The IPI global network of editors, leading journalists and publishers dedicated to independent journalism announced today that the 2022 IPI World Congress will take place at Columbia University in New York, September 8 to 10, 2022. Hosted by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Columbia University, the 2022 World Congress will bring to […]

Leading editors and media experts from Bangladesh, Spain, Turkey, and the United States have been elected vice-chairs of the International Press Institute (IPI)‘s global Executive Board. The new vice-chairs, as selected by their fellow members of the Executive Board shortly after the 2021 IPI World Congress, are: •  Mahfuz Anam, editor of Bangladesh’s The Daily […]

October 2 marks the third anniversary of the 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a heinous act for which justice is still denied. The IPI global network strongly condemns the continued impunity in the case and calls on the international community to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder.  On October 2, 2018, […]

As the challenges facing newsrooms multiply, how can philanthropy help independent media “keep the lights on” without creating dependence or causing collateral damage? As donor budgets tighten, how can funders ensure the media landscape is pluralistic and free from interference? Donors, journalists and media development specialists joined forces last week to wrestle with those questions […]