AI can summarise, translate, transcribe, search, compare and suggest at remarkable speed. Many newsrooms already use it for exactly that. But by itself, AI does not know what a newsroom stands for. it does not know its editorial standards, its archive, its audience, its local context or the professional judgement built through years of reporting. That is where the AI Newsroom Pilot begins.
On the quiet shores of Lake Bishoftu on 23-24 July 2026, away from the daily noise of Ethiopia’s political and media pressures, journalists, editors, civil society actors, media support organisations and freedom of expression advocates gathered around one urgent question: how can Ethiopia better protect those who risk their lives, liberty and wellbeing to inform the public?
Citizen Osama made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, offering a raw and intimate portrait of a Palestinian photojournalist’s struggle to document the war in Gaza while protecting his family.
New IMS report examines how Europe can strengthen local journalism, media pluralism and democratic resilience through long-term support for public interest media.
In 2011, Gohar Khodjayan first travelled to Kyiv to assess the state of Ukraine’s media market. Since then, she has seen Ukraine before Euromaidan, during the 2013–2014 protests, after the occupation of Crimea, on the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion and today, as Ukrainian media continue to work under conditions of prolonged war, financial pressure and constant information attacks.
IMS' 2026 annual report looks at different measures our partners have taken to help independent media become more resilient.
IMS Executive Director Jesper Højberg introduced the IPI-IMS Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards at the 2026 Gabo Festival in Bogotá, Colombia. Below is his speech from the event.
