In Italy journalists fear not only frivolous lawsuits. Threats, intimidation, assaults or even attacks are not uncommon, especially for those who investigate organized crime and work in the areas that...
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Mexico, of countries in which no war is being fought, is the most dangerous in the world for journalists, in 147th place out of 180 in the ranking of press freedom compiled by Reporters Without Border...
How can journalism networks help investigations under authoritarian regimes? Case study: Turkey
Investigative journalism in Turkey is a crime. Publishing public interest stories from the outside can be a lifeline for the Turkish press. There are opportunities to transform the way in-depth, Turke...
The parliamentary victory of the conservative Law and Justice party in 2015 has brought a fundamental change to the media landscape in post-1989 Poland. The ruling party led by Jarosław Kaczyński we...
In Egypt, Syria, Libya and Tunisia, it has become very challenging to be a journalist. Doing your basic job is marred with daily risks. Following the Arab spring and the unprecedented hopes for freedo...
Investigating links between governments and organised crime: the murders of Daphne Caruana Galizia and Ján Kuciak
My family warned @EU_Commission that with my mother #DaphneCaruanaGalizia's assassination Malta had set a new standard of permissible behaviour within the EU and that others would soon die if decisive...
Journalism's perfect storm? Confronting rising global threats from "f*ke news" to censorship, surveillance, and the killing of journalists with impunity
Some hail this period in journalism as a Golden Era, pointing to major global collaborative journalism projects and the biggest data dumps in history. True, large scale investigative journalism is ‘...
Organized or state-instigated attacks against journalists, news organizations or the very idea of news itself range from intimidation to assassination: A social media campaign urging the gang rape of ...
The new tactics used by criminals to stop independent investigative journalism, and how we can react by working in a team. From the recent murders of two journalists in Europe, to the isolation and ja...