Established 2025

The MU-ICRC Humanitarian Reporting Project

The MU-ICRC Humanitarian Reporting Project is a joint initiative by Humanitarian Reporting Initiative and ICRC Pakistan, launched in 2025 to strengthen ethical, accurate, and people-centred humanitarian journalism across Pakistan.

Through training workshops, editors’ dialogues, awards, and a dedicated publishing platform, the project supports journalists and storytellers in reporting on humanitarian issues that are often overlooked in mainstream coverage.

Because communities affected by crises deserve to be seen, heard, and understood.

Collaboration

About the Partners

Humanitarian Reporting Initiative (MU)

Founded in 2022, Humanitarian Reporting Initiative is a multidisciplinary media development and communications consultancy dedicated to advancing knowledge, encouraging cross-disciplinary collaboration, and supporting innovative media initiatives.

MU provides services across communication strategy, media engagement, training, implementation, and capacity building, with a strong focus on strengthening journalism and public-interest storytelling.

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ICRC Pakistan

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been working in Pakistan since 1947 as a neutral, impartial, and independent humanitarian organisation.

Headquartered in Islamabad, ICRC Pakistan works closely with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society and relevant authorities to support humanitarian efforts across healthcare, detention-related work, emergency response, and conflict-affected regions.

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Why This Project Matters

Bridging the Coverage Gap

Humanitarian stories are often overshadowed by political developments and breaking news cycles. As a result, critical reporting on vulnerable communities, displacement, conflict, health, gender, and humanitarian crises frequently receives limited coverage. This project aims to address that gap.

By equipping journalists with specialised reporting skills, engaging newsroom leadership, and creating dedicated publishing platforms, the MU-ICRC Humanitarian Reporting Project seeks to strengthen humanitarian journalism across Pakistan. The initiative is designed not only to train reporters but also to encourage greater newsroom support for ethical and impactful humanitarian storytelling.

What We Do

Training Workshops

A nationwide series of two-day workshops designed for journalists, editors, and digital content creators, combining practical newsroom skills with humanitarian reporting principles.

Editors' Meetings

A series of discussions with editors, bureau chiefs, and newsroom leaders across major cities to address the challenges and editorial priorities facing humanitarian journalism.

MU-ICRC Awards

A national awards programme recognising outstanding humanitarian journalism produced by project participants, scheduled for December 2026.

Alumni Community

A growing network of journalists from Karachi to Gilgit, committed to covering human stories with care, context, and integrity.

Roundtable

Editors Meet Up

A closed, candid space for media professionals working in or covering humanitarian contexts. Convened in partnership with the ICRC, these sessions bring together editors and reporters to examine how conflict, displacement, and crises are covered—and how coverage can be more accurate, ethical, and impactful.

Explore the Meet Ups

Every city, a different story.

What makes these meet ups truly distinctive is that no two are alike. Each city brings its own media landscape, its own access challenges, and its own set of pressures when it comes to covering humanitarian issues. By gathering locally, we ensure conversations are rooted in the specific realities journalists face on the ground.

Syllabus

Training Curriculum

Led by experienced journalists, legal experts, media trainers, and humanitarian professionals, ensuring both theoretical understanding and practical newsroom application.