Type: Blog Post
The media environment in Venezuela remains repressive and closely tied to the Maduro government, making it nearly impossible to publish content that questions the government narrative. Today, the wide-read daily newspaper, El Nacional, remains one of the last independent and critical sources of info...

Type: Event
Over 115 people attended CIMA’s celebration of its fifth anniversary, World Press Freedom Day, and the launch of the second edition of its report, Empowering Independent Media: U.S. Efforts to Foster a Free Press and an Open Internet Around the World. See Dave Kaplan’s PowerPoint present...

Type: Event
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, online journalists in Malaysia report more freely than their traditio

Type: Blog Post
By Lamii Kpargoi Over the last two decades, many African countries have progressed from repressive governance, including suppressing dissenting opinion, to democracy, opening some space for freedom of expression. Thirteen countries, including Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeri...

Type: Blog Post
Guest post by John Sinden of American University SIS International Relations Online Turkey, heralded as a modern secular republic, has been increasingly plagued by political polarization, authoritarian policies, and massive protests. During times of protest, Turkish citizens are finding themselves ...

Type: Blog Post
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. ...

Type: Event
Thursday, March 23 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT (Lunch will be served 12:00-12:15 p.m.) National Endowment for Democracy 1025 F Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 Speakers: Corinne Cath, Project Officer, Article 19 Andreas Reventlow, Programme Development and Digital Advisor, International ...

Type: Event
In post-conflict societies, organizations such as Search for Common Ground and the U.S. Institute for Peace argue that a

Type: Blog Post
By Ateki Seta Caxton Editor’s Note: This week the Web We Want initiative of the World Wide Web Foundation is sponsoring the F.A.S.T. Africa: Full Internet for All week of action. The goal is to raise awareness about the need for high speed Internet throughout Africa. CIMA supports efforts to addre...

Type: Publication
CIMA is pleased to release a new report, The Medium versus the Message: U.S. Government Funding for Media in an Age of Disruption, by Anne Nelson, a veteran writer and journalism educator. Over the past four years, digital media have been transforming both the premises and the practices of U.S. gove...