From smear campaigns and censorship to financial pressure and legal harassment, illiberal and authoritarian governments are squeezing independent media. How can they remain financially viable and able to do their jobs? The IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival panel “Modelling Journalism and the Business Under Pressure”, moderated by Dávid Tvrdoň, subscription growth and retention […]

Maldita.es (Spain) focuses on the fight against misinformation through media literacy and data journalism on topics such as politics and science. They are pioneers of community engagement and have leveraged the support of their users in their fact-checking efforts, and they benefited from the Transition Accelerator by expanding their digital offering. Here, they explain what […]

The IPI global network today welcomed the release from prison of Nika Gvaramia, founder of the government-critical Mtavari TV Channel in Georgia, after a pardon by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili.  “We welcome Georgia’s release of Nika Gvaramia, which is a testament above all to the work of Georgia’s independent media and civil society in continuing to […]

Russia’s notorious “foreign agents” law is inspiring similar measures in the region. While citizens in Georgia successfully opposed a bill on “foreign agents” in March, Kyrgyzstan is considering a similar proposal, which experts say is modeled on Russian legislation that has been used to suppress independent media and civil society. In parallel, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament is debating […]