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Turkey Online Master Class: Community and the Future of Media (October 24, 2023)
Page views and going viral are no longer a viable business strategy for journalism. Andrew Losowsky will share his approach to community building for newsrooms and how anyone can get started, no matter how small their resources are for audience engagement. Hosted by Istanbul-based journalist Gülsin Harman. English to Turkish translation will be provided. REGISTER HERE Who […]
Read MoreInternational mission statement: Turkey’s press freedom crisis deepens amid earthquake and national elections
Turkey’s press freedom crisis has deepened further in the last year. Journalists face steep harassment and intimidation for their work, including arbitrary imprisonment and prosecution. Those responsible for attacks and threats against the press enjoy alarming levels of impunity. This year’s parliamentary and presidential elections have brought no relief for press freedom. On the contrary, […]
Read MoreTurkey: Annual international press freedom mission to Ankara, Diyarbakır and Istanbul
Between 2 and 5 October 2023, five international media freedom organisations will conduct an annual joint press freedom mission to Ankara, Diyarbakır and Istanbul. The mission will focus on the state of media freedom, the challenges experienced by journalists, media workers and the media landscape in general in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes, and the […]
Read MoreCyberattack on IPI: Evidence points to retaliation for press freedom work in Hungary
Since September 1, the International Press Institute (IPI) has been battling a targeted and sustained cyberattack. This attack appears to be in retaliation for our advocacy work on behalf of independent media in Hungary, who have faced a wave of similar attacks since this summer. The attack on IPI began with a series of distributed […]
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