# Context News > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Context_News > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Context_News.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_News > Source revision: 1342769908 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=August 2013}} {{Advert|date=January 2020}} }} {{Infobox company | name = Context News | location_city = [London](/source/London) | location_country = [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) | key_people = Yasir Khan ([Editor-in-Chief](/source/Editor-in-Chief)) | homepage = {{URL|https://www.context.news/}} }} '''Context News,''' formerly known as '''Thomson Reuters Foundation News''' and '''AlertNet''', was a worldwide free news service that that provided in-depth reporting and multimedia content. It contextualised how critical issues and events affected ordinary people, society and the environment. It operated under the [Thomson Reuters Foundation](/source/Thomson_Reuters_Foundation), which is the charitable arm of [Thomson Reuters](/source/Thomson_Reuters). The global editorial team consisted of more than 45 journalists and 150 freelancers, who covered under-reported stories that revolved around [climate change](/source/climate_change), inclusive economies, and technology’s impact on society. == History == Context's earliest incarnation was as AlertNet, which launched in 1997. Then, it was a humanitarian website which acted as a central, neutral resource for aid organisations.{{Cite web |title=Ten things to know about the new-look AlertNet |url=https://news.trust.org/item/20101129160000-a6h27 |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=news.trust.org}} AlertNet relaunched as Thomson Reuters Foundation News, and covered stories that revolved around aid, development, [women's rights](/source/women's_rights), human trafficking, property rights, and [climate change](/source/climate_change). Thomson Reuters Foundation News was then relaunched as Context News in September 2022.{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Yasir |title=Meet Context: Our new journalism platform {{!}} Context by TRF |url=https://www.context.news/money-power-people/meet-context-our-new-journalism-platform |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=www.context.news |language=en}} Context ceased publishing in February 2026.{{Cite web |title=Our Journalism |url=https://www.trust.org/our-journalism/ |access-date=2026-03-10 |website=Thomson Reuters Foundation |language=en-US}} ==Awards== === 2010 === The documentary "Surviving the Tsunami: Stories of Hope", a Thomson Reuters Foundation multimedia documentary created for the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, was nominated for an Emmy award and won a prize at the Best of Photojournalism Awards.{{cite web |title=NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2010 Web Site Winners |url=http://bop.nppa.org/2010/web_sites/winners/index.php?cat=NFP&smc=UNDE&place=2nd |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608050121/http://bop.nppa.org/2010/web_sites/winners/index.php?cat=NFP&smc=UNDE&place=2nd |archive-date=8 June 2012 |access-date=13 January 2022 |website=bop.nppa.org}} The documentary was also a finalist in the 2010 Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma and named Best Web Special Feature by Editor & Publisher. AlertNet was named a Millennium Product by the British government, an award for outstanding application of innovative technology. === 2011 === AlertNet was awarded an EPPY Award for the "Best News Website" category.{{cite web |title=EPPY Awards - 2011 Winners |url=http://www.eppyawards.com/Content/Past_2011_Winners-28-.aspx |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817103234/http://www.eppyawards.com/Content/Past_2011_Winners-28-.aspx |archivedate=2016-08-17 |accessdate=2012-05-25}} AlertNet received a gold trophy for "Best News Site" at the Lovie Awards.{{Cite web |date=21 February 2023 |title=Winners |url=https://www.lovieawards.eu/winners-info/}} In March 2011, the Foundation won the "Best Use of New Media" award for its Emergency Information Service (EIS) at the Third Annual Social Innovation Awards hosted by Justmeans. === 2012 === The Climate editorial team was selected as an Official Honouree of the 16th Annual Webby Awards in the Green category.{{Cite web |title=AlertNet Climate -- The Webby Awards |url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2012/web/general-website/green/alertnet-climate/}} === 2015 === The Foundation won the Asian Environmental Journalism Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting by a Media Organisation, as well as a United Nations Correspondents Association UN Foundation prize. {{Cite web |title=2015 UNCA Awards Winners « The United Nations Correspondents Association |url=http://unca.com/2015-unca-awards-winners/}} === 2023 === ==== Editorial awards ==== Context won a Bronze Lovie and People's Lovie Winner in Social: News & Politics award for the platform Openly: LGBTQ+ News on TikTok. It also won a Bronze Lovie and People's Lovie Winner in Social: News & Politics Awarding body/organisation.{{Cite web |title=Our Journalism |url=https://www.trust.org/our-journalism/ |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=Thomson Reuters Foundation |language=en-US}} ==== Video awards ==== The video “[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0ochp78Uy4 Extreme heat pushed workers to the limits in Qatar’s World Cup building boom]” won the Global Media Competition on Labour Migration, ran by the International Labour Organisation. It also won “Best Documentary Film” at the Paris Independent Film Festival. The video series “[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrOsb2faogNmrBXy7X0tYj5hHtqOnOogM Lab-Made: Inside the lab-grown industry]” won a Gold Telly, Video Journalism, Online award from the Telly Awards.{{Cite web |title=Our Journalism |url=https://www.trust.org/our-journalism/ |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=Thomson Reuters Foundation |language=en-US}} === 2024 === ==== Editorial awards ==== Context won a Bronze and People’s Lovie - Website & Mobile Site Craft - Best Writing – Editorial for the article “[https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/long-read/soaring-abuse-in-uk-care-jobs-shatters-migrants-dreams Soaring abuse in UK care jobs shatters migrants’ dreams]”. Context’s Openly platform was a Season 28 Webby Awards Honoree in General Social-News & Politics for Social in the Webby Awards. ==== Video awards ==== Context’s Openly platform won a Short Form Video - News & Politics award from the Lovie Awards. === 2025 === ==== Video awards ==== The video “[https://awards.journalists.org/entries/fast-fashion-giant-inditex-wants-to-be-sustainable-but-is-it/ Fast fashion giant Inditex wants to be sustainable. But is it?]” won a Gold Telly, General, Investigative & Open-Source Reporting from the Telly Awards. The video series “[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrOsb2faogNlYcpOI-FZ1fBFjSEO6GVDR Gig Workers Rising]” won a Bronze Telly, Video Journalism, Online from the Telly Awards.   == See also == {{Portal|Journalism}} * [Index of journalism articles](/source/Index_of_journalism_articles) ==References== Category:News agencies based in the United Kingdom --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Context News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_News) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_News?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.