Through three case studies, this study explores how international media channels France24, BBC World Service, and Al Jazeera report about the issue of child labour. Materials for this study include news channels’ English language reports between 2016 and 2022. The main goal of this study, firstly, was to find out through which regions and actors the different forms of child labour are discussed in the three case studies. Secondly, which root causes for child labour were brought up. Through looking at these details the aim was to form an understanding of how the issue of child labour is presented in international news channels’ platforms, and whether there are differences across the channels or publication years, or notable shortages in the reporting of the topic. In short, this study found that the regional coverage in the case studies was largely one-sided, with reports mainly focusing on Africa and Asia only, with more variety within one case study, but Europe and North America were mostly excluded from the coverage despite the global nature of child labour. The number of actors represented in the case studies was higher than the regional division, however, government or local officials were only visible in third or less of the reports, and employers or trade unions even less. None of the case studies therefore reflect the need for a multisectoral action for such a multi-faceted issue. The case studies covered all theroot causes for child labour as identified by the International Labour Organisation, especially poverty and social vulnerability, and limited legal protections. Most reports that discussed exposure to individual and collective shocks as the root cause for child labour often covered the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Further research is however needed to show whether the pandemic brought new angles to the reporting of child labour, and whether the discussion is moving from a family- and global South-centred view to look at the issue as the global challenge that it is.