Leading into the International Press Institute (IPI)’s April 12 to 15 World Congress in Cape Town, IPI’s News Innovation Platform (IPI-NIP) will host a one-day symposium on digital media, focusing on sustainability, on Monday in Johannesburg. The event, titled “Opens external link in new windowChallengeSSS of the New Age”, will take place at the 54 […]

The International Press Institute (IPI)’s News Innovation Platform (IPI-NIP) will host a one-day symposium on digital media, with a focus on sustainability, on Jan. 20, 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event, titled “ChallengeSSS of the New Age” will consist of three components: “Sustainability”, “Security” and “Self-Regulation”. “Sustainability” will feature an interview with Burt Herman, co-founder […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today mourned the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela, whose resistance* to apartheid made him a towering icon of the global movement for equality. Mr. Mandela died at his home in Johannesburg on Dec. 5. He was 95. Deeply aware of the press’s role in accelerating the advent of democracy […]

It was a beautiful fall day and the trees, as they often are in the Northeast of the United States that time of year, were in full regalia, boasting vibrant yellow, gold, red and amber in the late-afternoon sun. The day was Sept. 18, 1998, and I had just stepped onto the campus of Harvard […]