Fake news is a booming business in the Baltics — though it’s not always about making money. That’s a conclusion reached by Ieva Ivanauskaitė, head of business development at Lithuanian news portal Delfi, as she led an investigation into the region’s thriving disinformation scene. Supported by a €33,000 grant from the International Press Institute’s IJ4EU […]

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) welcomes the idea of a European Media Freedom Act, advanced by European Commissioners Thierry Breton and Věra Jourová. In recent years, we have witnessed the staggering politicisation of the media in a small but growing number of member states where governments have abused regulatory, economic and legislative powers to […]

Since the military coup in Myanmar in early February, the regime has shut down many media houses and arrested at least 80 journalists, of whom 45 remain behind bars. Owing to these increasing threats many journalists are preparing to leave the country, while banned media organizations are trying to set up offices overseas to continue […]

IJ4EU relaunches in 2021 with €1.1 million for cross-border projects in EU Includes new support scheme for freelancers First call launches in June Stay informed via our newsletter and website   The Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) fund will disburse €1.1 million in grants to cross-border projects in EU member states in 2021 and launch […]