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EGYPT: IFJ urges Egyptian authorities to release Ahmed Serag and all imprisoned journalists
IFJ: On 15 January, journalist Ahmed Serag was arrested after an interview he did with university professor and translator Nada Mougheeth, wife of imprisoned cartoonist Ashraf Omar. Nada Mougheeth was detained the next day, 16 January.
GHANA: Global Media Foundation gets $60,000 to fight child labour in Ghana’s cocoa sector
Modern Ghana: Global Media Foundation (GloMeF), a leading non-profit organization in Ghana with extensive experience in promoting social change, human rights, and community development is set to launch a new project to tackle child labour in Ghana’s cocoa sector.
GHANA: Media safety under threat in Ghana — Survey
Modern Ghana: The study was conducted by Professor Justice Tankebe and Dr. Emmanuel Sowatey, both of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
GHANA: New president should uphold pledge to ensure justice for journalist Ahmed Suale
IPI: Ghana’s new administration must demonstrate commitment to accountability by ending impunity for crimes against journalists
NIGER: Government backtracks and lifts suspension of Canal 3 (French)
rfi: In Niger, Sidi Mohamed Raliou, the communications minister, on Monday lifted the suspension of the private television channel Canal 3 and its editor-in-chief, who was released from police custody in which he had been held since Saturday.
NIGER: Niger journalist held after channel suspended, association says
VOA: A major journalist in Niger was in custody Saturday, an association said, a day after the private TV channel he runs was suspended following a report critical of the military-led regime.
NIGERIA: FRCN DG defends 2025 budget before Senate
FRCN: The Director General of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria FRCN Dr. Muhammad Bulama is currently before the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation for the 2025 Budget Defence.
SOUTH AFRICA: Govt. Proposes A New Overhaul Of SABC Funding Model
Broadcast Africa Media: Communications Minister Solly Malatsi has announced plans to revise the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) funding model to ensure its sustainability while the SABC Bill is being developed. This decision follows his recent withdrawal of the Bill from Parliament at the end of 2024, which he deemed ineffective.
SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa should kiss SABC TV licences goodbye
Business Tech: The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) plans to replace TV licences in South Africa with a new funding model.
TUNISIA: Tunisia uses new cybercrime law to jail record number of journalists
CPJ: The government’s main tool against the media is Decree 54, a cybercrime law introduced by President Kais Saied in 2022 following his 2021 power grab in which he dissolved parliament, took control of the judiciary, and gave himself powers to rule by decree.
REGIONAL: Fact-checking content in local languages: Insights from French-speaking African media
IJNet: Fact-checking initiatives in Francophone Africa — where many Indigenous languages also are spoken — typically publish their content in written formats and primarily in French. These efforts have been hindered by low literacy levels among the audiences they’re trying to reach, and restricted internet access.
AZERBAIJAN: Journalists in Azerbaijan face trials, jailings, travel bans
VOA: An Azerbaijani court on Friday denied petitions by two jailed journalists to be released from house arrest, their lawyers said.
AZERBAIJAN: The unjust trial of Sevinj Vagifgizi and the journalists of Abzas Media
RSF: The hearing scheduled for 21 January in the trial against the investigative outlet Abzas Media will unfold as repression and injustice proliferate in Azerbaijan.
BANGLADESH: Crisis point for media freedom in Bangladesh
Commonwealth Journalists Association: In an impassioned appeal to the CJA, Shushama Shashi, daughter of the detained Bangladeshi journalist Shyamal Dutta, has called for help from all international media organisations and human rights bodies to campaign for the release of detained journalists in the country.
CHINA: An outrage that even China’s supine media has called out
The Economist: Anger is growing over a form of detention linked to torture and deaths.
CHINA & AFRICA: Global Powers, African Stories (Interview)
The China Media Project: China and Russia are making inroads into African media, where their success often hinges on pre-existing anti-Western sentiments. How do they navigate local contexts to shape narratives across the continent?
