The International Press Institute (IPI) is marking December 10, Human Rights Day, with a nationwide advertising campaign in Turkey to highlight the immense challenges and threats the country’s independent media face. In recent years, the Turkish government has systematically increased pressure on media via a number of methods including judicial harassment, disproportionate laws, online attacks […]

Local Journalism Project Case Study: The Centrum Media (Pakistan)   The backstory: Centrum Media launched in 2016 when Talha Ahad returned to Pakistan from his UK studies and saw a gap in the country’s traditional media landscape for a centrist non-aligned media voice for younger audiences. He saw, too, that social media delivery of streamed […]

Local Journalism Project Case Study: The News Minute (India)   The backstory: Founded in 2014 by Dhanya Rajendran, Vignesh Vellore, and veteran journalist Chitra Subramaniam, The News Minute (TNM) prides itself on being a female-driven team, bringing a feminist perspective to coverage on everything from child rights to politics and pop culture.  Audience: The News […]

Local Journalism Project Case Study: Suno (India)   The backstory: Suno India is a podcasting media company that aims to get Indians from a range of language backgrounds to “listen up”. Launched in 2018, their journalistic mission is to use the audio medium to illuminate underreported issues while maintaining their reputation as credible, well-researched, and […]