New Delhi, September 29, 2025—Indian authorities must conduct a comprehensive and transparent investigation into the death of journalist Rajeev Pratap, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday. “Authorities in Uttarakhand...
Tunisian lawyer and commentator Sonia Dahmani, known for her bold defense of human rights and civil liberties, has become a symbol of the country’s escalating crackdown on dissent. Arrested in May 2024, she has been subjected to five...
Tristan Ahtone is an award-winning journalist that has demonstrated the power of using historical archives to expose systemic injustices imposed on Indigenous communities.
Bogotá, September 26, 2025—Ecuador’s media regulator should immediately lift its suspension of community station TV MICC and ensure that media outlets can freely cover the news without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect...
Since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, 2023, the Committee to Protect Journalists has documented at least 152 cases of journalists injured and two cases of journalists missing. CPJ believes the true number of injured Palestinian...
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined four press freedom groups—including Freedom of the Press Foundation, PEN America, and Reporters Without Borders—in an amicus brief supporting detained Spanish-language journalist...
Washington, D.C., September 26, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on Egyptian authorities to immediately release journalist Ismail Alexandrani, who has already spent years imprisoned for his reporting. Alexandrani...
Following a three-day mission to Sofia between 24-26 September, a coalition of international journalists and press freedom organisations, including the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), concluded that progress is needed to...
Film produced by the BBC in collaboration with AFP, AP, and Reuters New York, September 26, 2025—To coincide with the United Nations General Assembly High-level Week in New York, on Wednesday the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)...
The global nonprofit WITNESS seeks to address one of the biggest data gaps in the digital verification landscape: the dependence on tools-based methods that lack local knowledge.
Berlin, September 25, 2025—Serbian journalists have increasingly reported being deliberately targeted by police, especially when covering police violence, as President Aleksandar Vučić’s authoritarian government toughens...
At least six journalists have been injured since early September while covering the protests against the 2026 national budget plan. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners condemn...
Being a journalist in Haiti means not only witnessing daily violence but also being a potential target, one news outlet remains a home for those who refuse to stop reporting.
Following a meeting with the Palestinian Ambassador to the EU in Brussels, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Trade Union Federations, including the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), reiterate their...
Kinshasa, September 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is urging authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to ensure the safety of journalist Pacifique Muliri, who has been living in hiding since July 2025 after...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), along with 17 press freedom, human rights organizations and media outlets, is urging the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Sherwan...
As part of its Ground Truths collaborative project, a group of Pulitzer Center-sponsored journalists uncovered how foreign agribusiness companies are impacting Laos.
Between 24-25 September, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) will join a coalition of international media freedom and journalist organisations travelling to Bulgaria to conduct a press freedom mission on behalf of the Council of...
TikTok employees are continuing their strike this week amid the social media company’s refusal to engage in collective bargaining after announcing the layoffs of 150 content moderators. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)...
Journalism pioneer Maria Ressa, famed economist Joseph Stiglitz, and UN Rwanda Tribunal prosecutor Charles Adeogun-Phillips headline the top experts on the conference's program.
Asking these 13 questions can help journalists spot red flags in research, including studies that policymakers and elected officials use to defend their stances on certain issues. The post How to gauge the quality of a research study: 13...
Inkyfada's Malek Khadhraoui believes in using the power of collaboration and innovation to work around repressive regimes and a systemic lack of access to information.
In this piece, we share reporting tips, explain how vaccine side effects are tracked in the U.S., and discuss research on the safety of childhood vaccines. The post Childhood vaccines: What research shows about their safety and potential...
September 19 marks one year since the death of Victoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist who had been held for over a year in Russian captivity. On this day, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its MFRR partners in...
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins the Safe Journalists Network (SJN) and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners in expressing, in an open letter to the Parliament of Albania, our serious concern over recent...
The Danish government has announced its intention to introduce a public-funded Ombudsperson for the media with broad legal powers concentrated into a single state-appointed institution. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins...
Our round-up of the best in recent data journalism also features stories on Russia’s military equipment losses, Pacific deep-sea mining, and Paralympic swimming.
“The Salt Path” was a bestselling memoir that was turned into a hot ticket film starring Gillian Anderson. But after a tipoff, this reporter wondered if everything was quite as it seemed.
The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) is helping 10 journalists and media workers resettle abroad after their release in Lithuania on 11 September, in a deal brokered by the United States. The European Federation of Journalists...
A research-based explainer to help journalists cover Hispanic-serving institutions — the most common type of minority-serving institution — as U.S. colleges and universities face heightened scrutiny under President Trump. The post...
This Monitoring Report takes stock of the press freedom situation in 36 EU Member States and candidate countries during the first six months of 2025. Between January and June, the Mapping Media Freedom database documented 709 press...
Joseph Poliszuk — co-founder of Venezuela's Armando.info — has spent years investigating illegal mining and drug trafficking. He speaks to GIJN ahead of his appearance at GIJC25 in Malaysia.
Investment funds issued to finance Brazil's agribusiness sector bundle various bonds — some of them labeled “green” — but are tied to socio-environmental violations or potential land grabbing.
Nationwide, there are more than 800 minority-serving institutions. Commonly referred to as MSIs, these schools provide programming and support specifically designed to help students of color succeed in college. The post Minority-serving...
Verah Okeyo and Anne Mawathe were frustrated with newsroom constraints and envisioned producing deeply reported stories that communities, policymakers, and global audiences could not ignore.
In this research-based piece, we provide an overview of eating disorders in males, including the latest available data and summaries of studies to help inform news coverage of this underreported issue. The post Eating disorders in boys...
With 15 different conference tracks and more than 150 planned sessions and workshops, GIJC25 will feature a wealth of esteemed journalists, data gurus, and subject matter experts.
The Mill is the founding publication of Mill Media, which since being started in June 2020, has become a new force in British journalism, publishing high quality local journalism in six UK cities. The company has been described as “one...
We are looking for a qualified Machine Learning (ML) Engineer to join ICIJ’s technology team, working closely with our ML engineer in coordination with full stack and system engineers as well as a UX/UI designer. This is a full-time...
The SAFE Initiative seeks to enable media professionals and social communicators working in difficult environments to continue to do so as safely and securely as possible. This objective will be accomplished through the establishment of...
IREX is implementing media projects in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. The Physical Safety Trainer under the supervision of the Center Manager, will be contracted to prepare and deliver regionally contextualized safety training and...
IREX is implementing media projects in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. The Psychosocial Safety Trainer under the supervision of the Center Manager, will be contracted to prepare and deliver regionally contextualized safety training and...
Learn the types of public projects that states fund by issuing debt, how states take on debt and why journalists should cover state debt — plus, explore a state-by-state debt database. The post State debt: How and why US states borrow...
When private equity firms buy health care practices, they tend to exit after only a few years. Researchers explored the impact on doctors and patients when investors cash out. The post What happens to doctors and patients when private...
Part of the PROMPT series, Maria Hul, Junior Researcher, opsci, reflects on her experiences of using Large Language Models (LLMs) to support disinformation detection. The post Testing Large Language Models (LLMs) for disinformation...
In this cross-interview, Timo Lenk and Martin Lestra discuss how disinformation is spread, what risks it poses, and how their respective projects contribute to exposing and combating manipulative narratives. The post Recognising...
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