The New Indian Express: The country’s public radio broadcaster, All India Radio (AIR-Akashvani), has taken on a new role in Madhya Pradesh: alerting people about the movement of wild animals, including elephants, tigers, and leopards, to prevent human-animal conflicts and related casualties.
INDIA: Local reporters face risk of violence, murder
DW: The constant threat of violence leaves little space for critical independent journalism to exist — especially in conflict zones.
INDONESIA: Indonesia plans to restrict children’s social media use
NHK: Indonesia’s communications minister says the government plans to set a minimum age for social media users and is studying other measures. This move follows Australia’s decision to restrict children’s online access.
JAPAN: Activist urges Japan’s Fuji Media to Probe Celebrity Scandal (Paywall)
Bloomberg: Former SMAP member Nakai has apologised over ‘problem’.
JAPAN & UKRAINE: Japan hands over equipment to Ukraine’s public broadcaster
NHK World: Japan has delivered an outside broadcasting van and other equipment to Kyiv, so that Ukraine’s public broadcaster can continue to conduct its activities amid Russia’s ongoing military operation.
KURDISTAN: Kurdistan press freedom violations decreased in 2024: watchdog
RÛDAW: The number of press freedom violations committed in the Kurdistan Region in 2024 has declined from the previous year, according to a report released on Saturday by a Kurdish media watchdog, which warned that journalists still face serious problems, especially in accessing information.
SOUTH KOREA: KBS·EBS “Regret” Government’s Rejection of Integrated License Fee Collection Bill (Korean)
MT: The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) and the Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) expressed regret over the government’s exercise of its veto on the integrated collection of TV license fees (the revised Broadcasting Act).
SRI LANKA: Journalist groups question Sri Lanka’s media agreements with China
Newswire: Sri Lanka’s journalist groups have raised concern over the government’s decision to enter into agreements with Chinese media institutions during President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s state visit to Beijing.
TAIWAN: Taiwan’s public broadcaster makes appeal against cuts
Taiwan News: Taiwan Public Television Service appealed to legislators for support on Friday after the KMT proposed cutting its budget by NT$23 million (US$698,886) due to allegations of political bias.
AUSTRALIA: Collaboration celebrates First Nations languages through the power of song (Press release)
ABC: A collaboration between First Languages Australia and ABC Education, is helping to revitalise and celebrate First Nations languages through the power of song.
AUSTRALIA: The new public square is fact-free social media – and it couldn’t come at a worse time for Australia (Opinion)
The Guardian: Navigating the next 100 days of Australian politics online will require sharp teeth to discern fact from fiction.
AUSTRALIA: triple j celebrates 50 years (Press release)
ABC: triple j and Double J celebrated the 50th anniversary of triple j on Sunday, January 19, with a special 12-hour rebroadcast of the first day of the station that started it all – 2JJ, Double Jay Rock.
NEW ZEALAND: AUT launches world-first indigenous journalism course
PMN: Gregory Treadwell, AUT head of journalism, says the course is about “giving indigenous journalists the space to go back to the source.”
NEW ZEALAND: NZ Herald, Newstalk ZB staff called into meeting following fears of job losses
Stuff: New Zealand Herald, BusinessDesk and Newstalk ZB journalists, after being called into a meeting on Wednesday morning, fear there may be job losses.
SAMOA: Call to stop online abuse of journalists
Samoa Observer: The Samoa Alliance of Media Practitioners for Development (S.A.M.P.O.D) has called for a stop to the online abuse of Samoan journalists as the political crisis continues.
REGIONAL: Pacific media perspectives featured by authors in new communication book
Asia Pacific Report: Four researchers and authors from the Asia-Pacific region have provided diverse perspectives on the media in a new global book on intercultural communication.
