Engagement Impact News5. May 2021WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2021On May 3 2021 GFMD celebrated World Press Freedom Day – a globally important date of recognition for media professionals,…
Engagement29. April 2021THE DYNAMIC COALITION HUB: FOR PUBLIC INTEREST JOURNALISM RESEARCH AND INSIGHTSAhead of World Press Freedom Day 2021, read some recent highlights of the conversations from within the Dynamic Coalition on…
Engagement9. April 2021MEDIA’S ROLE IN COUNTERING GENDER STEREOTYPINGOn March 25, GFMD hosted an NGO parallel event at the 65th Commission at the Status of Women together with…
Engagement29. March 2021JOINT STATEMENT ON THE NEED TO COMBAT SLAPPSOn 25 March, GFMD has joined 104 organisations in a Statement calling on the Council of Europe to act on…
Engagement25. March 2021GFMD HAS JOINED AN OPEN LETTER AGAINST THE #TERREG PROPOSALOn 25 March, GFMD has joined more than 60 human rights organisations and journalist federations in an open letter urging the…
Engagement9. March 2021CALL FOR EUROPEAN UNION TO ACT ON MEDIA FREEDOM SITUATION IN POLAND, HUNGARY, AND SLOVENIAIn advance of a European Parliament debate on efforts by governments to silence free media in Europe, GFMD has joined…
Knowledge sharing1. March 2021GFMD LAUNCHES NETWORK ANALYSIS STUDYOn March 01, GFMD launched its second network analysis study with the aim of better understanding our network, examining the…
Engagement26. February 2021GFMD JOINS CALL FOR EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO ADDRESS MEDIA MARKET DISTORTION IN HUNGARYGFMD has joined a group of 15 press freedom, journalism support, and media development organisations to once again call on…
Engagement12. February 2021MEDIA DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS VOICE SUPPORT FOR JOURNALISTS IN MYANMARThe Global Forum for Media Development has issued a statement reaffirming its ongoing support to Myanmar’s journalists, newsrooms, and media…
Knowledge sharing3. February 2021#HOLDTHELINE COALITION SOUNDS ALARM AT THE ESCALATING PROSECUTION OF MARIA RESSAThis week alone, Maria Ressa is required to appear in court in the Philippines on three separate dates. Ahead of…
Engagement2. February 2021JOINT STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF EROL ÖNDEROĞLUOn 3 February, Erol Önderoğlu – Turkey's representative to Reporters Without Borders – will stand trial on charges of "propaganda…
Engagement11. January 2021A MARSHALL PLAN FOR JOURNALISM?The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a further blow to the media sector, already ailing, slashing revenues and causing job losses…
Engagement8. December 2020GFMD HIGHLIGHTS SUSTAINABILITY AT WORLD PRESS FREEDOM CONFERENCE 2020This year’s virtual World Press Freedom Conference (WPFC) is taking place online from 9-10 December 2020, and GFMD is taking…
Engagement7. December 2020PRESS RELEASE: GFMD RESPONSE TO EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY ACTION PLAN (EDAP)GFMD welcomes the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP) as an important step in recognising the challenges faced by the media…
Engagement Knowledge sharing7. December 2020#HOLDTHELINE COALITION CALLS FOR THE 2ND AND 3RD CYBER LIBEL CHARGES AGAINST MARIA RESSA TO BE DROPPEDThe #HoldTheLine Coalition, a collective of 78 civil society and journalism organisations, demands the Philippines authorities drop the thirds cyber libel…