Sachini Kavindya

Image: AFP Replacing the licence fee that funds France’s public broadcast media with a levy on VAT is not an adequate solution because it would have to be transitory, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF), calling on the government and parliament to create a funding method appropriate to the role the public broadcast media play in […]

Image : The Washington Post Executive Editor, Sally Buzbee speaks after the paper was awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service as employees of The Washington Post gather in the newsroom to watch the presentations on Monday May 09, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post)2022-07-29. Nearly a year ago, The

Amazon and Apple posted better than expected sales, reassuring investors that the tech giants will be able to weather slowdowns in global economies. Amazon forecast in a trading update that higher fees for its Prime membership would boost its bottom line, while Apple said demand for its all important iPhone remained strong. Both firms said

byARINZE CHIJIOKE Jul 28, 2022 in DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION Despite some African countries making efforts to ensure information is more accessible to communities with hearing impairments, a lack of sign language interpreters continues to keep them from accessing public services, courts and medical treatments. Throughout the pandemic, some signing communities were unable to receive vital information on prevention measures, nationwide curfews,

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the latest escalation in Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega persecution of critical and independent media – in this case, the newspaper La Prensa, whose entire staff has been forced to flee the country. “The repressive apparatus established by the Ortega government to silence journalists is as terrifying as it is intolerable,” said

The owner of Facebook and Instagram was hit by a fall in advertising sales in the three months to July which caused the first year-on-year revenue decline in the firm’s history. Meta’s total revenue slipped 1% to $28.8bn (£23.7bn), but the company fended off a decline in users. Analysts fear the company’s growth may have

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reminds France’s president that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom he plans to meet tomorrow (28 July) in Paris, is currently detaining at least 27 journalists and bloggers and is suspected of having ordered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s October 2018 murder. “Four years after the journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, Mohammed bin Salman’s reintegration into

On 28 September newsrooms around the world will mark World News Day. It is a news industry campaign, driven by the World Editors Forum and Canadian Journalism Foundation, to highlight that #JournalismMatters. Here is how to get involved. by Cherilyn Ireton cherilyn.ireton@wan-ifra.org | July 27, 2022 For more information, or to join the campaign, email Alex Jones, World News

Image : Le journaliste de The Nation, Ian Byron, attaqué à la machette à Migori. Crédits : Ian Byron Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a machete attack on a reporter working for Kenya’s biggest media group and voices concern about an increase in violence in the run-up to next month’s presidential election. Ian Byron, The Nation newspaper’s

In recent Media Policy Briefings with member Associations, WAN-IFRA was able to explore with Newsguard their findings on the spread of false narratives about Ukraine and its allies, and how business is one of the reasons for the overwhelming success of disinformation on the Internet. by Elena Perotti elena.perotti@wan-ifra.org | July 21, 2022 Months before