This is an evaluation of the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) in its first two years of operation, from 2019 to 2021. The MFC is a partnership of 50 countries working together to advocate for media freedom and the safety of journalists. The report is based on over 100 interviews with relevant stakeholders; analyses of news coverage, social media commentary and public statements; and a survey of media freedom campaigners – as well as detailed case studies in Sudan and the Philippines. While the Media Freedom Coalition has taken some positive steps (i.a. attracting a relatively large membership and establishing collegiate ways of working) it is only partially achieving its objectives. According to the authors: “its working methods have been slow and lacking transparency, its communications poor, its financial commitments small, and its political impacts have been minimal.” The authors advise a re-set and re-injection of energy and funds in the next two to three years if it is to achieve its original aims. The MFC has been assessed and awarded a mark for each of the MFC’s five main objectives: promoting accountability, creating internal accountability, working together, ‘shining a spotlight’ on media freedom; developing and defending the media.