The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is calling for nominations for the 2014 Dr. Erhard Busek – SEEMO Award for Better Understanding in South, Eastern and Central Europe. The award, which carries a €3,000 prize, is open to journalists, editors, media executives, media experts, writers and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has partnered with Austria’s Photographische Gesellschaft (PHG), publisher Edition Lammerhuber, UNESCO, the Austrian Parliament and the Austrian Parliamentary Reporting Association to present the 2014 Alfred Fried Photography Award for peace photograph of the year. Submissions for the Award, which carries a prize of €5,000, will be accepted until Sept. 5, […]

Lydia Ngoolo normally covers human interest stories for the Kenya Star. But when the reporter wrote about a house that some neighbours believe was once used by Osama bin Laden and continues to serve as a haven for militants, she began receiving threats by telephone. Ngoolo changed her phone number and went into hiding after […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned an Israeli security forces raid on a Palestinian printing plant in an apparent effort to halt publication of several newspapers. Security forces stormed the Al-Ayyam daily and stopped its printing operations, according to the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms and IPI sources. The Ramallah-based newspaper prints […]