The New Humanitarian

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The New Humanitarian

The New Humanitarian is an independent, non-profit newsroom reporting from the heart of conflicts, di
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The world's leading provider of humanitarian news and analysis.

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https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/

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Our Story

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News) was founded by the United Nations in 1995, in the wake of the Rwandan genocide, out of the conviction that objective on-the-ground reporting of humanitarian crises could help mitigate or even prevent future disasters of that magnitude.

Almost twenty years later, we became an independent non-profit news organisation, allowing us to cast a more critical eye over the multi-billion-dollar emergency aid industry and draw attention to its failures at a time of unprecedented humanitarian need. As digital disinformation went global, and mainstream media retreated from many international crisis zones, our field-based, high-quality journalism filled even more of a gap. Today, we are one of only a handful of newsrooms world-wide specialized in covering crises and disasters – and in holding the aid industry accountable.

In 2019, we changed our name to The New Humanitarian to signal our move from UN project to independent newsroom and our role chronicling the changing nature of – and response to – humanitarian crises.

Throughout our journey, we have remained true to our mission to inform crisis prevention and response by amplifying the voices of those most affected; shining a light on forgotten crises; and resisting superficial, sensational narratives about the crises of our time.

Our name and brand identity

Evocative of respected media brands such as The New Statesman and The Economist, The New Humanitarian is the authoritative news source for policy-makers and practitioners involved in humanitarian response. We are to crises what POLITICO is to politics.

Our logo is designed in GT Sectra, a modern serif font that originated as the house typeface of a Swiss longform journal called Reportagen. It marries the flourish of calligraphy to the precision-cut lettering of a printing press, echoing our commitment to evocative story-telling based on sharp reporting.

The cursor at the end of our logo signals our aim to be fresh and forward-looking, ready to tap in to the latest developments, and tell the ongoing story of crises as they evolve.

But most importantly, The New Humanitarian speaks to the profound shifts impacting our world today.

The drivers of humanitarian needs are changing, thanks to new threats like climate change, longer-lasting conflicts, and a geopolitical landscape that makes the resolution of crises at the international level more challenging.

The impacts of humanitarian crises are changing too, becoming more global in their repercussions. The exodus of refugees from Syria is one of many examples.

Traditional forms of humanitarian intervention are bursting at the seams; new approaches and players are emerging to fill an increasing gap between needs and response.

Tackling the world’s crises is no longer the exclusive domain of governments, “Big Aid” and the United Nations -- nor is it only about disaster relief and aid delivery. In many ways, the whole conception of humanitarianism is changing, evidenced by the private sector’s response to refugees; high school students marching for climate change; and local communities reclaiming agency in shaping their own futures. Today, a new generation of humanitarians is redefining the way the world responds to crises – demanding a seat at the table and a voice in the conversation.

We remain the trusted news source for policy-makers and practitioners in humanitarian response, but The New Humanitarian is expanding to reach this wider audience of people who want to better understand our complex world, in order to change it for the better.