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Syria Media Safety: Providing A Resource in a Hu...
In August, a group of international media watchdogs launched a one-stop-shop for journalists working in war-ravaged Syria. The toolkit offers advice on physical safety, digital security, and emergency assistance for those fleeing their attackers. For four years running, Syria has been the deadlies... |
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To give democracy a fighting chance, get serious...
Today is International Democracy Day: Thoughts on media’s role in democratic institutions We’ve known for a long time that independent news media is a crucial ingredient in the mix of policies, institutions and political behaviors that make democracy work. And we’ve seen concrete ... |
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Europe’s failed intervention on Hungarian ...
Since 2010 Hungary–a tiny, EU-member, CEE country–became the symbol for modern, illiberal censorship and dictatorship, oppressing media freedom, introducing soft-censorship and turning public service media to state propaganda. Hungary by today serves as case study on theories of modern dictators... |
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Politics and Rethinking Media Development
Media development has not produced the results that many had hoped for in the early promising years of the post-Soviet period. Too little funding, a lack of coordination among media development actors, and a dearth of data continue to undermine the effectiveness of media development efforts worldw... |
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Reflections on Highway Africa 2015
This year’s Highway Africa Conference, which gathers journalists from across the continent, focused on the growing migration of Africans to cities and what that means for African journalism. Under the theme “Journalism and the City,” the conference at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Af... |
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Mexico Silenced: Impunity for Attacks on Journal...
Rosario Carmona is Mexican journalist in the United States as a 2014-15 Hubert H. Humphrey fellow at the University of Maryland. The views expressed here are her own. One response to the attacks and threats that journalists are facing in some states of Mexico for their coverage of the war among drug... |
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Attacks on the Press: Are International Protecti...
This post originally appeared on the Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action blog.In last month’s ATHA Podcast on the Protection of Humanitarian Aid Workers under International Law, our listener Thomas from Palestine asked: “How do you suggest to strengthen protection for humanitarian w... |
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Youngest Country; Oldest Problem: Attacks on the...
Sherry Ricchiardi, Ph.D. , is a media development specialist. In May, she was a guest speaker at World Press Freedom Day Conference in Juba, South Sudan, and conducted workshops as part of the Department of State U.S. Speaker Program on Journalism Training and Safety. The views expressed here are ... |
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Negotiating Freedom of Expression
Raza Rumi is a Visiting Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy. The views expressed here are his own. The unresolved debate on freedom of expression was reignited when Islamic militants killed 14 staffers of French magazine Charlie Hebdo last January, ostensibly for the cartoons that offende... |
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The Next Billion: Internet Governance Forum USA
So what will be the obstacles to getting just the next billion online? The question was debated at the annual U.S. Internet Governance Forum in Washington, and will be the subject of another round of debates at the Global Internet Governance Forum in Brazil later this year. There are 3 billion peo... |