Type: Blog Post
By Obioma Okonkwo I recall vividly the exact day that my desire to defend media freedom was born 12 years ago. I was on my way to a bank and listening to a local radio station when an announcement began, alerting listeners to a robbery in progress at the very bank I was heading to. […]

Type: Event
A new Freedom House report, License to Censor: The Use of Media Regulation to Restrict Press Freedom, notes that media regulation is one of the most common and pernicious ways of restricting media freedom around the world. The broadcast sector in many media environments has opened up dramatically in...

Type: Blog Post
Given the worsening climate for media across the globe, the field of media development is badly in need of new research and data to help inform more effective approaches to stem the decline of media freedoms. Many of the field’s most influential intellectual contributions are now decades old, leav...

Type: Blog Post
By Lourdes Walusala A couple of years ago, I lost my first child due to a pregnancy-related complication. This experience ignited my passion for advocating for maternal health, and so I started producing health programs on the radio. I also threw myself into blogging to reach wider audiences with in...

Type: Blog Post
Mahsa Alimardani is an Iranian journalist; this post was originally published in Global Voices. 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 corr...

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By Vanessa Aliaga It is safe to say that Ecuadorean President, Rafael Correa, does not take criticism well. His frenzied Twitter rants garnered international attention last year when John Oliver, a British comedian and the host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, mocked the president’s temper on air. Bu...

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By Meri Baghdasaryan In the wake of a recently reignited war with Azerbaijan in 2020, concerns about the spread of digital disinformation in Armenia have grown. So much so that a raft of legislation has been proposed by lawmakers in the Armenian parliament to address the issue. However, some of the ...

Type: Donor Profile
Created in 2000 by Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, and his wife Melinda, the foundation in their name works to “help all people lead healthy, productive lives. With a trust endowment of $40.3 billion, it is the world’s largest private foundation. The foundation’s grant making is done thro...

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Panel #1: How Digital Media is Changing the Landscape of Media in Africa Panel #2: Promises and Perils: Investigative Journalism in Africa Panel #3: Supporting Independent Media: How the International Community Can Help Screening of Guidebook to Impunity EVENT DESCRIPTION Throughout Africa journalis...

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CIMA Launches Media Development Support Donor SurveyProject by Tara Susman-Peña and Tom Lansner CIMA is launching a Media Development Support Donor Survey to identify donor priorities and trends and to help paint a broad picture of the support landscape. CIMA will publish a series of summaries of d...