(Versione italiana in calce) The International Press Institute (IPI) has recently concluded a three-day follow-up visit to Italy, ending Thursday, where it examined potential challenges to the pluralism of Italy’s audiovisual sector resulting from the country’s digital switchover. IPI suggested that pluralism may be bolstered by the switchover, if the value of pluralism is taken […]

Brazilian broadcast journalist Luciano Pedrosa, 46, was killed on Saturday in Vitoria de Santo Antao in Brazil, according to reports. Pedrosa, who worked for Metro FM and as a presenter on Vitoria TV, covered crime and news about local authorities, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists and local news reports. He had received regular […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned a car bomb attack last week on Cypriot journalist Mutlu Esendemir in Nicosia in northern Cyprus. Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika reported that Ensendemir, a member of the group of directors of Kanal T television, suffered minor injuries to his right heel after an improvised explosive device left under […]

UPDATE 8.04.11: Four journalists have been detained by forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Qaddafi this week, according to multiple news reports yesterday. According to The Atlantic and other reports, Atlantic reporter Clare Morgana Gillis was detained near the rebel-held city of Brega along with James Foley of the Global Post online, Spanish photographer Manu Brabo […]