Adina Marincea, a Romanian journalist known for her investigative reporting on far-right extremism and LGBTQIA+ rights, has faced relentless disinformation campaigns and online intimidation aimed at discrediting her work and silencing her voice. The German daily TAZ and the International Press Institute (IPI) launch today a detailed case study that sheds light on the disinformation […]

A team of European media leaders from The Netherlands, Ukraine, Portugal, Georgia, Bosnia and Romania will form IPI’s Media Innovation Europe (MIE 2.0) jury for the period of 2024-2026. MIE is a multidisciplinary, multi-project programme that has funded over 50 news organizations in the past two years, and has just kicked off its second edition. […]

The IPI global network welcomes the recent ruling by a Philippine court that overturns a 2018 regulatory order to close the independent news outlet Rappler. Founded in 2012 by Nobel Peace Prize winner and IPI Executive Board member Maria Ressa, Rappler is known for his critical, investigative reporting and was repeatedly targeted under the administration […]

IPI is alarmed by the recent proposal by the Ministry of Justice to end state funding support for the Council for Mass Media (JSN), which would severely affect the self-regulatory body’s ability to function. The plan was revealed on August 9, 2024, when the Ministry of Finance published its budget proposal. For decades, the state […]