The latest updates on IMS, our partners and global events concerning press freedom.
As Israel’s war on Lebanon intensifies, the Independent Journalists’ Union is working to protect journalists, document attacks and push for accountability. In this interview, the Union’s president Elsy Moufarrej speaks with IMS executive director Jesper Højberg about her organisation’s efforts to support its members in a time of extreme peril for journalists and other media workers in Lebanon.
IMS and IPI are proud to announce the 11 organisations shortlisted for the 2026 IMS-IPI Free Media Pioneer Award in recognition of their creative and innovative work to sustain independent journalism amid an increasingly hostile global environment for press freedom.
As business models fail, the world faces uncertainties on many fronts, donor funding tightens and digital disruption accelerates, media leaders, financiers, and policymakers gathered in Harare to dialogue on the future of independent journalism.
At a time of shrinking funding, platform disruption, and rising disinformation, Europe needs stronger local and plural media ecosystems—and new ways to sustain them.
In April 2026, the MERIT Forum brought together Ukrainian and Armenian media experts in Brussels for a dialogue with EU institutions and an exchange of expertise on the development of regional media systems amid global challenges. Discussions focused on the realities and specific characteristics of the media environments in the participating countries, the opportunities and capacity to apply European Union approaches in Ukraine and Armenia, as well as lessons and experiences from these countries that are relevant for the EU itself.
A series of dialogues, implemented by the Somali Media Association (SOMA) with IMS support, engaged police leaders with local journalists, editors and media directors in critical conversation around major friction points with a view to finding solutions.
On 23–24 March in Copenhagen, IMS convened the Copenhagen Information Integrity Charette: Recognizing and Responding to Patterns of Information Operations, dedicated to countering foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI).
In an environment where foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) increasingly appeals to fear, emotional exhaustion and distrust, Ukrainian independent media are experimenting with non-traditional formats of public information.
An updated version of the IMS impact assessment tool is just out and translated into six different language. The tool help editorial teams measure the impact of media projects based on effective ways to define targets and track progress and results.
