Fieldwork Under Surveillance: A Research Note - Reports

Ethical and methodological challenges of conducting research “under surveillance”

Turkey: how the secret services can destroy a journalist's life - Article

The difficulties of working in the media, the fragility of refugee status: the story of a journalist that the Turkish state wanted for itself

By Dimitri Bettoni 

Originally published by OBCT, also available in ITA 

Nations in Transit 2023: War Deepens a Regional Divide - Reports

The latest Freedom House's 2023 Nations in Transit is out. It examines the level of democratic governance across Central Europe to Central Asia

The State of State Media 2022 - A global analysis of the editorial independence of state media based on the state media matrix (2022 edition) - Reports

“The State of State Media” is published by the Media and Journalism Research Center. The study analyses the level of independence of public media outlets in all continents

Press Briefing on EU anti-SLAPP proposals - Article

A press briefing from the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) in response to the EC's proposed anti-SLAPP measures: Thursday 28 April at 11 am

Local Media Survival Guide 2022 - Reports

How journalism is innovating to find sustainable ways to serve local communities around the world and fight against misinformation. In this IPI report, the first deep look at innovation in news media serving local communities outside the U.S. and Western Europe, after talking to many of the journalists and media builders that are on the front-line of this struggle in the regions of Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe

British journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown may be arrested in Spain following threats by the Malaysian government - Article

We co-signed a letter calling on INTERPOL to clarify its involvement in the arrest warrant issued against British journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown amid fears she may be arrested in Spain following threats by the Malaysian government

Launch of the Report of the CoE's Safety of Journalists Platform - Article

Ahead of Press Freedom Day on 3 May, the 14 partner organisations to the Council of Europe’s Platform to Promote the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists will publish their annual report, where they examine the threats to media freedom in Europe. The event on 28 April is organized to launch the report

Impunity for crimes against journalists remains high, by IPI - Article

The International Press Institute is celebrating the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes agaisnt Journalists: the analysis confirms that governments are failing to bring perpetrators to justice

PPF Group and media ownership: an exchange between MFRR and the company - Article

The prompt answer of international investment group PPF to the letter of concern signed by international press freedom organizations is quite generic and leaves many issues open, but it is a first step forward