Reports and papers

Analyses on specific aspects related to press and media freedom, performed and published by research centres, non-governmental organizations and public bodies

Erdoğan’s ‘New Turkey’ Cancels Out Critical Journalism (January - March 2016)

In the first 3 months of 2016, in Turkey, 5 journalists have been convicted on charges of “defaming the president”, 22 others have newly been put on trial for the same charges and legal action has been taken against 53 journalists

read more Turkey Censorship Defamation and Libel

Comparative Study on Investigative Journalism

EMR study compares different legal frameworks and relevant aspects impacting on investigative journalism across Europe

read more Investigative journalism Legal protection EU Member States

Europe’s stark deterioration of press freedom - 2016 Q1 REPORT

Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom platform shows pressure on journalists in Europe increased substantially during the first quarter of 2016

read more Media freedom Defamation and Libel EU Member States Council of Europe Member States

Media as a Form of Aid in Humanitarian Crises

CIMA’s report examines how humanitarian crises around the world have led to a major change in the priorities and approaches in media development efforts

read more Worldwide

Access to Information in Bulgaria 2015

This annual report on access to information in Bulgaria examines the trends in requests and answers as well as legislative changes in 2015

read more Access to information Bulgaria


Public Service News and Digital Media

Can public service news organisations stay competitive in a digital environment? Reuters Institute explores the issue focusing on public media service in 6 European countries

read more Public broadcasting Finland France Germany Italy Poland United Kingdom

Curbing Media, Crippling Debate: Soft Censorship in Bulgaria

Based on a series of interviews with journalists and media experts from Bulgaria, this report provides an overview of soft censorship in Bulgaria and suggests actions to reverse this trend

read more Bulgaria Media ownership

Unfriending Censorship: Insights from four months of crowdsourced data on social media censorship

Onlinecensorship.org released a report about how social media companies moderate content. The authors describes information collected over a period of four months, between November 19, 2015 and March 10, 2016

read more Censorship Social media

State-media financial relations in the countries of South East Europe

A regional overview of monetary flows between the state and the media is South East Europe demonstrates the systematic misuse of public funds for establishing control over media

read more Media funding Media ownership Access to information Albania Bosnia Herzegovina Kosovo North Macedonia Montenegro Serbia Turkey