingual news publication featuring stories reported by women based in developing countries, covering a range of topics including arts and culture, business, climate, community, economic justice, education, environment, gender justice, health, human rights, migration, and politics.[27] The stories are published in English and their local language.[28][27]
Awards
Global Press and its reporters have received international awards and accolades including:[29]
2022 Grand Stevie Award, Stevie Awards for Women in Business, awarded to Global Press Institute[30]
2022 Community Award, Online News Association (ONA), awarded to Manori Wijesekera, Global Press training manager[31]
2022 World Changing Ideas, Fast Company magazine, awarded to Global Press[32]
2021 Emerson Collective Dial Fellowship, awarded to Cristi Hegranes
2021 Clarion Award for Online Journalism, Journalistic Excellence, awarded to GPJ reporter Shilu Manandhar, Global Press Nepal
2021 Webby Award, Best Practices on a Website, International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, awarded to Global Press Journal
2021 Gold Medal, International Annual Report Design Awards, awarded to Global Press
2021 MUSE Creative Award, International Awards Associate, awarded to Global Press Journal
2021 Print Award (longlist), One World Media, awarded to GPJ reporter Shilu Manandhar, Global Press Nepal
2021 Award of Excellence, Society for News Design, awarded to Global Press Journal
2021 Award of Excellence, The Communicator Awards, awarded to Global Press and Global Press Journal
2020 Media Hero of the Year, Stevie Awards for Women in Business, awarded to GPJ reporters
2020 Best News Website, Vega Awards, awarded to GPJ reporter Merveille Kavira Luneghe, Global Press DRC
2020 Clarion Award for Online Journalism, Association for Women in Communications, awarded to GPJ reporter Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, Global Press Zimbabwe
2020 Clarion Award for Online Journalism, Association for Women in Communications, awarded to GPJ reporter Merveille Kavira Luneghe, Global Press DRC
2020 Clarion Award for Special Print Communication, Association for Women in Communications, awarded to Global Press
2020 Chester M. Pierce Human Rights Award, American Psychiatric Association, awarded to Global Press
2020 Refugee Reporting Award (shortlist), One World Media, awarded to GPJ reporter Merveille Kavira Luneghe, Global Press DRC
2019 GLG Social Impact Fellowship, GLG, awarded to Cristi Hegranes
2019 Award of Excellence, Society for News Design, awarded to GPJ reporter Merveille Kavira Luneghe, Global Press DRC
2019 Best Places to Work, Inc. Magazine, awarded to Global Press
2019 Women-Run Workplace of the Year, Stevie Awards, awarded to Global Press
2018, Clarion Award for Online Journalism, Association for Women in Communications, awarded to GPJ senior reporters Kalpana Khanal, Shilu Manandhar, and Yam Kumari Kandel
2018 Media Professionalism Award, Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe, awarded to GPJ reporter Vimbai Chinembiri, Global Press Zimbabwe
2017 LACP Vision Awards, League of American Communications Professionals, awarded to Global Press
2017 Leadership Council, Classy, awarded to Cristi Hegranes
2017 Top 100 Most Innovative Organizations in the World, Classy Awards, awarded to Global Press
2017 WeWork Creator Awards, Scale Award, WeWork, awarded to Global Press Institute
2016 Best News Mobile Website, Mobile Web Awards, awarded to Global Press Journal
2016 Best Editorial Writing (Honoree), Webby Awards, awarded to Global Press Journal
2015 Persephone Miel Fellowship, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, awarded to GPJ reporter Yam Kandel, Global Press Nepal
^Brent Zook, Kristal (4 March 2015). "Giving Women Journalists a New Reach". Women's Media Center. Women's Media Center. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