AUSTRIA: FPÖ and ÖVP meet in “hatred of the ORF”, says Neos media negotiator (German)
Der Standard: Henrike Brandstötter fears a blue-black “weakening of all critical media”. She explains which model for more independent ORF bodies the ÖVP and SPÖ rejected
AUSTRIA: ORF boss reminds staff of “increased objectivity requirement” (German)
Der Standard: The FPÖ and ÖVP are negotiating the media policy of a future coalition this week, with the FPÖ bringing with it the abolition of the ORF contribution and massive cuts in broadcasting funds.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Fight over TV licence fees. Good mood in the committee, tense in the plenary session (Czech)
SZ: The media committee was discussing the increase in fees for Czech Television and Czech Radio. Instead of a heated debate, the deputies were going through stacks of amendments. And they promised themselves that politics would be put aside this time.
FINLAND: “Are there others here?” – At the 10-year-old Yle Kiosk, the journalist works for the audience, not from above (Finnish)
Yle: Yle Kioski, a media brand for young adults, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. It is known for its open-minded experiments and way of creating content.
FINLAND: Kari Kuusiniemi: Yle – a pillar of the rule of law (Finnish)
Yle: Towards the next hundred years of public service. The series of articles will publish writings by thinkers outside Yle. Yle will be 100 years old in September 2026.
FRANCE: Radio France 50 years old, and still going strong! (French)
Radio France: On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, Radio France presents “la Gazelle Radio France”. Lively, agile and captivating for its nearly 15.5 million listeners, at 50 years old Radio France is breaking all records!
FRANCE: Sibyle Veil: “Radio France defies all predictions” (French)
Le Monde: As the radio group celebrates its 50th anniversary and the executive is still considering a reform of the governance of public broadcasting, its CEO is striving to highlight its successes and denounce “public service-bashing”.
GERMANY: AfD wants to abolish broadcasting fee: What the parties plan to do with public broadcasting (Paywall – German)
Tagesspiegel: How the CDU/CSU, the SPD and the others are dealing with media issues in the federal election campaign and what they promise in the event of an election victory. A look at their programs.
GERMANY: ARD launches information service on the federal election for first-time voters (Press release – German)
ARD: To mark the Bundestag election, ARD is offering a free media literacy program for first-time voters in a week of action from January 20 to 24 – both digitally and live on site.
GREECE: World Report 2025: Rights Trends in Greece
HRW: Greece faces persistent rule of law challenges stemming from state actions that undermine democratic institutions and harm human rights, including interference with media freedom, state-ordered surveillance of journalists, and a hostile environment for human rights defenders.
ITALY: “RaiNews.it, 27% growth” (Italian)
Rai News: Constant and timely work of total news coverage in every area and the search for new languages have rewarded RaiNews.it, the Rai information portal, which in 2024 had an increase never recorded before. The RaiNews.it site increased by 27% in terms of page views compared to 2023.
THE NETHERLANDS: Joost Oranje genre manager Journalism NPO (Press release – Dutch)
NPO: Joost Oranje will become genre manager journalism at the NPO as of April 1. In this role, Oranje will be responsible for programming, coordinating and strengthening the public broadcaster’s entire journalistic offering in the areas of audio, video and online.
NORWAY: NRK weakens media diversity (Opinion – Norwegian)
Aftenposten: NRK is not necessary in a modern society with a free and independent press.
NORWAY: Sell NRK? Do they understand the seriousness? (Opinion – Norwegian)
Aftenposten: It is incredible that the Progress Party wants to dismantle NRK. Does the party understand the seriousness of the situation?
POLAND: How to silence a journalist? Bodnar’s ministry project still offers such an opportunity (Paywall – Polish)
Gazeta Wyborcza: The Civil Law Codification Commission operating under Adam Bodnar’s Ministry of Justice has presented a draft anti-SLAPP law, a regulation that is intended to protect journalists and activists against unfounded lawsuits.
