Opinions & Editorials

By Jeanne Bourgault On World Press Freedom Day, we recognize that never before has the need for independent media and reliable information been greater, and yet never more at risk.

This blog post is part of a series by Chioma Nwaodike, a lawyer from Nigeria who is currently an Atlas Corps Internet Policy Fellow at Internews.

This blog post is part of a series by Chioma Nwaodike, a lawyer from Nigeria who is currently an Atlas Corps Internet Policy Fellow at Internews.

The need for reliable local news is urgent. In the US, this is perhaps nowhere easier to see than in California, where wildfires threaten residents across the state.

(This op-ed originally ran in International Policy Digest)

This op-ed by Internews CEOs Jeanne Bourgault and Daniel Bruce ran in the International Policy Digest on World Press Freedom Day

The risk-bearing nature of journalists’ work continues to be laid bare for all to see. The world witnessed the brazen murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul last October, and still we decry the prolonged imprisonment of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in Myanmar, writes Daniel Bruce, chief executive in Europe for Internews.

I welcome 2019 with gratitude for the many supporters who make our work at Internews possible.

In a guest post, Professor Matt Qvortrup argues that protection of media freedom is a cause for all