In 2011, 12-31  journalists were killed because of their work, according to the International Press Institute (IPI) Death Watch. Reporters and cameramen faced a range of threats. Some were in the wrong place at the wrong time, on the job when natural disaster struck or bombs exploded. But almost all of the journalists killed in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) recently spoke with Wieland Schneider, foreign desk editor at Austria’s Die Presse newspaper. While at university, Schneider began working as a “crazy, young” freelancer covering conflict in former Yugoslavia. Since then, he has reported from conflict zones around the world. We talked with Schneider about his recent experiences covering the revolutions in […]

A journalist who spent many years working for government media died on Monday, three days after he was shot while at home in Damascus. According to the government-controlled Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Shukri Abu el-Burghol was shot in the eye while at home preparing a report for the radio station where he worked. El-Burghol […]

At the close of the year, the International Press Institute (IPI) takes a look at 10 states that have poor records on press freedom, but on whose strategic support the west depends. These ‘Friends’ of the West, Enemies of Press Freedom are listed in no particular order below. *********************************************************** Turkey Friend: Relations between the west and […]