The IPI global network joined the annual media conference of the Budapest Center for Independent Journalism (CIJ) on December 2 to discuss the disturbing decline of press freedom in Hungary. This year’s focus was on the Hungarian government’s illegal use of Pegasus cyber surveillance technology.   Speakers included IPI Europe Advocacy Officer Jamie Wiseman; Eva […]

Ojoconmipisto is a digital media project combining public spending surveillance, journalism education and citizen participation to create local political accountability. The project was born out of Laboratorio de Medios in 2013 with its main aim to monitor public money in the municipalities of Guatemala. Relying predominantly on grants, the organisation prioritises paying its contributors and […]

In two of South Africa’s poorest provinces where rural communities lack infrastructure and access to bandwidth is limited, two mastheads are taking different paths to transition, writes Vidya Kathirgamalingam The COVID-driven loss of street vendors and shrinking circulation rates have accelerated the challenges for two local South African newsrooms, the Daily Dispatch in Eastern Cape, […]

The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on media houses in India, but the lockdown-induced focus on digital platforms has enabled media start-ups to grab unexpected opportunities by identifying niche markets and scaling up. By Laxmi Murthy   Suno India (“Listen up, India” in Hindi) is a podcasting media company that is filling local news gaps across […]