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By East-West Center Nobel Peace Prize laureate and press freedom champion Maria Ressa wasn’t intending to make breaking news when she planned her keynote address at the East-West Center’s 2022 International Media Conference in Honolulu this week. But late the night before she got disturbing word from her lawyers that the Philippine government’s Securities and Exchange Commission […]

Invited to the G7 summit of culture and media ministers by the German presidency, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Secretary-General Christophe Deloire presented RSF’s proposals for strong and concrete actions to combat information chaos. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Secretary-General Christophe Deloire was invited to speak at the G7 Media Ministers Meeting in Bonn, Germany, on Sunday

2022-06-15. Personalisation is an outstanding tool for news publishers willing to provide the best online reading experience to their users and subscribers. However, with today’s highly competitive landscape for digital engagement, many news publishers are struggling to answer several vital questions.By Thomas Steisel, Head of Sales for Media and News Personalization Expert, Froomle These questions include: In

Al Jazeera TV reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot in the West Bank city of Jenin exactly one month ago. Although a proper investigation into her death has not been carried out, expert analyses suggest that the Israel Defence Forces probably fired the shot that killed her. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for an end to impunity.

2022-06-10. As media outlets in the UK continue to grapple with the systemic issues of structural change and print declines, the UK government has opened an inquiry into the sustainability of regional journalism. The particular focus was on the role of the BBC and the big tech platforms, but there is a lack of a

Even though World Animal Day is celebrated on October 4, if we really want to make a difference, we need to be their advocates all year round. ඔක්තෝබර් 4 වන දින ලෝක සත්ව දිනය සැමරුවත්, ඇත්ත වශයෙන්ම වෙනසක් කිරීමට නම් අපි අවුරුද්ද පුරා සතුන්ගේ ආරක්ෂාව වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටිය යුතුය. அக்டோபர் 4, உலக விலங்குகள் தினம். விலங்குகளுக்காக

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Brazilian authorities to redouble their efforts to locate Dom Phillips, a British journalist, and Bruno Araújo Pereira, a Brazilian expert in his country’s indigenous communities, who have been missing in the Javari Valley region in the far west of Brazil’s Amazonas state since 5 June. All contact with Phillips and

The interim editor of The Kashmir Walla, an online magazine in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, has been summoned by this northern region’s counter-terrorism agency over an article published 11 years ago. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this latest round in India’s persecution of the magazine’s journalists, who are being jailed one after another, and wonders who

2022-06-02. Quality, in-depth journalism may seem more elusive than ever, as breaking news, clickbait and churnalism continue to dominate news production globally. Sometimes it’s hard to see the bigger picture for the noise. South African non-profit investigative journalism outfit Viewfinder is changing this by reminding us of what journalism is, and the accountability role it

Around the world, journalism faces increasing and unprecedented levels of repression, violence, intimidation, and judicial harassment. If journalists are being attacked and silenced, the media cannot provide their audiences with the independent and reliable news that people need in order to stay informed and thrive. Journalists must be able to continue to do their work.