News1st protest

News1st journalists threatened by protesters

PMA is deeply concerned to hear that a masked protest outside the headquarters of Sri Lankan broadcaster News1st has resulted in the threatening and intimidation of journalists.

Concern as crowd surrounds MTV/MBC in Colombo

It was with great concern that PMA learned that an unruly crowd had surrounded the headquarters of long-time and respected PMA member organisation MTV/MBC networks in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Terrorism, Conflict & Hate Speech in South Asian News Media

We are pleased to announce our latest project to strengthen the capacity of South Asian news media to report on terrorism, violence and hate speech.

World Press Freedom Day 2016

PMA CEO Sally-Ann Wilson reflects on global media freedom and our concern for public media in Tonga