IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media

🎤 Meet the first #IPIWoCo25 confirmed speakers! 🟡 See @JosephEStiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist and public intellectual, alongside bold changemakers and newsroom leaders, Oct 23-25 in Vienna. Get early bird ticket till May 1: buff.ly/BzfJU87 More speakers 👇

📢 The first Local News Accelerator info session is already next Monday! Make sure to sign up to have all your application questions out of the way. Register 🗓️ July 28, 15:00 [CEST]: buff.ly/IF4Aduq

📣 Kayıt olmak için son 10 gün! 🔦 Bilgi edinme hakkını etkili kullanma, reddedilen başvurularda izlenecek yollar, deneyim paylaşımları ve daha fazlası için 2 Ağustos'taki online atölyeye davetlisiniz. 📋 Detaylar ve kayıt için: buff.ly/Ud4mdln

Join us for this hybrid event on July 24 to deliberate on climate disinformation & the role of the media. This event is part of several initiatives being undertaken by IPI & partners ahead of the M20 summit. Follow the link for registration details. buff.ly/Uq5q2Og

United States: IPI expresses alarm over the cancellation of $1.1 billion budgeted for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds U.S. public broadcasters #NPR and #PBS, posing the greatest threat to local and rural news stations. Full statement: buff.ly/JsCgVzw

Following the recent Africa Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in Nairobi, Kenya, IPI calls on Ministers to recognize climate and environmental journalism as a critical component of national and international climate action strategies. buff.ly/Me9Ik5S

🇬🇪#Georgia: Authorities’ decision to seize bank accounts of independent media Gazeti Batumelebi & Netgazeti ahead of the verdict in trial of their co-founder #MziaAmaghlobeli is another clear front in the authoritarian campaign of pressure against them👇 buff.ly/4zlwXPg

🇭🇺#Hungary: IPI welcomes news of the arrest by law enforcement of an individual in Budapest suspected of carrying out powerful DDoS cyberattacks against the website of IPI & multiple independent news outlets in Hungary in 2023 and 2024. More info👇 buff.ly/KRBK66J

🇪🇺#EU: Following publication of EU Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report, IPI joins our partners in @MediaFreedomEU in calling on the EU to act on the alarming findings to bolster its defence of #mediafreedom & independent journalism across the bloc. buff.ly/EgvO5tr

🇹🇷 Join us on 28 July for a webinar on state-backed attacks against Leman magazine, and what they reveal about press freedom in Turkey: mfrr.eu/satire-on-tria… This isn’t about one @lemandergisi's cartoon. It’s about intolerance for dissent and satire under authoritarian rule.

United States: IPI welcomes the temporary restraining order issued by a U.S. court barring the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from undertaking a range of actions limiting the press’s right to report. Full statement: buff.ly/RzFWXQf

🎉 Registration OPEN for UNCOVERED, the annual conference of the #IJ4EU fund! ⚠️ No reg. fee, but places are limited. ➡️ Register today and see you in Athens! 👉 Taking place on Sept. 25, this year’s event will be hosted by the @iMEdD_org. buff.ly/ZK25QW5

🇬🇷#Greece: Despite some positive reforms in recent years, far greater urgency is still needed by Greek authorities in improving the overall climate for #mediafreedom. IPI has joined an open letter to PM Mitsotakis outlining reforms required. Full letter👇 buff.ly/IrNULRB