The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI,) on Tuesday condemned the physical attack on Csaba Szögi, a journalist with Képes Ifjúsá, the youth supplement of the Hungarian-language daily Magyar Szó, based in Novi Sad, Serbia. Szögi was beaten on 15 April 2011 by several individuals who […]

The political conflict in Ivory Coast may be approaching an end after the recent arrest of former President Laurent Gbagbo, but journalists are still working in fear – of reprisals. In the last few months of the conflict, the Ivory Coast media was strongly polarized. “Journalist have been attacked, and the publication of newspapers has […]

(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 […]