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“Building something new and useful for the community – together”: Batali.net developed a new approach to launch an innovative media product

English Club (Batali), North Macedonia, is an online media outlet reporting on local, regional and national issues focused on social issues and development policies. Their team explains what they achieved as participants in IPI’s first Transition Accelerator:  How to build a new media product which simultaneously meets the audience’s needs and addresses the global green […]

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Analysis: A new global cybercrime treaty risks becoming yet another legal instrument to punish and muzzle the press

For journalists and rights advocates, much is at stake as UN-member states gather in New York next month to hammer out the final points of a new global treaty to combat cybercrime. The treaty being negotiated could hand authorities far-reaching surveillance and investigatory powers both at home and abroad — and give repressive governments even […]

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#IPIWoCo Recap: The big idea

From AI to open-source reporting, five media practitioners shared their forward-thinking approaches to media innovation during “The Big Idea” session at the recent 2023 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival. Much of the conversation, moderated by Danuta Bregula, expert-in-residence at the Media Development Investment Fund, focused on how different newsroom types can effectively and […]

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Jordan: Satirical news website Al-Hudood blocked amid media freedom decline in the country

IPI condemns the blocking of satirical news site Al-Hudood, a London-based satire website often compared as the Arabic-language alternative to The Onion, by Jordanian authorities.  No reasoning has been provided by the government as to why the site has been blocked or if any particular reporting triggered action against the site. However, some are speculating, […]

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