April 28, 2022

2022 Nations in Transit Report Calls for Support to Independent Media

Freedom House has published the 2022 Nations in Transit (NIT) Report, Democratic […]

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April 22, 2022

Increasing media viability through research in Latin-America

As part of the VIMES (Viable Independent Media in Empowered Societies) project […]

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March 15, 2022

Media Viability: A Precondition to Journalism as a Public Good

UNESCO has launched the third global edition of its flagship series of […]

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November 19, 2021

New FPU report: national consultations on solutions to promote media viability while preserving media independence

The economic crisis following the global pandemic has negatively impacted the entire […]

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July 15, 2021

Civil society data on safety of journalists neglected by UN member states

In cooperation with local partners, FPU published reports that highlight quality civil society efforts to monitor infringements on the safety of journalists and public access to information. This blogpost explains the rationale for this research project, and the VNR procedure.

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June 1, 2021

Threats to Women Journalists in Q1 of 2021

Recently, the Coalition for Women in Journalism (CFWIJ) published its first quarterly report of this year, which presents an image of the threats that women journalists around the world faced between January to April 2021. This post highlights the main findings of this report.

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May 18, 2021

Media Viability: Tackling Big Tech

By Michael Pavičić Introduction 2020, and 2021 thus far, have proven to […]

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May 17, 2021

Covid-19 Procurement and Global Challenges to Access to Information (ATI)

By Nino Japarashvili It is generally accepted that corruption thrives in times […]

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May 17, 2021

How to do a country gender analysis?

By Saskia Nijhof Free Press Unlimited takes part in a media coalition […]

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May 17, 2021

Independent Media Resisting Shrinking Civic Space in Europe

By Tim Schoot Uiterkamp On Wednesday the 12th of May, Free Press […]

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April 30, 2021

‘Wanted! Real action for media freedom in Europe’: report by the Safety of Journalists Platform

Every year, the Safety of Journalists Platform of the Council of Europe publishes an annual report drawing on the alerts raised on the Platform and related evidence. This post highlights the key developments mentioned in the report.

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February 3, 2021

Safety trainings: looking back on 2020 and forward to 2021

In December 2020 the ACOS Alliance Annual Safety Coordination meeting took place. Safety trainings was among the topics that were discussed. During the meeting, the participants both looked back on 2020, and looked forward to 2021, in relation to the provision of safety trainings.

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