The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), and the Central European Initiative (CEI) have called for nominations for the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism. A full description of the award and the criteria involved appears below. *********************************************************** CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over pending criminal charges against two Danish journalists who say Denmark may be losing the fight against the spread of a strain of drug-resistant bacteria. Sweden’s Göteborgs-Posten reported, in an article posted in English by the Global Investigative Journalism Network, that Nils Mulvad and Kjeld Hansen of […]

Caribbean media workers from 12 island nations today joined in downtown Kingston to sign the Declaration of Emancipation Park in observance of World Press Freedom Day 2014. The signers acknowledged the role of independent media in promoting good governance, empowerment and the eradication of poverty, and they pledged to monitor and influence the rule of […]

International Press Institute Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie will deliver the keynote address at a World Press Freedom Day event taking place in Kingston, Jamaica on May 2-3. The event organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in cooperation with IPI, the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ), the Association of Caribbean […]