In a session titled “Facebook Revolutions: The Media and the Uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East”, to be held on Monday, 26 September 2011, during the IPI World Congress in Taipei, panellists will examine the role that social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as online media outlets and the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that two France-3 journalists held hostage in Afghanistan since December 2009 have been freed. A representative from the television broadcaster’s foreign news desk confirmed to IPI that Stephane Taponier and Herve Ghesquiere had been released, but was unable to provide details. IPI Director Alison Bethel McKenzie said: […]

Media professionals in Venezuela on Monday celebrated the National Day of Journalism, against the backdrop of serious press freedom concerns, including a lack of access to official sources, violence against journalists and governmental pressure against independent media. Despite the challenges to freedom of the media, participants expressed commitment to independent reporting. “We deserve to celebrate […]

Mumbai police announced today that seven men were arrested in connection with the brutal shooting of veteran Mumbai journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. The special investigations editor at Mumbai tabloid Mid-Day was gunned down in broad daylight on 11 June. In today’s press conference, Mumbai’s Joint Commissioner of Police Himanshu Roy said that the seven men, including […]