Select Your Country
Aggregated

Press Freedom Scores

Romania

  • IREX
  • FH
  • RSF
Related

Events

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Shaping the Future of G...

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Shaping the Future of Global Digital Democracy through Localized Approaches Thursday, July 29 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. EDT Speakers Gideon Sarpong, Policy Analyst and Media Practitioner, Ghana Meri Baghdasaryan, Human Rights Attorney, Armenia Catherine Muya...

The Power of Data: A New Way to Measure International Medi...

The Power of Data: A New Way to Measure International Media Development Thursday, July 15 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EDT   Speakers: Tara Susman-Peña, Senior Technical Expert, IREX Anahit Khachatryan, Democracy, Rights, and Governance Advisor, USAID Armenia Marius Dragomir, Director, ...

The New(s) Gatekeepers: Social Media’s Impact on Journal...

This event is co-organized by Indiana University's Ethics, Values and Technology: Developing Character for a Digital World series. Tuesday, April 13 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. EDT Speakers: Aric Toler, Training Director, Bellingcat Dragana Obradović, Director, Balkan Investigative Reporting ...

Related

Publications

United by Challenge: Regional Opportunities to Drive Media...

Political shifts in Southeast Europe over the past thirty years were followed by dramatic improvements in the media sectors of several countries, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. Yet, over the past decade, progress has sta...

The Untapped Potential of Regional Cooperation for Media R...

The 1991 adoption of the Windhoek Declaration in Namibia ushered in a continent-wide commitment to supporting independent media in Africa. Despite initial progress, including the establishment of the regional Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA), independent media in the region continues to su...

Youth and the News in Five Charts

In the rapidly changing news ecosystems of emerging economies, news outlets are struggling to remain relevant and build loyal relationships with youth audiences (18 to 35 years old). As youth populations continue to grow in low-and-middle income countries, it is critical for independent media organi...

Related

Blog Posts

How Romania’s independent media woke up its readers

As January came to a close, Romania’s government met late at night on the last day of the month to approve an emergency ordinance that decriminalized cases of official misconduct, or simply put: corruption. In the weeks leading up to this, a few members of the Romanian independent media heard whis...

Armenia’s New Digital Disinformation Bills Threaten Free...

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...

Media Capture in the Digital Age

By Anya Schiffrin Independent journalism faces numerous threats, not least because of the precarious financial situation of many media outlets. The internet has drastically reshaped not only the media landscape, but also the ways business and politics interact with and shape journalism. Politicians...