Type: Blog Post
This week, IREX released the 14th edition of its Media Sustainability Index (MSI) for Europe and Eurasia. The 2015 MSI paints a worrisome picture of the state of media systems in the region, but despite headline-grabbing setbacks in countries like Azerbaijan, Russia, and Hungary, there is still reas...

Type: Blog Post
This post is the first of a two-part series recapping CIMA-moderated panels held as part of Carleton University’s “Journalism in the Time of Crisis” conference. As the pandemic continues to upend the daily lives of people around the world, journalists face new constraints in their efforts ...

Type: Event
Authoritarian regimes are finding new and subtle ways to counter opposition voices and influence the public online. Whil

Type: Blog Post
I’ve been writing about soft, or indirect, censorship ever since I left newspapering and joined CIMA nearly seven years ago. It pains me to say this, but the problem is only getting worse. As we at CIMA and our partners at WAN-IFRA have described it in previous reports: “Soft censorship is used ...

Type: Blog Post
Each year, the Reuters Institute Digital News Report (DNR) sheds light on the most recent trends in the news industry and news consumption – as Director of Research Rasmus Kleis Nielsen remarked with the launch of the report, “Journalism exists in the context of its audience.” Recognizing ...

Type: Blog Post
By Mary Myers, Nicola Harford, and Martin Ssemakula Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, radio remains a dominant source of news and information for a vast majority of people. These media outlets are a lifeline for citizens during a public health crisis. They provide vital information on how to stay healt...

Type: Event
This workshop was based on a new series of CIMA reports on media literacy: Understanding the News and Citizen Journ

Type: Blog Post
 By Andrea Vega Yudico The Chinese government is making significant investments in telecommunications infrastructure across Africa. According to the Tracking Chinese Development Finance project at AidData, between 2000 and 2013, 38 African countries received $1.7 billion in combined Chinese investm...

Type: Blog Post
A Wrap-Up of CIMA’s Discussion As the coordinator of CIMA’s events, I spend a lot of time on a lot of different topics—from hammering out the concept of the event to finding panelists to wrapping my mind around topics that I am sometimes, frankly, not the most familiar with. This event was...

Type: Donor Profile
The Media Democracy Fund (MDF) supports “media and technology policy organizations working to advance the public interest and human rights in the digital age.” It was founded in 2006 by Helen Brunner, who previously worked as a foundation consultant on freedom of expression, communications polic...