This piece is published in collaboration with Telex.hu as part of a content series on threats to independent media in Central Europe. Read more Find the original video on Telex.hu While Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán manages to avoid tough questions domestically, he has been dropping by Kossuth Radio almost every Friday to give an […]

On December 10, 2021, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two outstanding journalists and fighters for press freedom: Maria Ressa, an IPI Executive Board member and CEO of the independent Philippine news outlet Rappler; and Dmitry Muratov, co-founder of Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta. Today’s ceremony highlighted the importance of independent media for […]

Local Journalism Project Case Study: Limpopo Mirror (South Africa)   The backstory: The Limpopo Mirror, an award-winning and internationally acclaimed 33-year-old paper, emerged in post-apartheid South Africa to meet the needs of the rural Black communities bordering the Limpopo River. It was launched by the owners of the Afrikaans/English paper in the town of Louis […]

Local Journalism Project Case Study: Kloop (Kyrgyzstan)   The backstory: Kyrgyzstan lacks independent media organizations that hold the government accountable. In response, Kloop was founded in 2007 by Bektour Iskender and Rinat Tuhvatshin and has become both a news website with a local focus and a journalism school known for teaching investigative reporting and media […]