The vast interconnected rain-forest basins fed by the giant river systems of the Amazon and the Orinoco are at the centre of the global crisis of economic degradation and global warming. For media, it’s a challenge that’s both critically transnational and profoundly local. To manage the crisis, local media from Venezuela and Brazil are forging […]

The IPI global network today expresses serious concern over the Helsinki District Court’s decision on January 27, 2023, to convict two Helsingin Sanomat journalists of disclosing state secrets in the infamous Finnish Intelligence Research Center case. IPI is also alarmed by the court’s decision ordering the newspaper to remove the article in question from its […]

It’s one of the oldest bits of advice in the world: to everything, there is a season. Now, Africa’s WhatsApp-delivered voice The Continent has taken that idea to heart, both in how they approach their news cycle and manage their own mental equilibrium. The innovative concept of a continent-wide voice came out of those dark days […]

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and the Safe Journalists Network today condemn the shocking physical attack on Albanian journalist Elvis Hila and his wife in Lezhë and urge state law enforcement authorities to swiftly detain the suspected perpetrators and ensure that all those responsible face justice. The violent attack took place at around 4.40pm […]