Press freedom
What to do if you are threatened with a SLAPP lawsuit
TBIJ offers pointers on how to deal with legal letters that aim to scare reporters into retracting or toning down work
Posted by Lucy Nash on 31/07/24WAN-IFRA: Five challenges to press freedom
On World Press Freedom Day, we highlight some of the findings from the latest World Press Trends Outlook published by the World Association of News Publishers
Posted by Damian Radcliffe on 03/05/24Economics woes affecting UK press freedom, RSF World Press Freedom Index finds
Mass job layoffs are hindering independent journalism and the ability of newsrooms to hold power to account
Posted by Jacob Granger on 03/05/24Predictions for journalism 2024: misinformation, online safety and press freedom
New technologies are used to undermine the credibility, security and ability of journalists to do their jobs. Partnerships with tech companies and democratic governments will set new precedents
Posted by Jacob Granger on 19/12/23New digital platform helps support free press in Sudan
Encrypted technology protects journalists and their sources in a war-torn country whilst facilitating remote reporting
Posted by Marcela Kunova on 21/08/23Peter Jukes: 'More diversified media ownership is in the public interest'
Co-founder and executive editor of Byline Times talks about how a media organisation’s funding model affects its freedom to report
Posted by Frankie Crew on 16/08/23Three steps to protect newsrooms from press freedom attacks
What can be done to stave off political interference and intimidation of journalists?
Posted by Jessica White on 05/07/23Alison Millar, award-winning film-maker, on documentaries and press freedom in Northern Ireland
With her latest documentary, LYRA, we step into the life of esteemed investigative journalist Lyra McKee and what led to her death in 2019 in Derry
Posted by Camille Dupont on 02/06/23Business model scheme for European media startups launches
IPI provides up to €15k of funding and expert coaching for media ventures that can better serve diverse audiences
Posted by Jacob Granger on 12/05/23Fiona O'Brien of Reporters Without Borders, on the state of UK press freedom
SLAPPs and abuse of journalists are causing the UK to slip down the ranks of the World Press Freedom Index. But news organisations do have the power to affect change
Posted by Jacob Granger on 05/05/23RSF Index: Press freedom is "bad" in seven out of ten countries
Journalism is threatened by the fake content industry, as political actors increasingly use disinformation campaigns to undermine reporters
Posted by Jacob Granger on 03/05/23Local journalists are vital forces in the fight for social justice
Sustaining community reporting is more than a money question - it also needs connections, diversity and training
Posted by Preethi Nallu and Kevin Grant on 19/04/23BBC journalist Clive Myrie on diversity, impartiality, press freedom and mental health
"I didn’t set out to be a totem for the black community, but if I am encouraging younger black kids to get into this business: that’s wonderful"
Posted by Jacob Granger on 16/03/23Five questions for every newsroom to ask themselves on World Press Freedom Day
World Press Freedom Day is a reminder of why democracy and a free press matter. But conversations about safety, sustainability and sourcing need to be an all-year priority
Posted by Catherine Edwards on 03/05/22Rana Ayyub makes it to Perugia: "I don't have the luxury of staying silent"
The Washington Post columnist was nearly stopped by the state from sending her message of solidarity to the journalism community in Perugia. Her powerful keynote is a reminder of the purpose of journalism
Posted by Jacob Granger on 08/04/22Tip: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa's four steps to solidarity in journalism
The press freedom champion shares insights on holding power to account amid relentless harassment and misinformation on social media
Posted by Hilal Seven on 13/12/21Janine Warner and Jazmín Acuña on fast-tracking media growth in Latin America
The media accelerator Velocidad launched in 2019 to help news startups grow and thrive. We look at its impact in a region where press freedom is under constant threat
Posted by Jacob Granger on 25/11/21What can be done to support women journalists targeted for doing their jobs?
The Coalition for Women in Journalism is hard at work helping reporters most in danger out of Afghanistan amid the Taliban takeover but many are still in urgent need of help
Posted by Jacob Granger on 25/08/21Kiran Nazish, founder of CFWIJ, on violence against women journalists
Governments across the world are ramping up orchestrated attacks on women journalists to clamp down on press freedom. Who has the power to create change?
Posted by Jacob Granger on 22/07/21Next >
#wef12 - WAN-IFRA publishes 'report on violence against Mexico's press'
WAN-IFRA has this week published a report called “a death threat to freedom”, which looks at “violence against Mexico’s press”. The report was published on Tuesday (4 September), a day after the organisation’s World Editors Forum presented the Golden Pen of Freedom to Mexican journalist Anabel Hernandez. The report calls on the government to “take [...]
