CNTI Newsgeist 2025: Trust, Truth and Innovation in a Shifting Industry
From October 10 to 12, 180 participants gathered in Phoenix, Arizona, for the first CNTI-led Newsgeist.
Press Freedom
An independent press and an open internet are critical to the future of functioning, free societies. However, press freedom is facing unprecedented threats around the world. CNTI offers new research and first-person insights into the challenges journalists face and the steps they are taking to continue to bring truth to light.
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How Serbia could use EU Digital Services Act for state censorship
The implementation of the DSA in Serbia and other countries lacking an independent DSC risks becoming an EU-based tool for state repression, enabling ruling parties to suppress dissent under the guise of compliance.
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Letters From the Field
From Afghanistan and Nigeria to Ukraine, journalists speak of exile, legacy, and resilience.
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Press freedoms can slip away
Journalists abroad say press rights vanish slowly, then all at once, unless they’re defended early.
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A Letter from Guatemala
My father has spent over 1,050 days arbitrarily detained in Guatemala for his reporting.
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A Letter from Syria
Reporting on the front line in Syria, the Empire of Silence.
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A Letter from Latin America
By targeting the media and journalists, government leaders seek to portray them as enemies in order to control the narrative and eliminate criticism.
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A Letter from Ukraine
When Russia seized Crimea in March 2014, I ventured there to report on how Ukrainians were coping under occupation. The full-scale invasion in February 2022 brought an even darker reality.
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A Letter from Lebanon
If you’re waiting for a press crackdown in the U.S. to look like what happened in Syria or Lebanon, you will miss it. In the U.S., the pressure comes differently.
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A Letter from Nigeria
In the darkest and most ferocious moments of Nigeria’s totalitarian experience, two survival strategies worked for us: courage and community.
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A Letter from Serbia
In Serbia, media freedom has never been a given. We have never had a solid foundation of transparency or accountability. Journalists have been working under pressure for decades.
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A Letter from Kenya
Kenya exemplifies how journalism, through an unwavering commitment to truth and accountability, can endure and shape society even in restrictive and challenging environments.