[citation needed] JHR employs a rights-based "reciprocal change" approach, a process that involves local media partnerships and consultations with editors and owners, working journalists, students, civil society and other relevant stakeholders within a region.

[citation needed] Since 2007, JHR has worked with over 1450 journalists and journalism students in the DRC to produce media about human rights abuses, crime, corruption, democracy, and good governance.

JHR initiatives have built a network of ten autonomous press clubs that span the country, and work to promote coverage of human rights issues.

Maidan is a platform that enables the public to participate in the process of collecting data and reporting human rights violations to hold governing bodies accountable, and acts as a resource for media and CSOs.

Through training, public engagement and story production, JHR has worked to increase freedom of expression in Jordan and create a space for more open, informed and constructive dialogue on human rights issues affecting the country.

Teams had access to mentorship, facilities, and contacts who supported them as they worked to develop new ideas in media, determine how to reach new audiences and figure out how best to sustain themselves with new revenue.

In May 2013, CTV's senior editor and news anchor Lisa LaFlamme mentored a network of JHR affiliated journalists in Goma (Eastern DRC), the centre of ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis since 1998.