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 5 September 2012Hugh Grant: Leveson inquiry has shone 'disinfectant sunlight' into 'infected corners'
Hugh Grant, Tom Watson MP and president of the National Union of Journalists Donnacha Delong speak at a rally calling for media reform
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 18 May 2012Voice of America: China's Foreign Ministry questioned on Al Jazeera journalist visa issue
Voice of America has published what it says is a transcript of questions put to the spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, in relation to Al Jazeera English's report that its China correspondent Melissa Chan had her visa renewal application 'refused'
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 9 May 2012Index: Hungary faces squeeze on freedoms
Sándor Orbán, the director of the South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media, reports for Index on Censorship on the raft of new laws passed by the ruling Fidesz party and the threat to civil liberties and media freedom
Posted by Joel Gunter on 6 January 2012Pakistan tops another 2011 journalist death toll
The International Federation of Journalists describes 2011 as "another bloody year for media"
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 3 January 2012Journalists shot dead in Somalia and Russia
The founder of independent Russian newspaper Chernovik has been killed, as has a journalist working for a TV station in Somali
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19 December 2011Reporters Without Borders secretary-general to step down in new year
Press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders announced this week that its secretary-general Jean-François Julliard will step down on 31 January
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14 December 2011Two-year anniversary of massacre of 30 journalists in Philippines
Today is also the inaugural International Day to End Impunity
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 23 November 2011'Silencing the messenger is all too often the name of the game': Mark Austin speaks at St Bride's
The address given by ITV News at Ten presenter Mark Austin at St Bride's Church yesterday (Wednesday), for the service to commemorate journalists who have died while covering conflicts across the world.
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 10 November 2011Index: Take action to end impunity
This coming 23 November will be the second anniversary of the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre in the Phillippines, in which 34 journalists were murdered during election related violence in the country. Last year, on the first anniversary, there was a “global day of action” to commemorate the killings. This year, the second anniversary will also be [...]
Posted by Joel Gunter on 9 November 2011#wef11: 'News industry is in the vortex of a fast changing world'
WAN-IFRA's new president calls for self regulation of the press to maintained in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13 October 2011BBC news chief calls for pressure on Iran after threats to journalists' families
BBC issues public statement after journalists' families arrested and harassed in Iran
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 5 October 2011Guardian: How Luke Harding became the reporter Russia hated
The Guardian’s former Moscow correspondent Luke Harding has a lively piece up on his time as the city’s harassed-western-journalist-in-chief. Ahead of the publication of a book by Harding on his quarrels with Russia’s security forces, he describes being intimidated and having his flat regularly broken into, and his deportation and Russia’s u-turn in letting him [...]
Posted by Joel Gunter on 26 September 2011New York Times: No Justice for Anna Politkovskaya
Yesterday’s New York Times editorial was devoted to the case of murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Politkovskaya, who became known for her fearless investigative reporting of social issues in Russia and human rights abuses in Chechnya, was killed in her apartment building in 2006. Five years on, no one has been convicted of her murder. [...]
Posted by Joel Gunter on 14 September 2011BBC: Detained reporter is 'physically and psychologically frail'
BBC Central Asian Service journalist Urunboy Usmonov has been detained by Tajikistan authorities since June 13
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 29 June 2011Index on Censorship: Russian journalist defeats libel claim
Kommersant's political correspondent Oleg Kashin, who spent five days in a coma after an attack, defeated a libel claim after speculating on the identity of his attackers
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 28 June 2011Reporters Without Borders: Life sentence for Bahraini blogger
Two Bahraini bloggers handed long jail sentences, according to Reporters Without Borders
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 23 June 2011BBC and CPJ: Mexican journalist, wife and son shot dead
It believed Mexican journalist Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco, who wrote for Notiver, has been shot dead along with his wife and son
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 21 June 2011Index: Polish journalist faces four years in prison for 'insulting the president' of Belarus
Andrey Pochobut of Polish newspaper GazetaWyborcza, faces a prison sentence for defamation and 'insulting the president' of Belarus
Posted by Joel Gunter on 17 June 2011Reporters Without Borders: Journalist killed in Brazil on World Press Freedom day
Press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reports that a journalist, Valério Nascimento, was shot and killed in Brazil on Tuesday. The day of the shooting was also the day the world shone a light on the dangers and issues facing journalists across the world, for World Press Freedom day. “Nascimento’s murder, which took place [...]
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#JournalismMatters: The challenges of journalism in exile
History is repeating itself in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, writes veteran investigative journalist Carlos Chamarro on World News Day, who runs a Nicaraguan media outlet from Costa Rica. Dictators are criminalising the press
Posted by Carlos F. Chamorro on 27/09/24