The International Press Institute (IPI), along with five other international organisations, launched a new Global Charter on Media Transparency designed to end the offer of inducements to journalists in return for media coverage. The Charter contains the following principles: – News material should appear as a result of the news judgement of journalists and editors, […]

Six global organizations today announced their support for a set of principles designed to foster greater transparency in the dealings between public relations professionals and the media, and to end bribery for media coverage throughout the world. The organizations are the International Press Institute, the International Federation of Journalists, Transparency International, the Global Alliance for […]

H.E. Juan Fernando López Aguilar Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Madrid Spain Fax: +34-91-390 21 45 Vienna, 21 July 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global organisation of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, is writing to you to criticise the Spanish Supreme Court’s decision of 18 June […]

Staff at the privately owned New Broom newspaper, including Roland Worwee, the managing editor, as well as Samuel S. Doe, Koffee Nimely and Tarnu Worwee, were summoned to appear on 11 June before a magistrate at the Monrovia City Court, Temple of Justice. According to the writ issued against the men, all were charged under […]