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: Blog Post
Over the past two years, the euphoria surrounding the rebirth of independent media in Myanmar has given way to increasing concern in light of high profile setbacks, including the arrest and harsh sentencing of prominent journalists and the passage of controversial new media laws. It is unclear if th...

Type: Event
Over 50 people attended CIMA/NED’s event on the Legal Enabling Environment for Independent Media in Iraq. As a 2011 CIMA report, Iraq’s News Media After Saddam: Liberation, Repression, and Future Prospects, after the removal of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraq’s tightly controlled state-ru...

Type: Blog Post
“As we already know, media reform is the most important process in President U Thein Sein’s reform. We didn’t have enough experience of the role of media in democracy to implement the reform process. We want to develop a vibrant democracy in our country, which is not possible without citizen p...

Type: Event
Over 40 people attended the roundtable discussion hosted by CIMA, NED, and the Solidarity Center on new challenges to independent media are emerging in East Africa. Recently passed anti-terrorism and information laws allow governments to harass and imprison journalists with impunity. Under these new...

Type: Blog Post
By Marija Šajkaš and Milka Tadić Mijović As EU and U.S. assistance to independent media in Serbia and Montenegro declines, Russians are seizing the opportunity to support and promote pro-Russian media, broadcasting news in the local language, and investing in media development in the western Bal...