Bill Powell is Fortune magazine’s China bureau chief and Asia editor. He has been based in Shanghai for the past six years, and reported in Beijing from 2000 to 2001. IPI spoke to him at the 2011 IPI World Congress in Taipei, Taiwan. IPI: What do you see as the main trend or next big […]

Last week IPI released a statement about an attempt – made under the Official Secrets Act – to compel the Guardian newspaper to reveal a confidential source from its coverage of the News Of The World hacking scandal. The newspaper said Scotland Yard applied for a production order this month “in order to seek evidence […]

At the IPI World Congress 2011 in Taipei, Taiwan, attention on Monday focused on the role of social media as a catalyst for the ‘Arab Spring’ revolutions. Speaking on a panel titled “Social Media Revolutions: The Media and the Uprisings in North Africa, the Middle East, and Elsewhere”, Global Post founder Charles Sennott said: “When […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) wrapped up a press freedom mission to the Philippines on Friday with a call on the Philippines government to end impunity in the killing of journalists. The IPI delegation comprised: IPI Vice Chair Galina Sidorova, who is also chairperson of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism – Foundation 19/29, in Russia; […]