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The provision of our Legal Service is subject to meeting our <strong><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-orange-color"><a href="https://www.trust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Legal-Service-for-Independent-Media-Eligibility.pdf">eligibility criteria</a></mark></strong>.</p> <p>We offer five core legal services that work to promote media freedom.</p> <div class="wp-block-columns has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-de93063aef73751af4af1f8dd9ba8a90 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex" style="background-color:#f8eadd"> <div class="wp-block-column has-orange-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img decoding="async" width="41" height="41" src="https://www.trust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/uil-folder-open.svg" alt="" class="wp-image-2087" style="object-fit:contain;width:41px;height:41px"/></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-51af7bf3d376c714b21d21ecdce9ff32">Legal advice and guidance</h3> <p>We can connect your organisation with leading law firms to support with legal issues arising from day-to-day operations. Examples include:</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Addressing issues such as data protection due diligence or foreign funding requirements, to mitigate the risk of abusive lawsuits (often known as “SLAPPS”).</li> <li>Assisting exiled media to register in new jurisdictions.</li> <li>Advice around governance structures to maximise revenue and sustainability.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-columns has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ae2a51f6faa83358a13d5f9d2c664ba2 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex" style="background-color:#f8eadd"> <div class="wp-block-column has-orange-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="41" height="41" src="https://www.trust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/uil-file-alt.svg" alt="" class="wp-image-2089"/></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5cf7c7a8c94c349a8f6076d2ceb74544">Legal health checks </h3> <p>We can deliver legal health checks (LHCs) to assess your organisation’s resilience to legal threats. LHCs help you identify relevant legal matters and highlight issues that may require legal input. Following a LHC, we can also connect eligible newsrooms with law firms to resolve any legal issues that were identified and can offer additional training on legal topics and mitigation strategies relevant to your specific location and context.<br></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column link-parent has-orange-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="41" height="41" src="https://www.trust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/uil-training.svg" alt="" class="wp-image-2090"/></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-95449c091cbf51307fe25bd2865a0aec">Practical <a href="#resources" data-type="internal" data-id="#resources">legal tools, resources</a> and guides</h3> <p>We publish a range of <a href="#resource-section" data-type="internal" data-id="#resource-section">legal</a> tools and resources to support journalists and newsrooms. These are publicly available and can cover topics such as pre-publication review, defamation, journalistic sources, reporting on protests and media freedom laws in different jurisdictions. </p> <p>We also co-create tools, resources and guides with non-profit media freedom organisations to support their legal needs and advocacy objectives. Our resources are available in a range of languages.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-columns has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-702c925337bdbb495db545db00efe590 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex" style="background-color:#f8eadd"> <div class="wp-block-column has-orange-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" src="https://www.trust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/person.svg" alt="" class="wp-image-2009"/></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bf65a5da0dc26636980772aa3dcc6930">Customised support</h3> <p>Depending on needs and donor funding, we can deliver customised programming in particular countries or regions, or to specific groups of journalists and newsrooms. For example, we currently provide legal mentoring to media in exile communities in Europe and pre-publication review for cohorts of small and mid-size newsrooms in Sub-Saharan Africa.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column has-orange-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="33" height="22" src="https://www.trust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Group-1.svg" alt="" class="wp-image-2091"/></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-54a06da34260f9af0e61e1431968411b">Referrals to the Legal Network for Journalists at Risk (LNJAR)</h3> <p>As a founding member of the <a href="https://www.medialegalhelp.org/">LNJAR</a>, we can refer independent newsrooms or individual journalists to the Network for specialist legal counsel, including legal defence, trial monitoring, strategic litigation and redress for rights violations. With over 18 member organisations, we can facilitate co-ordinated defensive action to counter threats of SLAPPs and allegations around issues such as defamation or national security.