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Top Finnish media say better training may soften impact of online abuse

On the fourth day of IPI’s visit to Finland as part of its OnTheLine project, which focuses on researching and combating the online harassment of journalists, we had the chance to visit two of the country’s biggest national media outlets: liberal newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and public broadcaster Yle. As part of our visits, we met […]

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Finland’s journalists warn against normalization of online violence

On the second day of IPI’s mission to Finland, the team talked with female journalists who have been heavily targeted with online harassment. One of them was MustRead.fi journalist Linda Pelkonen, who was threatened on social media for her work in 2015. In February, a court convicted two of the three men involved. The pioneering […]

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Malawi newspaper office unsealed by government

The offices of the Times Group, a leading media organization in Malawi, were unsealed by the Malawi Revenue Authority following international condemnation and intervention by the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, journalists and media executives. The editor-in-chief of the Times Group, George Kasakula, said in an email to IPI that the […]

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I Subscribe – to support independent journalism in Turkey

Zur deutschen Version A coalition of freedom of expression organizations led by the International Press Institute (IPI) launched today the “I Subscribe” campaign for independent journalism in Turkey. The campaign encourages readers from around the world to subscribe to Turkey’s few remaining independent newspapers as a gesture of support. The campaign initially features the secular […]

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