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Of all the journals published by the United Nations and its specialised institutions, the UNESCO Courier has always occupied first place for the number of its readers and the range of its audience, said the American journalist Sandy Koffler, the Courier's founder and first editor-in-chief, in 1988. The magazine has changed a great deal over the years, both in content and in form. But it pursues it

s original mission: promote UNESCO’s ideals, maintain a platform for the dialogue between cultures and provide a forum for international debate. Available online since March 2006, the UNESCO Courier serves readers around the world in the six official languages of the Organization (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) and in Portuguese. A limited number of issues are also produced in print.

23/08/2026

For Fergus McIntosh, fact-checking isn't just about catching mistakes, it's "like taking a car apart in a workshop": examining every component, polishing it, putting it back together, and making sure the final story is as accurate, balanced, compelling and well contextualized as can be.

This work may happen behind the scenes, but, "the work is in the story." And every detail matters because "the larger sense of a piece is built of small details." Get the small things wrong, and the big things might end up wrong too.

At a time when AI-generated content and unreliable sources make it harder to know who and what to trust, Fergus argues that the answer is to keep asking where information comes from, to return to primary sources whenever possible, and to make active decisions about what we choose to trust.

Read the full interview on The UNESCO Courier website.

Often dismissed as a symbol of the social media age, the museum selfie may actually reveal something far more enduring: ...
20/08/2026

Often dismissed as a symbol of the social media age, the museum selfie may actually reveal something far more enduring: our desire not only to admire art, but to interact with it, reinterpret it, and make it part of our own story.

Read the full story: https://courier.unesco.org/en/articles/museum-selfie-more-mirror

For Thelma Golden, the Ford Foundation Director and Chief Curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, a museum can also be a...
18/08/2026

For Thelma Golden, the Ford Foundation Director and Chief Curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, a museum can also be a place to learn, create, and remain deeply connected to the community it serves.

Do you know another museum that create spaces where communities feel represented, welcomed and engaged?

Read the full interview in our latest issue on The UNESCO Courier website: https://courier.unesco.org/en/articles/thelma-golden-museum-space-where-complex-conversations-can-take-place

As destinations around the world grapple with the consequences of growing visitor numbers, the debate around overtourism...
16/08/2026

As destinations around the world grapple with the consequences of growing visitor numbers, the debate around overtourism has become increasingly urgent.

Can tourism continue to benefit communities while preserving the places people come to experience?

Credits: Humphrey Muleba / Unsplash, Simon Lambert / DIVERGENCE

More than forty years ago, Malian writer, ethnologist and storyteller Amadou Hampâté Bâ addressed a letter to young peop...
12/08/2026

More than forty years ago, Malian writer, ethnologist and storyteller Amadou Hampâté Bâ addressed a letter to young people that would become one of his final messages to future generations.

As we mark International Youth Day 2026 and its theme, "Different Contexts, Common Aspirations", it reminds us that different histories, cultures and experiences need not divide us. They can become the starting point for understanding, cooperation and a shared future.

Read it here: https://courier.unesco.org/en/articles/missive-youth

On this International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we invite you to listen.What can a fisherman in the Amazon,...
09/08/2026

On this International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we invite you to listen.

What can a fisherman in the Amazon, a Samoan journalist, a Navajo archaeologist, and a hunter-gatherer from the heart of Africa teach us about the future of our planet?

In the latest episode of The UNESCO Courier podcast, their voices reveal how Indigenous knowledge, rooted in generations of observation, experience and close relationship with nature, is helping shape scientific research, protect biodiversity and rethink the way we care for our environment.

Travelling from the Brazilian Amazon to Samoa, via the African bushland and Sámi territory in Northern Europe, this sound journey explores the many ways Indigenous knowledge and science are coming together to address today's environmental challenges.

“The power of Indigenous knowledge”: https://smartlink.ausha.co/the-unesco-courier/the-power-of-indigenous-knowledge

07/08/2026

How do you speak to the world? For The UNESCO Courier, the answer has always been simple: in as many languages as possible.

What began in 1948 with just three editions, English, French and Spanish, grew into an extraordinary publishing adventure. At its peak in the late 1980s, The UNESCO Courier was available in 35 languages, from Swahili and Tamil to Basque, Farsi and even Braille, reaching almost 500 000 readers around the world.

Most of these editions were translated, edited and printed locally by dedicated teams across the globe, making the magazine truly international, not only in its content, but also in the way it was created.

Today, The UNESCO Courier is published in six languages and continues to bring diverse voices and perspectives to readers worldwide.

This is just one chapter in the story of The UNESCO Courier. Follow the link in our bio to listen to the podcast and discover how the magazine has evolved over nearly eight decades.

In Thessaloniki, the Tsinari café has witnessed more than a century of change. Opened in 1885 during the Ottoman period,...
05/08/2026

In Thessaloniki, the Tsinari café has witnessed more than a century of change. Opened in 1885 during the Ottoman period, it has remained through shifts in population, political upheaval and changing social customs, while adapting to each new chapter in the city's history.

Read the full story in the link in the comments.

Pictures: © Stergios Karavatos

What makes reading feel so different from every other way of experiencing a story?From printed pages to audiobooks and i...
03/08/2026

What makes reading feel so different from every other way of experiencing a story?

From printed pages to audiobooks and interactive media, the ways we experience stories are changing. But each medium shapes the children’s attention, memory and imagination differently.

In an interview with The UNESCO Courier, the American media theorist Douglas Rushkoff reflects on what makes reading unique, how digital experiences are evolving, and why books continue to offer something technology has not replaced.

Read the full interview via the link in the comments.

A mother walked 10 kilometres every day for seven months to save her son's life.Years later, her story has found a new a...
30/07/2026

A mother walked 10 kilometres every day for seven months to save her son's life.

Years later, her story has found a new audience, not through a traditional news report, but through an AI-generated film that moved millions of viewers in China.

In China, journalists are using AI to reconstruct scenes that could never have been filmed, breathe new life into archived reporting and reach new generations through powerful visual storytelling. At the same time, AI is also taking over some routine newsroom tasks, allowing reporters to spend more time where journalism truly happens: in the field.

As journalist Li puts it: "The core of journalism is still truth. AI should strengthen the truth, not manufacture it."

Discover how Chinese journalists are navigating this new reality in the latest issue of The UNESCO Courier, exploring journalism in our times. Link in the comments.

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