David Mass

In East Africa, Kenya has stood out for its relative peace and prosperity. For over three decades, it has enjoyed multi-party democracy, and largely avoided conflict and war.

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From Argentina, where a far right libertarian candidate has emerged as the frontrunner in the general election this fall, to Mexico, India and the U.S. in 2024, the results of pivotal upcoming elections will have implications for democratic norms globally. As the campaigns ramp up, so too will disinformation seeking to deceive voters.

Assassinar jornalistas pode custar caro. Pode atrair atenção demais. Ser criativo com a lei para fazer jornalistas desaparecerem e interromper o trabalho deles, nem tanto. Hoje, cada vez mais, autocratas como Alejandro Giammattei, na Guatemala, tiram proveito de medidas legais para reprimir a mídia independente. Isso dá a eles uma aparente cobertura que outras medidas mais linha-dura não poderiam oferecer.

Assassinating journalists can be costly. It can attract too much attention. Getting creative with the law to make journalists disappear and grind their reporting to a halt: less so. Today, more and more, autocrats like Guatemala’s Alejandro Giammattei leverage legal measures to suppress independent media. It provides themselves a semblance of cover that other hardline measures might not otherwise offer.

Maria Ressa’s recent acquittal of four tax charges, after five years of legal harassment led by the State, represents a rare victory for press freedom in the Philippines.

Scientists have warned for years of the consequences that human pollution, and our warming planet

Carlos Dada never wanted to be the story.

Newsrooms must do more to protect women journalists who experience online violence, urges new research released by ICFJ and UNESCO for World Press Freedom Day. 

In December, two journalists won the Nobel Peace Prize for the first time since before World War II.

If not for Czech investigative journalist Pavla Holcová, the world might not know the true extent of ties between the Italian mafia and the Slovak government, or who was allegedly behind the murder of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancee. We certainly wouldn’t know enough.

Online violence against women journalists is on the rise and intensified by racism, religious bigotry and homophobia, among other forms of discrimination, new research produced by ICFJ for UNESCO shows.

Content warning: This article includes graphic content that illustrates the severity of online violence against women, including references to sexual violence and gendered profanities. This content is not included gratuitously. It is essential to enable the analysis of the types, methods and patterns of attacks against Maria Ressa.

You may have heard about the groundbreaking Panama Papers investigation, which exposed how some o

More than 5 million Venezuelans have

A day after a violent mob of extremists descended on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. attempting to disrupt the country’s democratic transition of power, it’s important that journalists help their audiences process and understand what transpired. 

Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa faces new criminal charges for cyber libel — this time over a tweeted screenshot of an article published almost 20 years ago. This latest charge, condemned yet again by press freedom, civil society and journalism organizations around the world, comes less than six months after Ressa and her colleague Reynaldo Santos, Jr. were found guilty of criminal cyber libel over a typo in a 2012 article.

Learn to interpret financial records, code and collaborate — it’s how you’ll expose corruption, uncover transnational crime and hold world leaders to account, if investigative journalist Roman Anin’s reporting career in Russia is any indication.