The latest updates on IMS, our partners and global events concerning press freedom.
A coalition of media safety organisations call on Belarusian authorities to stop attacking, detaining and demonising journalists and media workers and work towards meaningful protections for media freedom.
IMS is launching a new short term programme targeting youth in Ukraine. The programme will work with both documentary film and journalism generating public interest content made by, about and for young audiences.
Covid-19 is leaving a trail of devastation in its wake in Pakistan
The Covid-19 catalyst: A behind the scenes look at innovative financing models driving independent digital media in frontier and emerging markets
It has been clear from the onset that the Covid-19 pandemic is not only a health crisis, but also an economic crisis, with journalists as the first responders in the ‘infodemic’. Together with the advertising crisis and the move to a more digital, mobile, and office-less media environment, the pandemic is speeding up the need for a ‘digital vaccine’.
In continuation of the celebrations of World Press Freedom Day, IMS is releasing a third publication in its Defending Journalism series.
Join us for an online panel discussion on the threats media workers are facing globally amid COVID-19 and coordinated solutions — Wednesday, 6 May 2020
Media always have a strong obligation to offer the public professionally produced content and reliable information. Following the current global crisis caused by the Corona virus, Emma Boberg Lygnerud, IMS Global Response Department Gender Adviser, encourages media to make it more of a priority to provide a diverse, balanced and gender sensitive coverage.
