Theories of American Media Failure: A Post-Election Map

8 years ago

Everybody agrees that media helped, to a great extent, make Trump president. So what went wrong? The week after election…

Internet Is Censored in Two-Thirds of the World

8 years ago

Many believe the Internet equals freedom of information. Recently, that has been less and less the case. Maung Saung Kha,…

Turkish Media: From Bad to Worse

8 years ago

After a decade of manipulations that ensure a cozy relationship between the press and the president, Erdogan is now overseeing…

Media Diet in Ukraine: Russian Social Media and Oligarch-Owned TV

8 years ago

Ukrainians trust Russian media less and are more aware than ever of who controls their local media. However, they still…

Is Donor Funding Bad for Journalism?

8 years ago

Funding from donors in the media has grown significantly during the past decade or so. Journalists welcome the charity. But…

Hungary’s Main Opposition Newspaper Shut Down

8 years ago

Nepszabadsag’s publisher, Mediaworks announced that it has suspended the paper’s operations. This is arguably the biggest event in Hungary’s media…

EU Helps Romanian Intelligence Agency to Officially Become Big Brother

8 years ago

Thanks to a generous EU grant, Romania’s controversial intelligence agency is mingling stocks of databases from the country’s public institutions…

The Cuban Lesson: If You Want Free Access to Media, Use Hackers

8 years ago

Bad internet connections, pricey internet packages, censorship, suppressed freedom of expression and content blocking: this is Cuba. How come, then,…

Catalin Tolontan: How a Romanian Sports Reporter Turned Into a Bold Muckraker

8 years ago

For Romanian-born Catalin Tolontan, the principle that has guided his journalistic work for the past 15 years has been to…

Subtly Silenced by the Hungarian Government

8 years ago

The editor in chief of Budapest Business Journal is leaving the newspaper. Here, he explains why. Along with passing a…