Press freedom
How covid-19 has accelerated encroachments on media freedom
On World Press Freedom Day, Damian Radcliffe looks at how governments around the world leveraged the pandemic to undermine public trust in journalism and science
Posted by Damian Radcliffe on 03/05/21How coronavirus has affected humanitarian journalism
Travel bans meant that newsrooms had to work with local reporters, and bringing humanitarian crises to an already-overwhelmed audience was always going to be a hard sell
Posted by Emily Cole on 24/03/21Ronson Chan, deputy assignment editor of Stand News, on press freedom in Hong Kong
Because of Hong Kong's administrative status, local media have a unique access to information about China that is widely off-limits to the rest of the world. But new state security laws signal a clampdown on the freedom of the press
Posted by Jacob Granger on 16/10/20Independent journalists in India and Zimbabwe experiment with alternative funding to keep holding power to account
Awards and accolades are nice but they do not pay the bills when facing press freedom restrictions. Two reporters turn to donors and non-journalistic gigs to keep their work sustainable
Posted by Jacob Granger on 13/10/20How has covid-19 affected press freedom around the world?
There have been 426 press freedom violations worldwide in connection to coronavirus coverage. Journalists in Asia, southern Africa and the Middle East talk about the biggest challenges and what can be done
Posted by Jacob Granger on 24/09/20Reporters Without Borders turns to Minecraft to make censored journalism accessible around the world
The press freedom organisation created a virtual library containing censored stories to raise awareness and engage younger users
Posted by Daniel Green on 27/03/20What can we do to help independent journalists in authoritarian countries?
With press freedom increasingly under attack around the world, a Hungarian investigative reporter urges the industry to unite in solidarity or face the consequences
Posted by Daniel Green on 18/12/19‘We need to use smartphones smartly’: key takeaways from Asia's first mobile journalism conference
The combination of a high-tech landscape and low press freedom is a breeding ground for mobile journalism - but quality needs to come first
Posted by Jacob Granger on 01/07/19Voice for the voiceless: smartphones are the weapon of choice to tell stories from Syrian civil war
Mobile journalism in the highly state-censored country has enabled people on the ground to reach international media - now it is set for the big screens
Posted by Jacob Granger on 06/06/19World Press Freedom Day: 10 articles that map challenges and bring hope
Today we celebrate the principles of press freedom and pay tributes to those who have lost their lives holding it up
Posted by Jacob Granger on 03/05/19The rallying call for press freedom: keep brave voices alive and heard
To make long-lasting change in regimes which silence and persecute journalists, Prisoners of Conscience calls for a pincer attack of press noise and resources
Posted by Jacob Granger on 03/05/19Mobile journalism training helps Sudanese citizen journalists tell their own stories
Thomson Foundation upskills reporters in the country that ranks 175th out of 180 in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index, training them in non-confrontational reporting
Posted by Daniel Green/Jacob Granger on 29/04/19Latin American media startups get financial boost to save independent journalism
New accelerator Velocidad will support 10 innovative projects to build resilient business models with $1.5m USD in grants
Posted by Jacob Granger on 17/04/19How international collaboration helps investigative journalists overcome challenges
From the Middle East to Asia, Europe and Latin America, investigative reporters are often fighting increasing censorship and threats with low-cost solutions and strong collaborative bonds
Posted by Daniel Green/Jacob Granger on 16/04/19South American journalists use social media to publish uncensored versions of their investigative stories
In countries where authorities are clamping down on independent journalism, newsrooms find new strategies to report the truth for their audiences
Posted by Jacob Granger/Daniel Green on 12/04/19Po.et is working on building new tools to re-empower freedom of the press using blockchain
'We are building Po.et as an open-source layer so anyone can come in and start building on top of it'
Posted by Catalina Albeanu on 20/06/18Maria Ressa, executive editor of Rappler, receives Golden Pen of Freedom
The social-first news site from the Philippines has been targeted by online attacks since Duterte's election win in 2016
Posted by Catalina Albeanu on 07/06/18Russian newspaper editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov receives Golden Pen of Freedom award
Dmitry Muratov was commended for his leadership and perseverance in safeguarding Novaya Gazeta’s independent and uncompromising editorial line
Posted by Caroline Scott on 13/06/16Journalism behind bars: Vice and Al Jazeera advocating for freedom of the press
Reporters who have been wrongfully imprisoned in the past discuss the need for a greater protection of journalists covering news abroad
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#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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Britain’s Foreign Office allegedly gathered information on Declassified’s reporter Matt Kennard, before rejecting his freedom of information requests in what appears to be a breach of UK transparency laws
Posted by Declassified UK staff on 17/06/21