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Reflections on the World Press Freedom Day 2015 ...
Last week’s WPFD conference posed a new narrative about press freedom in Africa. Although the difficulties are formidable, the determination of African journalists to do their job, to write and talk about what they wish, to exercise their human right to freedom of expression, cannot be denied. ... |
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Standardizing Censorship: The World’s 10 M...
The Committee to Protect Journalists analyzes the global trends in press freedom each year, chronicling both individual stories and broader institutional frameworks that prohibit the free flow of information from journalists to citizens. This year, CPJ’s analysis includes trends in censorship, hi... |
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The State of Media in Africa: Progress for Press...
Dave Peterson is Senior Director of the Africa Regional Program at the National Endowment for DemocracyAfrican journalists don’t have it easy, and the continuing assaults on press freedom across the continent are cause for concern. But not enough focus has been given to the real progress that jo... |
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World Press Freedom Day: Gender Equality
The theme of this year’s World Press Freedom Day is Towards Better Reporting, Gender Equality, & Media Safety in the Digital Age. The issue of gender equality, in particular, highlights how women in the media industry continue to face challenges 20 years after the 1995 Beijing Declaration an... |
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“During the riots, the authorities shut down t...
Poly Muzalia is a journalist from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Watchdogs Under Watch is a series of personal stories from journalists, bloggers, and activists around the world, as they encounter and combat surveillance and cyber security issues. This series and corresponding report, writ... |
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Africa and Cyber Security: Following Democratic ...
Takura Zhangazha is a renowned blogger and human rights activist based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Watchdogs Under Watch is a series of personal stories from journalists, bloggers, and activists around the world, as they encounter and combat surveillance and cyber security issues. This series and correspo... |
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Crawling to Death of Expression – Restricted O...
Simegnish “Lily” Mengesha is a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy. The views expressed here are her own. Watchdogs Under Watch is a series of personal stories from journalists, bloggers, and activists around the world, as they encounter and combat sur... |
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Independent Media in Zimbabwe: One Step Forward,...
Just when a glimmer of hope for some space for independent journalism in at least one authoritarian country had appeared – bam! CIMA featured the Zimbabwean online business news site, The Source, in a paper last year about how business and economic journalism can provide an avenue into high-qualit... |
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Community Radio for Development in Somalia
Media development can be tricky in a place like Somalia. Arbitrary arrests of journalists, raids and closures of radio stations, and threats of violence against journalists, including from al-Shabaab militants, are commonplace. The lack of a legal environment in which a free press and free expr... |
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Event wrap-up: Data Journalism
Using data journalism to bridge the gap from media to overall development One of CIMA’s first blog posts highlighted the importance of raising the visibility of media development across sectors. Since then, we have taken an active role in working toward building ties with other sectors and resear... |