Toxic networks: How online attacks targeted Spain’s public broadcaster amid flooding tragedy

Spanish public broadcaster's (RTVE) coverage of flooding tragedy became a stark illustration of the mounting challenges faced by public journalism in times of polarization, disinformation, and collective grief

Climate Journalism: Revealing attacks on journalists covering environment in Europe

On World Environment Day 2025, IPI highlights reports outlining growing threats to journalists covering climate

Untold threats against environmental journalists in Italy revealed in new case study

New case study reveals, for the first time, statistical data on attacks against environmental journalists in the country, documenting 114 cases between 2011 and 2025—yet these cases likely represent only a fraction of the real number.

Croatia: Weekly Novosti faces drastic funding cuts amid political pressure

IPI and MFRR partners issue joint statement calling for end to politicised decision-making

IPI and partners launch platform to track disinformation narratives against journalists

The ‘Observatory of Disinformation Narratives Against the Media’ aims to expose populist and extremist tactics to discredit reporters.

New report offers strategies for fact-checkers to combat online harassment

The report, developed as part of the ‘Decoding the Disinformation Playbook’ project led by IPI, focuses on strategies to mitigate the risks associated with online harassment.

Romania: TAZ and IPI release case study on disinformation and harassment against journalist Adina Marincea

Case study is part of the "Decoding the Disinformation Playbook" project

‘Guide to Decoding Disinformation’: New tool helps journalists fight smear campaigns

Faktograf and IPI launch a resource for journalists developed after 18 months of investigating disinfo campaigns against the media.

IPI trainings for journalists: How to investigate disinformation campaigns targeting journalists

This workshop will provide journalists with tools to understand the Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) of disinformation campaigns.

IPI trainings for journalists: How to analyse and mitigate online attacks

An analytical and hands-on approach to tackling online hate and smear campaigns

IPI trainings for newsrooms: Building an effective response against online harassment

Online workshop to present best practices for dealing with online abuse

Methodological framework for exposing disinformation campaigns against journalists and news outlets

This document presents the methodological framework to expose the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of disinformation campaigns that weaponise online harassment to silence critical journalism.

New report: How conspiracy groups in Spain worked to undermine the media literacy project of the Maldita.es foundation

IPI launches a big-data case study to expose the actors and narratives behind this coordinated disinformation campaign

Franziska Tschinderle: Attacked by Orbán’s state media

Case study part of the IPI-led Decoding Disinformation Playbook project, which aims to expose disinformation tactics targeting journalists and news outlets

Alexander Roth: Smeared and threatened by the far-right next door

Case study part of the IPI-led Decoding Disinformation Playbook project, which aims to expose disinformation tactics targeting journalists and news outlets

[Faktograf] Disinformation spreaders across Europe are running a chase against fact-checkers

Harassed, threatened and sued: Experiences of fact-checkers in Europe

Harassed, threatened and sued – the state of fact-checking in Europe

To mark International Fact-Checking Day, Faktograf, a Croatian fact-checking outlet, is publishing the preliminary results from a pioneering survey that explores the impact of harassment and disinformation targeting fact-checking organisations in Europe. The survey is a part of the IPI-led Decoding Disinformation Playbook project, in partnership with Faktograf and German daily Taz.

[Faktograf] The police and the State Attorney’s Office did not inform the journalists that they were targets of the alleged terrorist