Opinions & Editorials

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

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

The independent spirit of Afghan journalists will not be extinguished by this vicious attack

As World Press Freedom Day takes place in Ghana May 3, Internews Regional Director for Africa addresses the challenges to media freedom facing the continent

Women leaders blaze a difficult path for gender equity in media

'Don’t write off radio just yet; the evidence points to a socially critical role for this sector for some years to come'

A new book, In the Service of Power: Media Capture and the Threat to Democracy, edited by Anya Schiffrin, posits that media capture is now a primary strategic approach for autocrats and kleptocrats and threatens democracy in every corner of the world.