By IPI Advocacy Officer Jamie Wiseman Few terms have become so engrained in global political discourse in the last half decade than that of so-called “fake news.” The widely used yet ill-defined phrase has become a messy shorthand enveloping everything from social media rumours, to online political disinformation, to state-sponsored internet propaganda. With vastly different […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed horror at the fatal self-immolation of a Russian journalist protesting police pressure and demanded an immediate investigation into the circumstances that led to her death. Irina Slavina, the founder and editor-in-chief of small local news […]

Versión en español The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the decision by Mexico’s Budget and Public Account Commission to abolish a fund that supports a protection mechanisms for threatened journalists and human rights defenders. n September 29, Mexico’s Budget and Public […]

Read in English Mitte März, als die Zahl der Coronavirus-Fälle in ganz Europa anzusteigen begann, reagierte Kroatien rasch mit restriktiven Maßnahmen: Am 13. März wurde der nationale Notstand ausgerufen und am 19. März wurden alle nicht lebensnotwendigen Geschäfte geschlossen. Journalisten gehörten zu den unverzichtbaren Arbeitern, die weiterhin jeden Tag zur Arbeit gingen und sich und […]