The International Press Institute (IPI) today named Turkish journalist Zeynep Oral the first recipient of its “IPI Press Freedom Dialogue Award”. The award will be handed over at the “Dialogue For Press Freedom” Dinner & Award Presentation, to be held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on 14 June 2011, on the occasion of […]

Press freedom in Russia received a major boost after a Moscow court sentenced an extreme nationalist to life in prison for killing a trainee journalist and a well-known lawyer, news reports said. According to The Guardian, Russian neo-Nazi Nikita Tikhonov was sentenced for shooting Anastasiya Baburova, 25, a trainee journalist at the Novaya Gazeta newspaper […]

The Istanbul Media Days is the first multidisciplinary media event designed for students, journalists and the public at large. From 2011 onwards, it will be held annually in Istanbul, Turkey. This event will address the diverse challenges facing contemporary media and provide a platform for debate and the exchange of experiences. The First Istanbul Media […]

A reporter for Al Jazeera has been missing in Syria since 29 April, the network said in a statement on its website, demanding immediate information on her whereabouts. The Syrian authorities have confirmed that Dorothy Parvaz is in their custody, news reports said. Parvaz, a 39-year-old journalist working with Al Jazeera’s English-language channel, has not […]