The IPI global network today expressed deep concern over the passing by the Polish parliament of an amendment to broadcast media law which threatens the independence of the country’s largest private television broadcaster, TVN. IPI urges stronger action by the U.S and European Commission to defend media freedom. On August 11, lawmakers in the Sejm, […]

Arbitrary arrests, torture, surveillance, economic uncertainty, exile. This is the new normal for journalists in Myanmar since the February 1 military coup. Six months later, the junta has shown no signs of changing course from its crackdown on independent media, civil society, and democracy. Two weeks ago, after declaring himself prime minister, the junta’s leader […]

The IPI global network today joined a coalition of other press freedom and journalism organizations in urgently calling on members of the Sejm, the lower house of Poland’s legislature, to oppose a draft bill that would dramatically accelerate media capture in Poland. If passed, the law would force the U.S. media conglomerate Discovery to sell […]

An independent jury has awarded a combined €420,000 to 14 cross-border reporting teams under the first call of the year for the IJ4EU fund’s Investigation Support Scheme. The grants will allow journalists across the European Union and beyond to collaborate on topics ranging from organised crime and corruption to “fake green finance” and conflicts of […]