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IJ4EU investigations show power of watchdog journalism

What connects a castle in France with efforts to tighten abortion laws in Poland? How is the EU using drones, biometrics and automated behavioural analysis to bolster security? What does it take to buy EU citizenship? Those are just some of the questions answered by grantees of the 2020/21 edition of IPI’s Investigative Journalism for […]

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France: Attacks on journalists reporting on agro-business in Brittany

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in expressing concern about repeated attacks, threats and intimidation of journalists and media workers reporting on the agro-food industry in Brittany. These attacks, legal threats, harassment and intimidation must end and we call on all relevant public authorities to […]

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Myanmar: Call for the release of imprisoned activists and journalists

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today vehemently condemned the brutal crackdown and ongoing repression of journalists in Myanmar and demanded the immediate release of all journalists arrested for carrying out their professional duties. On Wednesday 21 April, political activists in Myanmar initiated […]

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Reviving local news, globally: The 10 big takeaways

An IPI Global Network Report on how local news media are rethinking everything in the digital age, and what they need now to sustain the vital journalism serving local communities around the world.     The 10 big takeaways…    1.   Local news media is the most disrupted sector of the media, the most urgently […]

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