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Supporting Democracy through a New Access to Information Law in the DRC
Source: CongoPlanet On the 31st of July 2014, members of Collectif 24, supported by Internews and Albany Associates gathered in Kinshasa to evaluate the process of adopting a new law on access to...
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ISIS and Social Media: Really that sophisticated?
It’s not new. It’s not unique. Radicalisation on the net; terrorists advertising their needs over the web; networks of extremists in the digital space – these have been de riguer for any...
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Russia’s Information War Victory at Home—The Role of State Media
Source: The Public Diplomat Despite the Western sanctions and deteriorating economic situation in Russia, popular support for President Putin and his foreign policies has never been higher, with the...
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South Sudan: Media Development Challenges and Opportunities in a Nascent Country
Source: Associated Press The Republic of South Sudan is the newest addition to the United Nations community of states after seceding from Sudan following a self-determination referendum and became...
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The Battle of the Rwandan Regulators and what it says about media reform
A month ago, the BBC aired (and later removed) a controversial documentary, ‘Rwanda, The Untold Story” on the BBC Kinyarwanda service. Offering what some observers believe to be a revisionist take on...
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Media Standards in Coverage of Acts of Terrorism
The high profile terrorist ‘incidents’ that ended 2014 with a horrific bang – namely the killing of at least 148 pupils and teachers at the school in Peshawar, Pakistan, and the siege at a café in...
View ArticleTraining the South Sudan Ministry of Telecommunications
Immediately after South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011, a lot of vital radio infrastructure was left in Khartoum, including expertise. Even legacy regulatory were not shared with...
View ArticleJordan’s Dilemma: Freedom of Expression and National Security
The Jordanian media has been very busy in the last month with coverage of the internal and external ramifications of the Daesh murder of the Jordanian pilot Muaz Kassasbeh, who was captured by the...
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Occasional Papers: Facing Up to Russia’s Information War in the Baltic States
In this Spring edition of our newly launched Occasional Papers series, we look at how NATO and the EU strategic communication efforts could tackle the issue of Russia’s threat in the Baltic States....
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Internet is no longer “for the rich kids” only
A recent report titled “Media Consumption Forecasts” published by Zenith Optimedia has found that people around the world spend more than eight hours (492 minutes) a day consuming media, which...
View ArticleTalking Russian: Minority Politics and the Putin Doctrine in the Baltic States
The neighboring presence of Russia has always been a defining feature of Baltic security politics, but it has been amplified under the so-called Putin Doctrine. This doctrine emerged from the...
View ArticleCountering hate speech in the Media through Ethics and Self-regulation
Guest Post by: Poni Alice Sheila I am writing this article as a journalist from South Sudan, a country that has gone through several decades of civil strife, conflicts and the ever simmering communal...
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Remarks by Her Excellency President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf held at PA’s Rib...
Ladies and Gentlemen Let me thank Internews for the invitation to make this opening remark at the two-day seminar “Media Law and Regulatory Reform Stakeholders’ Conference”. We understand that...
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Legal Expert Wants Laws On Criminal Libel Repealed
this article was originally published on http://www.micatliberia.com/index.php/blog/item/5367-legal-expert-wants-laws-on-criminal-libel-repealed.html MONROVIA, May 11 (LINA) – The Legal Consultant of...
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Advocating for media defence and freedom of expression in South Sudan
By Nani Jansen[1] Last week, I had the pleasure of delivering a training on freedom of expression for Albany Associates to a group of around 30 lawyers affiliated with the Center for Human Rights...
View ArticleJournalistic sources: must be protected
Lord Black spoke during the passage of the Investigatory Powers Bill about the importance of the protection of journalistic sources as he attempted, with others, to introduce an amendment that would...
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