The World Bank-Annenberg Summer Institute 2016 in Reform Communication: Leadership, Strategy and Stakeholder Alignment, a 10-day program to be held at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles from May 23 to June 3, 2016, is accepting applications from interested candidates. The…
The second edition of UNESCO’s report on World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development was launched in an academic seminar at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Høgskolen i Oslo og Aker shus (HiOA) in Norway.…
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) in conjunction with the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) have launched a special Women’s Reporting Point to address the growing threats facing women journalists in the online and offline world in…
The Web We Want and the Alliance for Affordable Internet are forming a network of activists across Africa and international experts who will campaign together for more affordable Internet access in Africa. Tagged FASTAfrica, where FAST means Fast, Affordable, Safe,…
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the world’s first Freedom of Information law which was passed in 1766 and covered both Sweden and Finland at the time, a sestercentennial symposium is being organised by the Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles,…
UNESCO and the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights are calling on operators of the justice systems in Latin America, particularly judges, to register for the massive open online course (MOOC) on issues…
The PEN International/New Voices Award has called for submissions for its 2016 edition. The award is open to young writers unpublished writers aged 18-30 who must be nominated by their local PEN Centre as PEN International cannot receive entries directly from candidates.…
The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) released a report on the survey of journalist security in the digital world highlighting the effects of the advent of the digital world on journalism. The survey was carried out among journalists around…
The Frivolous petition Bill sponsored by Honourable Bala Ibn Na’Allah will continue to be a conversation among Nigerians until it is either passed into law or rejected. However Nigerians are not sitting with their arms folded waiting for nature to…
By Our Reporter The Director-General, National Agency for the Great Green Wall, Ahmed Goni, has said that 43 per cent of Nigeria’s land mass is threatened by desertification. Goni stated this at the first stakeholders’ meeting on the implementation of…