RUSSIA: Behind bars of truth: Russian Press Day in the age of censorship
The Barents Observer: Barents Observer journalist Olesia Krivtsova reflects on censorship, repression, and the fight for truth amid increasing pressure on press freedom in Russia and the world in her column.
RUSSIA: Russia adds VOA, Current Time, BBC journalists to register of ‘foreign agents’
VOA: Russia’s Justice Ministry on Friday added more journalists to its list of so-called foreign agents, including reporters for Voice of America, Current Time and the BBC.
SERBIA: Protesters rally against public broadcaster
DW: Tens of thousands of Serbians protested outside the public broadcaster to demand objective reporting. There have been daily street protests throughout the Balkan country since November last year.
SPAIN: Baynana, the first media outlet created by Syrian refugee journalists in Spain
The Fix: They fled the war and now seek to break stereotypes by giving a voice to the voiceless. But not everything is so easy in a media industry in crisis
SWITZERLAND: Fake news versus facts: the role of international media
SWI SwissInfo: The year 2025 is beginning with many uncertainties and unanswered questions. Much of it has to do with United States President Donald Trump. What is clear is that the international media landscape will continue to evolve – and outlets like SWI swissinfo.ch will become even more essential in helping audiences to make sense of the news.
EFJ: On 7 January, Meta announced the closure of its fact-checking program in the United States, paving the way for a similar decision in Europe. At the same time, Google is considering withdrawing from its commitment to supporting the fact-checking community under the European Union’s Code of Practice on Disinformation.
REGIONAL: The time has come for a new democratic media policy in Europe
LSE: Bart Cammaerts, Professor of Politics and Communication at the LSE, explains why he believes European governments need to develop a more interventionist approach to media policy.
BOLIVIA: Bolivian journalists declare 2025 the centenary year of the Printing Law (Spanish)
Eju: In an atmosphere of high solemnity, at the Casa de la Libertad in the city of Sucre, Bolivian journalists declared 2025 the Centennial Year of the Printing Law, on Monday morning.
BRAZIL: Agência Brasil launches WhatsApp channel (Press release – Portuguese)
EBC: Agência Brasil, a news outlet of Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC), now has a public channel on WhatsApp.
CHILE: Javier Goldschmied, TVN Chile: “We always try to give our audience something different” (Spanish)
Todo TV News: The programming director of the Chilean channel spoke with ttvnews at Content Americas about its bets on family entertainment and its plans for 2025.
COLOMBIA: Radio station announcer shot dead in Colombia (Spanish)
El Tiempo: Diomedes Farid Manrique, an announcer for Olímpica Stereo and Fontera Estéreo, lost his life in a confusing incident. According to initial reports, two men on a motorcycle shot the journalist and one of his friends.
COSTA RICA: Multimedios made cuts in Channel 8 and the first layoffs come to light (Spanish)
La Teja: News presenters, journalists, editors, cameramen, producers and sound technicians were fired this Wednesday from Multimedios , following an adjustment in Channel 8’s programming that the television station announced.
COSTA RICA: Vanessa Castro: We must prevent the media from being captured in the run-up to the election year (Spanish)
El Mundo: Vanessa Castro, a member of the Social Christian Unity Party, stressed that “we must prevent traditional and alternative media outlets from being captured in the run-up to the election year.”
NICARAGUA: Nicaraguan government to monitor media outlets for fake news (Spanish)
DW: The National Assembly of Nicaragua approved this Thursday (16.01.2025) articles of a reform to the Political Constitution, which establish that the State will monitor that the media does not disseminate false news that violates the rights of citizens, which many journalists consider an attack on freedom of the press.
PERU: New IRTP ROF approved after more than 23 years marking a historic milestone of modernization and efficiency (Press release – Spanish)
IRTP: Through Supreme Decree No. 001-2025-MC, the First Section of the new Organization and Functions Regulations (ROF) of the National Institute of Radio and Television of Peru (IRTP) was approved, which becomes one of the most important milestones after more than 23 years and a significant change that benefits the institution’s employees and professionals, reinforcing the commitment to the modernization of the State.
