Ashoka Fellow David Bornstein: "I covered the murder of a woman when I was writing for New York Newsday. And I remember reporting that story — it was really heartbreaking — and my editor calling me up at 5 a.m. the next morning to tell me what a great job I had done, because I'd gotten these really...
People take time out and recruit themselves to accomplish extraordinary things. Around the world, 3,000 leading social entrepreneurs ("Ashoka Fellows") have taken this leap into the unknown, driven by a new idea that they know can solve a social problem at scale. Now, writers, journalists...
Hungarian journalist Attila Mong made news himself in 2010 when he publicly protested a controversial and repressive media law by observing a minute of silence on his daily news show on the Hungarian Public Radio. That symbolic gesture was enough to get him suspended. Since then, he has continued to...
Există multe definiții ale antreprenorului social, un personaj despre care vorbim din ce în ce mai des, dar cine este el/ea de fapt? Ce face? Are un job? Are o afacere? E în ONG-uri? E jurnalist? Dacă ne întrebi pe noi, noi o să spunem toate cele de mai sus. Un antreprenor social este acel om care...
Journalist Mehmet Atakan Foça started Teyit (“confirmation” in Turkish) in 2016 to address misinformation propagated by media organizations and social media users. We spoke with him this week to learn more about what his fact-checkers are working on during the Covid-19 crisis.
Ashoka Fellow Helena Puig Larrauri co-founded the peace-building organization Build Up, which works with NGOs, UN agencies, and multilateral organizations all over the world to use technology to strengthen the social fabric between citizens. Build Up is active in countries like Syria, Yemen, Burkina...
A sus 17 años, Elías es el director, editor y reportero de La Fontana, un periódico que se reparte en San Carlos de Ñuble. Todo comenzó cuando sintió que en las pequeñas ciudades de Chile hacía falta una prensa de mayor calidad y con información en profundidad. Así que cuando estaba en segundo medio...