The following is a condensed version of a presentation on trends in global communication given by International Press Institute (IPI) Board Member Linus Gitahi, CEO of the Nation Media Group in Kenya, at the International Institute of Communications (IIC) Annual Conference 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa on 3 October. Trends In Global Communication: Making Digital […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a subsidiary of the International Press Institute (IPI), in 2011 registered 684 press freedom violations in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine. Press freedom violations include […]

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 […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the world’s oldest global press freedom organization with members from leading media outlets spanning every continent, on Thursday announced the creation of the Li Journalism Fellowship. The annual, two-month fellowship is named after IPI Vice-Chairman Simon Li, a former assistant managing editor for The Los Angeles Times, and his wife, […]