Global Press Institute

The Global Press Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C. that trains and employs journalists to report news from under-reported regions. The organization was founded by Cristi Hegranes in 2006.

Global reach

The Global Press Institute trains and employs local people to report regional news. As of 2022, the organization reports having trained and employed 250 journalists in 40 locations, including communities in Argentina, The Democratic [Republic of the Congo |Democratic Republic of Congo], Haiti, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Uganda, The United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Funding and support

The Global Press Institute currently relies on individual and institutional donors. Its donors include the Ford Foundation, The MacArthur Foundation, and the Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation.

''Global Press Journal''

The Global Press Journal is a multilingual news publication that features stories reported by women based in developing countries and covers a range of topics, including arts and culture, business, climate, community, economic justice, education, environment, gender justice, health, human rights, migration, and politics. The stories are published in both English and their local language.

Controversies

In 2023, Semafor reported that GPJ 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 adequately equipped reporters for employment at any other media organization.
In 2024, a Columbia Journalism Review investigation reported that Global Press was laying off journalists and recalibrating its operations amid financial difficulties, raising questions about workplace conditions and whether GPJ reporters had been adequately trained for employment elsewhere.

Awards

Global Press and its reporters have received international awards and accolades including:

2022 Grand Stevie Award, Stevie Awards for Women in Business, awarded to Global Press Institute
2022 Community Award, Online News Association, awarded to Manori Wijesekera, Global Press training manager
2022 World Changing Ideas, Fast Company magazine, awarded to Global Press
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, 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, 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, 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
2015 Persephone Miel Fellowship, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, awarded to GPJ reporter Shilu Manandhar, Global Press Nepal
2015, Persephone Miel Fellowship, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, awarded to GPJ reporter Wairimu Michengi, Global Press Kenya
2014, Boehm Media Fellowship, Opportunity Collaboration, awarded to Cristi Hegranes
2013 Ulrich Wickert Award for Child Rights, awarded to Gloriose Isugi and Noella Nbihogo, Rwanda News Desk
2012 Excellence in Epilepsy Reporting, the International Bureau of Epilepsy, awarded to GPJ reporter Comfort Mussa, Cameroon News Desk
2011 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, International Women's Media Foundation, awarded to GPJ reporter Jackee Batanda, Uganda News Desk
2011 Kurt Schork Award, Excellence in International Journalism, Reuters, awarded to GPJ reporter Gertrude Pswarayi, Zimbabwe News Desk
2011 Kurt Schork Award, Excellence in International Journalism Shortlist, Reuters, awarded to GPJ senior reporter Tara Bhattarai, Nepal News Desk
2010 Journalism Innovation Prize, Society of Professional Journalists, awarded to Global Press Institute
2008 One of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century, Women's ENews, awarded to Cristi Hegranes
2008 Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism, Women's ENews, awarded to Cristi Hegranes