Khadija Patel, the head of programmes for the International Fund for Public Interest Media and the former editor-in-chief of South Africa’s Mail & Guardian newspaper, was elected yesterday as the 35th chair of the International Press Institute (IPI)‘s global Executive Board. “I’m honoured to be entrusted with this position”, she said. “And I look forward […]

The members of the IPI global network, gathered at the 2021 IPI World Congress and General Assembly in Vienna and online, call for urgent action to stop an accelerating press freedom decline around the world. Anti-democratic regimes are openly silencing independent journalism, and face alarmingly few consequences for doing so. This impunity encourages further attacks […]

Ready for day three of the 2021 World Congress of the IPI global network? Editors, leading journalists and media executives talking with one other and learning from one another – that’s our network in action. Today we went inside some of the world’s most innovative newsrooms, from Aftenposten in Norway to 263Chat in Zimbabwe to […]

The partner organisations in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) welcome the European Commission’s Recommendation on ensuring the protection, safety and empowerment of journalists and media professionals in the European Union, presented today. The document is a testament to the Commission’s much-needed engagement in the defence of press freedom and media pluralism as critical elements […]