A delegation from the International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) this week examined Mexican government measures to ensure greater safety of journalists, along with strategies adopted by media and journalists to continue reporting from highly dangerous parts of the country. The delegation met with a wide variety […]

According to two pro-government newspapers in Turkey, Star and Yeni Akit, as well as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan himself, those who denounce the state of press freedom in Turkey are “terrorists.” That is the term that they were using last week to denounce the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Paris-based […]

Where does accurate reporting on a presidential candidate end and “indirect” promotion of the candidate begin? That’s the question facing Ecuadorean media outlets as they try to navigate an ambiguous legal landscape ahead of the country’s Feb. 17th presidential vote. The confusion began last February, when current leader as well as election front-runner Rafael Correa […]

I was deputy head of Nile TV International. I was also one of the network’s senior anchors and correspondents and I had traveled the world covering major events. Then came the revolution. I was away for the first five days in London attending an EU-sponsored workshop on free expression. I was following closely the events […]