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.
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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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.
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A Letter from Afghanistan
Despite the threats we face, my colleagues and I at Rukhshana Media, along with other independent media organizations, continue to tell the stories the Taliban don’t want to be heard.
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World Press Freedom Day 2025: About Half of Surveyed Journalists Report Their Government Seeks Too Much Control Over Their Journalism
Three quarters of surveyed journalists do not think it is OK for their government to define journalism, regardless of perspective on government interference
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Stories of Success at a High Price: Accountability Journalism in the Largely Autocratic MENA
The ICFJ Knight Trailblazer Award that I received in Washington on November 14 in many ways symbolizes my life-long mission to encourage accountability journalism and equip journalists throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with the tools to practice…
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World Press Freedom Scores Fall Back to 1993 Levels – the Launch Year of World Press Freedom Day
This analysis sheds important light on the downward trend over the last decade for press freedoms around the world.
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‘Fake news’ legislation risks doing more harm than good amid a record number of elections in 2024
We found there are few protections for fact-based news or journalistic independence in the legislation we examined. Loosely defined laws pertaining to “fake news” could be used by governments to crack down on an independent press.