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We publish material such as media sector assessments, handbooks on journalism, and briefing papers on topical issues related to media to promote freedom of expression and to help develop free and professional media worldwide.
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A major Colombian TV station has comeunder attack over audio revelations that revealed the framing of an engineer at the center of a major Latin American corruption scandal, linked to Brazilian infrastructure company Odebrecht. Now the Colombian Attorney General is attacking the media outlet and its Director saying they falsified the audio tapes.
Media assessment: Ethiopia in transition – Hope amid challenges
This report presents the findings of a media environment assessment in Ethiopia led by International Media Support (IMS) within the context of the present socio-political developments in the …
Conflicting Coverage – Insights Into The Media’s Coverage Of Conflicts In Myanmar
This publication presents the findings from a content analysis of conflict coverage in Myanmar in 2018. The report summarizes the major findings that emerged after …
Myanmar’s media from an audience perspective
Myanmar audience study 2018
The publication presents the findings from an audience study carried out in May 2018 and provides indications of the media habits of the population of Myanmar as well as people’s understanding of news and information flows. One finding is that there is a widespread preference towards local media as people feel that these media …
Assessment of media’s election coverage in Zimbabwe
Media Monitors monitored mainstream media to assess the nature of election coverage, with a focus on three issues: Fair and balanced coverage of political players, the media’s role in informing the public on electoral processes, and professional and ethical conduct by the …
Audience responses to migration stories: Voices of African migrants
Migration is one of the key global challenges of our time. The media’s response to these challenges are crucial to shaping and reflecting public discourses and understandings of migration and migrant experiences.
Renforcer les relations entre police et médias pour la sécurité des journalistes et des élections pacifiques, libres et justes en Afrique de l’Ouest
Ce rapport intitulé « Renforcer les relations entre police et médias pour des élections pacifiques, libres et justes en Afrique de l’Ouest » est une …
Baseline study on election reporting in Zimbabwe’s mainstream media
Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe have released a report on election reporting in Zimbabwe, ahead of the 2018 elections scheduled for July 30th. Key findings are that fairness and balanced …
Paving the way for good journalism
Annual report 2017-2018
International Media Support’s annual report for 2017-2018 is out! In-depth articles about challenges and opportunities for media – from #metoo to weaponization of information and local media safety solutions with global implications.
How the propaganda machine stole the Russian election
Monitoring of media
In the lead-up to Russia’s 2018 presidential elections, an IMS-supported team monitored Russian media’s election reporting. This survey presents the results of the survey showing an imbalanced coverage in favour of President Putin’s government. The survey report was …
