Media & Communication: Research Guide

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believe that the lawsuit is designed to silence legitimate investigative reporting and should be immediately withdrawn.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.

Israel continues to restrict international journalists access to Gaza, and Palestinian reporters are being killed.

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.

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.

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.

The IPI global network condemns Somali authorities’ freezing of bank accounts belonging to IPI member Somali Journalists Syndicate. Somalia must cease its harassment of SJS and its staff and allow the organization to operate freely. A court on April 9 ordered Premier Bank So to freeze accounts belonging to SJS, claiming that SJS was not […] The post Somalia: IPI condemns freezing of SJS bank accounts appeared first on ipi.media.

Social media has transformed how we connect and communicate online — affecting even how we get health information.

Using Australian laws to force a foreign-owned platform to take down content globally sets a risky precedent – should we allow all countries to impose their laws on the internet?