We work to bolster the resilience of independent media, strengthen access to the law and promote responsible business practices.
Our approach
We leverage our unique combination of media and legal expertise, together with data intelligence, to inform, connect, and empower professionals and civil society to strengthen free, fair and informed societies. We deliver our work through capacity-building programmes, legal support, events, research, news and data-driven products.
Our research
TRF Insights: Journalism in the AI era
The transition to the AI-enabled newsroom is well underway.
Our new report reveals that over 80% of journalists surveyed are using AI. Yet only 13% had an official policy in their workplace.
Explore the findings from our first TRF Insights report, which amplifies the voices of our journalism training programme alumni.
Our annual event
21 – 22 Oct, 2025
Trust Conference
Trust Conference is our flagship annual forum dedicated to tackling critical and intersecting global issues, convening world-leading experts at the forefront of shaping free, fair and informed societies.
Our journalism See all
Context is the Foundation’s award-winning media platform, providing news and analysis around three of the most significant and interconnected issues of our time: climate change, the effects of technology on society, and socio-economic inequality. Our human-centered journalism is delivered across a range of formats — from in-depth stories to videos and podcasts to newsletters.
Read our latest news stories
Shake it up, don’t shoot it down: the case for reforming US aid
Steven R. Galster is the founder and chairman of Freeland, a US non-profit that works globally to counter trafficking of wildlife and people. As…
In Argentina, scandal rattles faith in crypto
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s crypto economy is reeling from the collapse of a cryptocurrency that has raised questions about involvement of the country’s president and concerns that foreign investors will be scared away…
'Going mad': Lack of data plagues Asia's long COVID patients
NEW DELHI/MANILA – From blackouts, a racing heart, extreme fatigue and brain fog, to severe depression and anxiety, DVL Padma Priya was hit with a constellation of…
U.S. aid freeze derails LGBTQ+ rights work in Pacific Islands
LONDON – Crucial work furthering LGBTQ+ rights and preventing HIV in the Pacific Islands has been disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s freeze of foreign aid and may not recover,…
'Total panic' as USAID cuts jobs from Syria to Haiti
NAIROBI/LAGOS/KABUL/PORT-AU-PRINCE – For almost five years, Sumaya’s work as a psychologist at a charity-run clinic in northwest Syria offered a lifeline to the many people scarred by the…