IMS staff and partners share their expert insights on media development in different global contexts.
An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude hit eastern Afghanistan late into the night of 31 August. An Afghan journalist who is reporting from Kunar, one of the worst-hit regions, spoke to IMS about the challenges.
We are in a profound global information crisis. That message is coming out loud and clear from the M20 Summit in Johannesburg, where global and local representatives of the media have come together during the 2025 South African presidency of the G20 to sound the alarm.
The event, which is taking place in South Africa this year, is a promising vehicle to bring together local actors on the ground and international coalitions capable of influencing policy.
IMS joined hundreds of civil society organisations gathered in Seville to unpack their common challenge: how to find new ways to financially support the development causes most in need.
Too many laws attempting to regulate disinformation end up suppressing legitimate speech. A risk assessment and mitigation approach is the new way forward to curb mis and disinformation from a policy perspective, argues the authors of this blog post.
Journalists are vulnerable to digital surveillance as the government is yet to act on securing their digital rights.
Without swift political action, critical independent Syrian media outlets risk being silenced right when they are more important than ever.
Over 60,000 people killed and 11 million displaced, and a media that is forcibly silenced, but the Sudan conflict remains a forgotten one.
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on the basis of a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity committed during his “war on drugs” campaign.
