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IPI LATEST NEWS
JOB POSTING - IPI DIRECTOR
The International Press Institute (IPI) is seeking a Director to lead its organisation in promoting press freedom around the world.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2007
New IPI Report on Media in Lebanon Shows Political Instability is Undermining Press Freedom
AP Photo/Matt Dunham
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From 8 to 13 December 2006, IPI carried out a fact-finding mission to Lebanon to investigate how continued political instability within the country is affecting freedom of the press and to examine the impact of the recent conflict between the militant Hezbollah group and Israel on the nation’s media. IPI met with publishers, editors and senior correspondents from a broad cross section of the media, as well as national and international civil society representatives. While carrying out its assessment IPI looked at four main areas of inquiry: the impact of politics on the press; threats to journalists safety; censorship and restrictions on access to information and economic pressures on the media. >> Read the Mission Report
>> Read the Press Release
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Anna Politkovskaya named IPI World Press Freedom Hero
Anna Politkovskaya (photo: Novaya Gazeta)
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The Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) has decided to name Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya as one of its World Press Freedom Heroes. "Politkovskaya’s nomination as our 51st World Press Freedom Hero is a tribute to her bravery, but also an acknowledgement of the struggles of the many courageous journalists working in Russia," said IPI Director Johann Fritz. "Over 20 journalists have been killed in Russia since 2000; most were killed with impunity."
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International Fact-Finding and Advocacy Mission to Sri Lanka
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From 9 to 11 October 2006, a high-level five member delegation representing the International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission, which is comprised of international press freedom and media development organisations, undertook a fact-finding and advocacy mission to Sri Lanka. The objectives of the mission were to assess the current media situation in the country, and the impact of the escalation in fighting between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on the media. >> Mission Statement >> IPI Watch List Report on Sri Lanka >> Sri Lanka: IPI World Press Freedom Review Report
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IPI Honoured by U.S. National Television Academy at News Emmys
Director Johann Fritz receives the honour on behalf of IPI (Photo epa)
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At the News and Documentary Emmys, on 25 September, the U.S. National Television Academy (NTA) honoured the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) and two other organisations for their press freedom work. After noting that 2005 had been one of the deadliest years on record for working journalists, President/CEO of the NTA, Peter Price, said in his tribute, "The oldest of the three groups we honor tonight is the International Press Institute. Over 55 years ago, 34 editors from 15 countries gathered at Columbia University in New York to start a global organization dedicated to fighting threats to press freedom worldwide. Now based in Vienna, the International Press Institute has members in over 120 countries…. We congratulate them for their important work.
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