IWPR's Frontline Update - World Press Freedom Day
3 May 2020
IWPR's Frontline Updates – unique insights from our network of local reporters and updates from our programmes.
Fighting the Misinformation Pandemic
Why free and fair journalism is also a key part of the battle against coronavirus.
Anthony Borden
IWPR FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Around the world, we clang our pots and pans in unison to express our gratitude for the health workers saving our lives. Where would we be without them? And we express thanks to the shopkeepers, delivery personnel and other service providers who allow us to endure, week by week, keeping the lights on and food on our tables.
So, on World Press Freedom Day, it is right that we pause to give thanks to another set of ‘key workers’ – often unheralded if not vilified, but without whom we also could not survive: journalists.
"The pandemic is a crisis of health and of public policy, and increasingly of economics and finance. But it is also a crisis of information."
Moldovan Media Angry Over Covid-19 Restrictions
Fears that state is using emergency to limit press freedom.
Central Asian Media Struggles with Covid-19 Quarantine
Reporters face government smokescreens, nationwide closures and “insane” stress levels.
Georgia's Polarised Media Landscape
Political groupings still maintain a tight hold on the country’s broadcast scene.
Fighting Fake News in Ukraine
Survey shows that ability to identify misinformation remains poor.
How Central Asia Gets Its News
Ground-breaking IWPR research shows how access to information is changing.
Why Did Cuba Jail This Journalist?
Rights defenders say that unusually harsh punishment reflects wider troubles for Havana regime.
Under A Watchful Eye: Cyber Surveillance in Cuba
Public access to the internet has increased, but the state remains vigilant.
Telling the Stories of Syrian Women
From stay-at-home mother to fearless reporter.
