The COVID-19 pandemic is having a rapid and significant effect on media freedom in the European Union, according to new research published today by IPI. The briefing paper, Media Freedom Violations in the EU under COVID-19, shows how in a short space of time, several states have implemented emergency laws and restrictions which challenge the […]

While it is seldom discussed in international fora, press freedom in Italy has recently come under growing attack. Systemic obstacles that have challenged Italian journalism for decades have become ever more concerning as a consequence of both the economic crisis that has been affecting Italy for over a decade, as well as political developments that have generated […]

Read in English Nel corso di una ricerca dell’International Press Institute (IPI) di Vienna sulla libertà di stampa e le minacce ai cronisti in Italia, Giulia Shaughnessy, collaboratrice dell’IPI, ha parlato con la giornalista Marilù Mastrogiovanni, fondatrice e direttora della testata Il Tacco D’Italia, specializzata in giornalismo investigativo. Per molti anni, Mastrogiovanni ha ricevuto minacce, anche […]

Leggi questo articolo in Italiano As part of the International Press Institute (IPI)’s ongoing monitoring of press freedom in Italy, IPI contributor Giulia Shaughnessy spoke with Marilù Mastrogiovanni, a prominent Italian journalist and founder and editor of the newspaper Il Tacco D’Italia, founded in Lecce, Italy. Mastrogiovanni has been the recipient of growing attacks, including […]