Sachini Kavindya

Follow the news on press freedom in Iran : 15.10.2021 – Two journalists arrested for reporting that children were raped Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the arrests of two journalists in Ahar, a city in northern Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, for reporting that several children between the ages of 7 and 11 were allegedly raped, […]

2021-10-13. As reader subscriptions become an increasingly important part of the newsroom revenue mix, many news publishers will find the need for changes that require organisation-wide collaboration. While no transformation project is a straightforward journey, it is important not to underestimate the amount of effort needed. “This can undermine content transformation and threaten business sustainability

What with an army raid on a media outlet and privately-owned TV channels prevented from covering “national coordination” meetings, some media have had problems reporting the news since last month’s coup d’état in Guinea. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the transitional authorities not to obstruct journalists’ work. “Even if journalists were not physically injured, they

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned about the treatment of journalists imprisoned in Iran, who are being denied their most basic rights, including essential medical treatment, visits from their families and phone calls with them. Those who try to denounce prison conditions end up paying a price in the form of arbitrary punishments. They

Microsoft is shutting down its social network, LinkedIn, in China, saying having to comply with the Chinese state has become increasingly challenging. It comes after the career-networking site faced questions for blocking the profiles of some journalists. LinkedIn will launch a jobs-only version of the site, called InJobs, later this year. But this will not

French billionaire businessman Vincent Bolloré keeps on extending his media empire by ruthless means. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has made a short documentary, entitled Le Système B, about the methods he uses to control what his own and other media outlets report. In this press release, RSF offers recommendations on how to prevent him from

I doubt Mark Zuckerberg reads the comments people leave on his Facebook posts. But, if he did, it would take him approximately 145 days, without sleep, to wade through the deluge of comments left for him after he apologised for the meltdown of services last week. “Sorry for the disruption today” the Facebook founder and

2021-10-12. JoomBoos, owned by Croatia’s top media outlet 24sata, is the country’s most-watched YouTube channel catering to Generations Z and Alpha. During WAN-IFRA’s recent Digital Media Asia conference, Matej Lončarić, Director of Video Operations and media brands JoomBoos & miss7, explained how JoomBoos has monetised its videos and adopted linear TV’s ad metrics to grow

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hopes that imprisoned newspaper editor Souleiman Raissouni, who is still very weak from a long hunger strike, finally receives fair treatment from the Casablanca court that is due to begin hearing his appeal tomorrow. The editor of the Akhbar al Yaoum daily newspaper (which had to suspend payments to its creditors in March),

A separatist armed group in southwestern Pakistan’s Balochistan province has claimed the targeted bombing of a TV reporter in the town of Hub, saying he was “eliminated” for spying. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities identify those responsible and bring them to trial. Shahid Zehri, a reporter for local TV channel Metro One News,