There are no easy solutions to fighting dis/misinformation. In addition to training journalists on fact-checking, we should also train audiences to recognize false information, panelists at the 2022 IPI World Congress said on Saturday, September 10. The panel was moderated by Vivian Schiller, the executive director of Aspen Digital at the Aspen Institute, and was […]

IPI, the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is concerned by the deteriorating press freedom situation in Ethiopia, including the ongoing detention of at least ten journalists, including Gobeze Sisay and Meaza Mohammed, who were arrested last week. In addition to calling for the release of all imprisoned reporters, IPI calls on all […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is today publishing the speech given by Salvadorian journalist Carlos Dada, founder of El Faro, as he accepted the World Press Freedom Hero award at IPI’s World Congress 2022 at Columbia University in New York on 9 September 2022.     Thank you, board members of the International Press Institute and the International Media Support, for this […]

This text is originally published in a monitoring report by the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) which can be download in full here. This analysis covers the first six months of 2022.     Media freedom in Europe in the first half of 2022 has been overshadowed by Russia’s devastating war of aggression in Ukraine. […]