REGIONAL: How to prepare to cover migration from Latin America during Trump’s second term
LatAm Journalism Review: Countering narratives of hate, listening to the migrant community, providing useful information and monitoring migration policies are some of the practices that journalists who report on and for migrant communities in Latin America recommend implementing to offer better immigration coverage in the face of Donald Trump’s second term as president of the United States.
REGIONAL: Media advocates say jailing of journalists in Venezuela, Cuba stifles reporting
VOA: Venezuela and Cuba this week released political prisoners, including a free speech advocate, but analysts say the threat of legal action in authoritarian countries stifles media freedom.
IRAN & TURKEY: Iran’s disinformation hub Press TV launches Turkish edition
Türkiye Today: Peyman Jebelli, General Director of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), has announced the launch of a Turkish-language service on Press TV. The move comes after Türkiye‘s state broadcaster TRT began Persian-language broadcasts, a development that sparked criticism in Iran.
ISRAEL: Criticizing own party, Likud MK blocks bill to shutter public broadcaster
Times of Israel: ‘Public broadcasting is needed in Israel,’ David Bitan declares, criticizing ‘those in Likud who are causing damage to the party for the sake of politics’
ISRAEL & PALESTINE: Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war
CPJ: Since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, 2023, journalists and media across the region have faced a hostile environment that has made reporting on the war exceptionally challenging. In addition to documenting the growing tally of journalists killed and injured, CPJ’s research has found multiple kinds of incidents of journalists being targeted while carrying out their work in Israel and the two Palestinian territories, Gaza and the West Bank.
PALESTINE: Palestinian Authority reportedly arrests Al Jazeera journalist covering prisoner exchange
Middle East Eye: A prominent Al Jazeera journalist was detained by the Palestinian Authority (PA) while covering the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, according to local media.
SYRIA & US: Missing US journalist’s mother says new Syria leaders ‘determined’ to find son
Al-Monitor: The mother of US journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria in 2012, said on Monday in Damascus that the war-torn country’s new leadership was committed to finding him.Tice was working as a freelance journalist for Agence France-Presse, McClatchy News, The Washington Post, CBS and other media outlets when he was detained at a checkpoint in August 2012.
TURKEY: Is RTÜK’s pressure on newspapers for YouTube licenses new threat to freedom of expression?
Bianet: MLSA Co-Director Barış Altıntaş: “The license demanded from Cumhuriyet newspaper for its YouTube channel shows how hungry RTÜK is to expand its scope of inspection”.
TURKEY: New charge against killer of Turkish journalist Hrant Dink dropped over statute of limitations
CPJ: Turkish authorities should not stop their efforts to find those behind the conspiracy to murder Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday.
YEMEN: IFJ calls on the Houthi group to release two journalists abducted in September (Update)
IFJ: The Houthi group abducted journalist Mohamed Al-Miyahi on 20 September in the capital Sana’a, two days after he published an article criticising the organisation.
CANADA: CBC EXPANDS LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE IN 22 UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY (Press release)
CBC: In an expansion of local and regional news to better serve more Canadians, CBC News today announced that it will hire up to 30 new permanent journalists in 22 communities across the country, including six locations in B.C., one location in the North, nine across the Prairies in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, three in Ontario, and one location each in Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
CANADA: CRTC announces steps to improve internet reliability, affordability in Canada’s north
The Albertan: Canada’s telecommunications regulator says it is working to improve internet reliability and affordability in Northern Canada after years of complaints from local residents about outages and expensive plans.
CANADA: Local news matters: CBC to hire more journalists, launch new platforms (Editor’s Blog)
CBC: I want to update you on a number of important initiatives underway to build CBC News service and connection in small communities — including a significant expansion of local journalism in underserved markets.
