 | |
| Company type | News agency |
|---|---|
| Founded | Nairobi (1995) |
| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland[1] |
Key people |
|
| Website | www.thenewhumanitarian.org |
The New Humanitarian, previously known as IRIN News, or Integrated Regional Information Networks News, is an independent, non-profit news agency. The agency states that it intends to report on stories from regions that it considers overlooked or under-reported.[1][2]
Originally a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), IRIN News operated under the UN until 1 January 2015.[3][4] On 21 March 2019, IRIN relaunched independently as The New Humanitarian.[5] The primary language is English, with a smaller number of articles available in French and Arabic.
- ^ a b c "About Us". The New Humanitarian. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Integrated Regional Information Networks". UN missions. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ Herman, Marc (October 12, 2016). "Freed from UN, a 20-year-old news network embraces independence". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Hatcher, Jessica (November 20, 2014). "Irin humanitarian news service saved after private donor fills UN void". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Owen, Laura Hazard (March 21, 2019). "The New Humanitarian (no longer an acronymed UN agency) wants to move humanitarian crisis journalism beyond its wonky, depressing roots". NiemanLab. Retrieved 3 October 2021.