Local Journalism Project Case Study: Nyugat (Hungary)   The backstory: Nyugat is the largest regional news site in Hungary. It is based in Szombathely, near the Austrian border, where it serves a community of 200,000 people in the broader region of County Vas. It launched 21 years ago as an online-only media outlet. Nyugat describes […]

This piece is published in collaboration with Telex.hu as part of a content series on threats to independent media in Central Europe. Read more Find the original video on Telex.hu While Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán manages to avoid tough questions domestically, he has been dropping by Kossuth Radio almost every Friday to give an […]

On December 10, 2021, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two outstanding journalists and fighters for press freedom: Maria Ressa, an IPI Executive Board member and CEO of the independent Philippine news outlet Rappler; and Dmitry Muratov, co-founder of Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta. Today’s ceremony highlighted the importance of independent media for […]

Local Journalism Project Case Study: Limpopo Mirror (South Africa)   The backstory: The Limpopo Mirror, an award-winning and internationally acclaimed 33-year-old paper, emerged in post-apartheid South Africa to meet the needs of the rural Black communities bordering the Limpopo River. It was launched by the owners of the Afrikaans/English paper in the town of Louis […]