Billboard: Spotify, Apple, Amazon and others are challenging the CRTC’s mandated fee payments to Canadian content funds like FACTOR and the Indigenous Music Office, both in courts and in the court of public opinion. Here’s what’s at stake.
US: A rare newspaper war was brewing in Baltimore. Then a billionaire owner began meddling
Poynter: When a container ship slammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, sending 50,000 tons of concrete and steel tumbling into the water, local reporters leapt into action.
US: Biden’s Missed Opportunities on Press Freedom
CJR: Biden’s recent warnings about our information landscape invite a question: What did he do about it as president?
US: GBH, community group reach tentative agreement on sale of CAI home
Current: The Woods Hole Community Association plans to close on the GBH-owned building Thursday.
US: The freedom of expression agenda
Article 19: The reelection of Donald Trump comes at the time of the ongoing global crisis of freedom of expression and democratic backsliding.
US: Trump inauguration set to trigger period of unprecedented uncertainty for press freedom
RSF: On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration into his second term as US president on January 20, American journalism is set to enter a period of unprecedented uncertainty.
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Poynter: Donald Trump claimed he would be a “dictator” on “day one.” His team has reportedly prepared more than 100 executive orders.
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IJNet: In a week where Meta abandoned its responsibilities on fact-checking, Louise Pettersson, editor-in-chief at Sjællandske Medier, seems to have already been right on the money: “They want to profit from our unique content but refuse to acknowledge us for it, either through traffic or payment. Meta, in particular, is deeply problematic.”
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism: Fact-checkers from Brazil, Croatia, Italy, Nigeria, Ukraine and the Philippines explain the potential effects for their revenue and their news ecosystem.
Audience editors offer advice for “dispiriting” times in social and search
Nieman Lab: Journalists assume readers are as obsessed with the news as they are. They’re wrong.
Fact-checking at Meta: Chronicle of a death foretold
IJNet: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement on January 7 regarding the conclusion of Meta’s fact-checking efforts in the U.S. and his intention to “get rid” of fact-checkers subjects journalists to the same treatment they typically receive from disinformers.
French NGOs to quit social media platform X following Trump inauguration
rfi: More than 80 French NGOs and organisations have said they will stop using the social media platform X – formerly Twitter – as of 20 January, the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration. They consider the site’s owner Elon Musk, a close Trump ally, a “danger” to freedom of expression and democratic values.
How to Deal with Mis- and Disinformation in Times of Uncertainty
ICFJ: As the U.S. awaits Donald Trump’s return to the White House, uncertainty prevails with respect to his statements about mass deportations, cuts to social services and drastic modifications to education and health policies.
How to make your news articles more accessible for visually impaired readers
Journalism.co.uk: BBC digital producer Johny Cassidy has developed and published guidance for journalists on writing effective alt-text descriptions for news images, stemming from his research that showed visually impaired audiences were missing crucial visual information, including covid-19 health data. The guidance has since been used to train approximately 800 BBC staff members.
How to talk about the environment in the media? (Listen – French)
rfi: The media play an essential role in society because they allow ideas to circulate. The editorial choices of those who produce them therefore influence our way of seeing the world.
Journalist jailings near record high in 2024 as crackdown on press freedom grows
CPJ: The number of journalists jailed worldwide reached a near all-time high in 2024, according to a new report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). China, Israel, and Myanmar were the leading jailers of reporters, followed by Belarus and Russia.
News agencies agree with AI players (Listen – French)
rfi: Two major international news agencies, Agence France Presse and Associated Press, have signed agreements with artificial intelligence players.
CJR: There are many journalists hiding from the stigma of mental health, addiction, or both, trying not to appear as damaged goods and to keep on working. I want them to know that they are not alone.
The Conversation: TikTok refugees fled by the millions to RedNote, a Chinese app, in response to the TikTok ban, which went into effect Jan. 19, 2025.
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