Press freedom in Europe is more fragile now than at any time since the end of the Cold War. That is the alarming conclusion of a report launched today by the 12 partner organizations of the Council of Europe Platform to promote the protection of Journalism and safety of journalists. The report, “Democracy at Risk”, […]

States in the Americas face an engrained culture of impunity for the killing of journalists, according to new analysis by the International Press Institute, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, to mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2. In 2019, at least […]

Send in your nominations for the 2019 World Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards! The International Press Institute (IPI) and International Media Support (IMS) are now accepting nominations for the 2019 IPI World Press Freedom Hero Award and the 2019 IPI-IMS Free Media Pioneer Award. The deadline for nominations is February 28, 2019. […]

Despite working in a country that routinely tops press freedom rankings, Finnish journalists increasingly face a new threat to press freedom: online harassment. And until recently in the country, harassment campaigns against journalists had largely gone unpunished. The year 2018, however, saw a positive shift, with courts handing down convictions for abusive online attacks and […]