The International Academy of Journalism (Intajour) announces the start of the application process for the third year of its fellowship program “Journalism in the Digital World”. Journalists from countries where press freedom is restricted can now apply online for the ten-month training program initiated and funded by the international media company Bertelsmann. “Our previous years […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Brazilian authorities to fully investigate last Saturday’s killing of journalist Rodrigo Neto de Faria. Neto de Faria, who worked for Radio Vanguarda and the daily Vale do Aço, was shot by unknown gunmen on Saturday, March 9 in front of his home in Ipatinga, a city in […]

Noted Bangladeshi journalist and Vice-Chair of the International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Board Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul has been appointed Chairman of the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize for 2013.  The nomination was announced by Irina Bokhova, UNESCO Director-General, at the organisation’s headquarters in Paris. Bulbul will lead a 12-member international jury consisting of editors, senior […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today warmly congratulated the Justice Committee of the Dominican Republic Chamber of Deputies for removing prison penalties for defamation and insult from the draft penal code under consideration. In a letter to the Committee’s president, Demóstenes Martínez Hernández, IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie lauded the move “an important step […]