Amid reports of attacks on journalists covering post-election protests in Russia, a prominent Moscow-based journalist warned this week that President-elect Vladimir Putin will maintain force as a tool to suppress dissent despite a changed political landscape. Galina Sidorova, chair of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism in Russia and vice-chair of the International Press Institute (IPI)’s […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged a Louisiana sheriff to respond with the utmost seriousness following the use, by deputies, of a journalist’s photograph for target practice after he reported on alleged voter fraud by sheriff’s employees. Sheriff Jack Stephens of St. Bernard Parish, southeast of New Orleans, apologised last week after WVUE Fox […]

A Haitian radio journalist who was wounded when his vehicle came under heavy gunfire from unknown assailants died on Monday in a local hospital. Jean Liphète Nelson, 38, was the manager of Radio Boukman, a community radio station he had founded in 2004 in Cité Soleil, an impoverished and historically violent commune located at the […]

The Hamburg-based International Academy of Journalism (Intajour) has announced the launch of the online application process for its second 10-month class, “Journalism in the Digital World”, which is slated to start Sept. 2, 2012. Applicants who wish to participate in the fellowship program can find more information at www.intajour.com. International Academy of Journalism Launches Application […]