IPI is proud to announce that Hamburg First Mayor Olaf Scholz will deliver the keynote speech at the Opening Ceremony of the 2017 IPI World Congress, to be held at Hamburg City Hall on Thursday, May 18 and generously hosted by Hamburg’s Senate. IPI spoke to Scholz, a former labour and social affairs minister in the cabinet of […]

The International Press Institute is a partner of the Global Editors Network Summit titled “The Rise of Platform-Driven News”, which took place from 15-17 June in Vienna, gathering over 700 participants from 70 countires. This year’s summit offered newsgaming bootcamps, robot journalism, ad-blocker solutions, the GEN Expo, and a variety of other thought-provoking sessions, including […]

Journalists and bloggers are increasingly the victims of online harassment, including death threats, verbal abuse and smear campaigns as well as technical attacks involving malware, defacement or other means. The aggressors in these cases share a common goal: to intimidate journalists into silence and therefore put a stop to critical commentary or investigative reporting that […]

Countries across the Middle East must do more to respect press freedom and free expression in both law and practice, leading international journalists gathered in Qatar for the International Press Institute (IPI)’s World Congress said today. IPI members, meeting at their 65th Annual General Assembly in Doha, unanimously adopted four resolutions urging governments in the […]