Webinar: World Press Freedom Day 2024, Europe’s press freedom battlegrounds
Date: Thursday May 2, 2024 Time: 14.00 CET Location: Register Here The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) invite you to join our World Press Freedom Day 2024 webinar: Europe’s press freedom battlegrounds. Leading editors from Poland, Slovakia, Italy and Germany will highlight and debate key challenges they face as […] The post Webinar: World Press Freedom Day 2024, Europe’s press freedom battlegrounds appeared first on ipi.media.
International Press Institute(IPI)Twelve years: No justice for Mexican journalist Regina Martínez
Leer en español April 28 marks 12 years since Mexican investigative journalist Regina Martínez Pérez was beaten and strangled to death in her home. Authorities have failed to credibly solve the murder. The IPI global network calls for justice. President Andrés Manuel Lopéz Obrador must honor his commitment to reopen the case and end impunity. […] The post Twelve years: No justice for Mexican journalist Regina Martínez appeared first on ipi.media.
International Press Institute(IPI)Spotlight: Press Freedom in Senegal in 2024
Background This International Press Institute (IPI) briefing highlights current press freedom challenges in Senegal. Additionally, it sets forth high-level recommendations on promoting and protecting press freedom and journalist safety. In recent decades, Senegal has enjoyed a relatively high level of press freedom, serving as a model for other countries in Africa, and West Africa in […] The post Spotlight: Press Freedom in Senegal in 2024 appeared first on ipi.media.
International Press Institute(IPI)Togo elections: Authorities must allow media to work freely
Togo authorities must allow the media to freely and safely cover the April 29 parliamentary and regional elections, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. There is growing pressure on journalists in Togo ahead of the vote. This month, authorities arrested and expelled French journalist Thomas Dietrich. Additionally, the country’s media regulatory body suspended accreditation […] The post Togo elections: Authorities must allow media to work freely appeared first on ipi.media.
International Press Institute(IPI)Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems
TikTok is hardly a model social media platform, but it’s also far from an outlier when it comes to threats to Americans.
The Conversation > Social MediaGrattan on Friday: Social media companies can’t be immune from the need for a social licence
In the court of public opinion, Anthony Albanese’s rejection of the up-yours attitude of the man he labels an arrogant egotistical billionaire is Likely to resonate with many Australians.
The Conversation > Social MediaBulgaria Minister urged to drop defamation lawsuit
The Media Freedom Rapid Response consortium partners criticize the criminal defamation lawsuit filed by Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov against investigative journalists Atanas Chobanov and Dimitar Stoyanov of the Bureau for Investigative Reporting and Data (BIRD). The undersigned organisations believe that the lawsuit is designed to silence legitimate investigative reporting and should be immediately withdrawn. The […] The post Bulgaria Minister urged to drop defamation lawsuit appeared first on ipi.media.
International Press Institute(IPI)Appello contro gli attacchi a Domani e per la libertà di stampa in Italia
Tre giornalisti del quotidiano italiano Domani – Giovanni Tizian, Nello Trocchia, Stefano Vergine – rischiano fino a 9 anni di carcere. Sono indagati dai magistrati della procura di Perugia con l’accusa di aver chiesto e ricevuto documenti riservati da un pubblico ufficiale, e di aver violato il segreto istruttorio attraverso la richiesta e la pubblicazione […] The post Appello contro gli attacchi a Domani e per la libertà di stampa in Italia appeared first on ipi.media.
International Press Institute(IPI)Petition against attacks on Domani newspaper, and for media freedom in Italy
Three reporters at Domani – Giovanni Tizian, Nello Trocchia, Stefano Vergine – are facing up to 9 years in prison. They are under investigation by Perugia Prosecutor’s Office for allegedly having requested and received confidential documents from a public official, and for allegedly breaching the secrecy of the investigation through the request and publication of […] The post Petition against attacks on Domani newspaper, and for media freedom in Italy appeared first on ipi.media.
International Press Institute(IPI)New Media Incubator: Growing a small media outlet when less is sometimes more
This article was written by Ervin Gűth, founder of Mecseki Müzli, and lightly edited for length and clarity by IPI. Receive regular updates on IPI’s innovation and media sustainability work by subscribing to our newsletter, The Outlook: Media Innovation Unlocked. Mecseki Müzli is a weekly editorial local newsletter covering public life in the town of […] The post New Media Incubator: Growing a small media outlet when less is sometimes more appeared first on ipi.media.
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