Each May, Vienna hosts Austria’s largest short film festival, the annual Vienna Independent Shorts (VIS) Festival for Short Film, Animation & Music Video. This year’s Festival presented over 300 Austrian and international short films from May 25 to 31, 2016 under the theme “Fear Is Not an Option”. IPI has partnered with the VIS to […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to make Russia into a global player, equivalent in power to the United States, Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at The New School University, said Monday in an interview with Kaius Niemi, senior editor-in-chief of the Helsingin Sanomat, during the International Press Institute (IPI)’s World Congress. Khrushcheva, the granddaughter […]

At least 110 journalists lost their lives in connection with their work in 2015, and perhaps as many as 35 more, according to the International Press Institute (IPI), which has led many institutions to push for concrete action to prevent further violence against journalists. One such example is the International Declaration on the Protection of […]

The transition from citizen journalist to Al Jazeera correspondent led to more than just a steady paycheck for Ammar Al Haj. It also led to his eventual capture by the Islamic State group. At the beginning of the uprising in Syria, Al Haj spent most of his time relaying information from his position on the […]