Author: MPM
Funding Journalism in Ukraine: Ask the Oligarchs
Four large players dominate the media market in Ukraine, a country where television is the main source of news. Independent journalism is still alive and…
Impact of Covid on Journalism in the Global South
A recently published report, commissioned by Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) and authored by Damian Radcliffe, looks at the impact of COVID-19 crisis on journalism in…
Victoria Prentis
The Idiot of the Week honor is going to Victoria Prentis, a British Conservative politician who serves as the fisheries minister in the current UK…
Journalism After Covid: What Will Be Left of It?
Since the start of the pandemic crisis, in the U.S., “at least 21 local newspapers have merged, at least 1,400 newsroom staffers have been permanently…
Jerome Riviere
All French people were supposed to hunker down in their homes last month as the country was under strict lockdown. Some of them though chose…
When Reporting Facts Lands You in Trouble
A new UNESCO report describes the increasingly captured environment independent journalists work in. With a pandemic ravaging the planet and mad politicians at the helm…
Idiot of the Week: Josh Hawley
The clinched-fist salute to the rioters supporting American President Donald Trump won Josh Hawley our Idiot of the Week title. Mr Hawley, a Republican Senator…
Who Funds Journalism in Italy?
Advertising is the most important source of income in the Italian news media market, where television is still the most popular platform, dominated by two…
Idiot of the Week: Douglas Ross
MP Douglas Ross beat off competition to win the Idiot of the Week title. Within hours only of becoming the Scottish Tory leader on August…
Serbia Investigates Media Organizations, TikTok Videos Land Egyptian Women in Prison
While Covid-19 takes all the headlines, deals are made and laws are passed, with hardly anyone noticing. Many will change our lives for years or…