Media freedom in Myanmar has progressed significantly in recent years, but its future remains uncertain as the newly elected government assumes power, Soe Myint, the editor-in-chief and managing director of Mizzima Media, told the International Press Institute (IPI)’s 2016 World Congress. Yangon was the site of IPI’s 2015 World Congress, which came ahead of the […]

Since late 2012, when the massive influx of refugees began making their way to Europe to escape conflict, uploading gut-wrenching photos and reporting heartbreaking accounts has become one of the media’s most over-told stories, speakers at the International Press Institute (IPI) World Congress panel “Covering the Refugee Crisis” suggested. “The audience has overdosed on it, […]

This article originally appeared on the website of the journal Arab Media & Society. Under the banner “Journalism at Risk—Safety and Professionalism in a Dangerous World,” the 2016 World Congress of the International Press Institute (IPI) held in Doha, Qatar in March tackled the dangers of covering terrorism and other forms of political violence, examining […]

The emergence of new media has led to a dramatic change in the traditional media centred around an advertising-based, single-revenue model that was previously successful on a near-global basis, panellists at the International Press Institute (IPI)’s World Congress “Funding Models for Quality Journalism” noted. Kicking off the panel, which explored the ways in which funding […]