</p> </div> </div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </div> <div id="our-impact" class="manual-carousel-wrap quote colour-D64000 "><div class="header-link flex flex-wrap space-between align-center"><h2>Our impact</h2></div><div class="manual-carousel " data-card-count="1" data-tab-card-count="1" data-mob-card-count="1" data-xl-card-count="1"><div class="manual-carousel-item"> <div class="quote-box quote"> <div class="quote-wrap"> <div class="quote"> <sub>“</sub> <blockquote><p>The confidence and due diligence excellence that this pro bono work has given to Women’s Voices Now is priceless. We wouldn’t be where we are today without all of the projects provided by generous and brilliant attorneys that were connected to us through the Thomson Reuters Foundation.</p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="quote-author-info flex align-center"> <span class="white bg-orange">HBH</span> <p><strong>Heidi Basch-Harod</strong>Executive Director, Women’s Voices Now</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="manual-carousel-item"> <div class="quote-box quote"> <div class="quote-wrap"> <div class="quote"> <sub>“</sub> <blockquote><p>The legal advice enabled us to continue our journalism with confidence and to publish a vital investigation series which informed critical public debates on corruption.</p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="quote-author-info flex align-center"> <span class="white bg-orange">SD</span> <p><strong>Steven Dudley</strong>Co-founder and co-director, InSight Crime</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="manual-carousel-item"> <div class="quote-box quote"> <div class="quote-wrap"> <div class="quote"> <sub>“</sub> <blockquote><p>The Thomson Reuters Foundation’s legal training has sharpened my skills in handling stories… It also made me brave to pursue stories that I have been shying away from, since I now know how to defend myself.</p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="quote-author-info flex align-center"> <span class="white bg-orange">SO</span> <p><strong>Sarah Otiende </strong>Reporter and Producer, The Citizen Voice </p> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><a class="mobile view-more placeholder" href=""> </a><div class="progress" role="progressbar" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100" aria-label="Slide Progressbar"> <span class="slider__label sr-only"> </div> </div> <style>.posts-carousel-wrap.impact-story { --color-orange: #D64000 !important; }</style> <div id="" class="posts-carousel-wrap impact-story "><div class="posts-carousel " data-card-count="3" data-tab-card-count="3" data-mob-card-count="1" data-mob-stack="" data-total-cards="12"><div class="manual-card post-carousel-item manual-card-hit "> <div class="image-wrap"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.trust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/grffiti-injured-eye-1024x680.jpg" alt=""></div><div class="post-info-wrap"><h4>The value of pro bono for media: InSight Crime</h4><p data-limit="220" class="large nomargin">InSight Crime is an award-winning non-profit newsroom that seeks to deepen and inform the debate about organised crime in Latin America by providing regular reporting, analysis, field investigations and policy…</p><a class="view-more" href="https://www.trust.org/impact-story/the-value-of-pro-bono-for-media-insight-crime/" aria-label="Read more on The value of pro bono for media: InSight Crime">Read more</a></div></div><div class="manual-card post-carousel-item manual-card-hit "> <div class="image-wrap"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.trust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Womens-Voices-Now.jpg" alt=""></div><div class="post-info-wrap"><h4>The value of pro bono for media: Women’s Voices Now</h4><p data-limit="211" class="large nomargin">Women’s Voices Now (WVN) is a US-based non-profit organisation that uses the power of film to drive social change that advances girls’ and women’s rights. 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data-limit="52" class="large nomargin">This Guide provides journalists with a practical…</p><a class="view-more" href="https://www.trust.org/resource/understanding-the-laws-on-journalistic-sources-in-zambia/" aria-label="Read more on Understanding the laws on journalistic sources in Zambia">Read more</a></div></div><div class="manual-card post-carousel-item manual-card-hit unslick-hidden"> <div class="image-wrap"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.trust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Kenya.png" alt=""></div><div class="post-info-wrap"><h4>Understanding Defamation Laws in Kenya</h4><p data-limit="84" class="large nomargin">When applied legitimately, defamation laws are intended to protect individuals and…</p><a class="view-more" href="https://www.trust.org/resource/understanding-defamation-laws-in-kenya/" aria-label="Read more on Understanding Defamation Laws in Kenya">Read more</a></div></div><div class="manual-card post-carousel-item manual-card-hit unslick-hidden"> <div 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