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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · 7h

Jeanne Bourgault, US CEO and President of the Alliance, joined a powerful conversation last week hosted by @pmnch.bsky.social on how journalism can better serve global health equity 🌍🩺

For practical tools on creating impact and boosting public understanding of #WCAH 👉 bit.ly/4oibvRW

Elevating Coverage of Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health for Media Representatives

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · 1d

Internews Europe is inviting applications from qualified evaluators to conduct the final evaluation of the project “Support for Ukrainian Media Survival (SUMS)”, a multi-year initiative funded by Sweden.

Apply here 👉 bit.ly/4nRFTCX

#jobs #Ukraine #evaluators #media

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Big news for Ukraine’s media!

FAIR Media Ukraine has just launched: a €3m EU-funded project, led by Internews & the Media Development Foundation, to support frontline & investigative journalism.

🔗 bit.ly/3KRsSKW

#Ukraine #MediaFreedom #EU #JournalismMatters

New EU-funded independent frontline and investigative journalism project launches in Ukraine - Information Saves Lives | Internews

KYIV, UKRAINE (10 October 2025) – A new European Union-funded initiative, the Frontline and Investigative Reporting Media in Ukraine (FAIR Media Ukraine)project, has launched to strengthen independent...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · 2d

📰 🔔 Journalism is democracy’s early warning system.
The new @civitates.bsky.social report shows how pooled funding can protect it.

At Internews, we’re proud to align with this vision through our new programme model and projects like AGILE.

🔗 bit.ly/4oeFWIB

#MediaResilience #CivicSpace

Beyond the Headlines - The compelling case for more philanthropic funding for independent media - Civitates

Civitates has released 'Beyond the Headlines' - a new report making the case for why independent media urgently needs more philanthropic support.

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · 20d

Insightful reporting by @shafimusaddique.bsky.social for Alliance Magazine on the shrinking of both private and state funding for journalism and media, as described in our 'Crisis in Journalism' report 📰📱

🔗 bit.ly/4mzsBcM

#philanthropy #funding #media #journalism

Global Press to shut down after 20 years, citing 'out of reach' philanthropic support - Alliance magazine

A major journalism house dedicated to training women journalists is to shut down at the end of 2025, citing the collapse of philanthropic support. Global Press, first formed in 2006, trained and empl...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 New blog: How Internews & its partners harness AI responsibly - protecting the truth, supporting media, and keeping communities informed.

Read how ➡️ bit.ly/3VoteL5

#AI #Philippines #disinformation #media #hackathon #LLM

Fighting Fire With Fire – AI and Disinformation - Information Saves Lives | Internews

By Rafiq Copeland, Senior Technical Advisor at Internews With one of the highest rates of social media use in the world, the Philippines has become known as ‘patient zero’ in the fight against online ...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Sep 15

A new blog by our colleague @andrewfordlyons.net on the incredible work of Internews’ Global Technology Hub (GTH) and the human cost of the fragility of the digital freedom ecosystem 📉

🔗 bit.ly/4gxY260

#DigitalRights #technologysolutions #DigitalSafety

When the Digital Safety Net Collapses — Lessons from the Global Technology Hub - Information Saves Lives | Internews

By Andrew Ford Lyons, Director of the Global Technology Hub The story of Internews’ Global Technology Hub (GTH) is, in many ways, the story of what happened across the wider digital freedom community ...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Sep 15

Internews is inviting applications from qualified teams of experts or organisations to conduct the final evaluation of the regional project titled “Cultivating Audience Resilience through Amplification of Vibrant and Authentic Narratives (CARAVAN).”

Apply today! bit.ly/46k1UCF

#CentralAsia #jobs

Call for applications: Final evaluation of the CARAVAN Project - Information Saves Lives | Internews

Internews is inviting applications from qualified teams of experts or organisations to conduct the final evaluation of the regional project titled “Cultivating Audience Resilience through Amplificatio...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Sep 11

Vital points were raised at the @ec.europa.eu 2025 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen yesterday about the urgent need to support independent journalism and media literacy ℹ️

A transcript of the President's address is available ➡️ bit.ly/42oaLlJ

#mediafreedom #medialiteracy

2025 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen

President von der Leyen delivered the first State of the Union Address of the 2024-2029 Commission. \n

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Sep 1

Great piece by our colleague @andrewfordlyons.net on the global impact of U.S. Government funding cuts on journalism and internet freedom ℹ️👇 internews.org/blog/the-glo...

The Global Impact of U.S. Funding Cuts on Journalism and Internet Freedom - Information Saves Lives | Internews

By Andrew Ford Lyons, Director of the Global Technology Hub Media support and internet freedom have always been fellow travellers. The internet isn’t as useful without fact-based, independent news an...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Jul 30

Flexible, strategic, & rapid funding to protect independent media is an obligation for any donor committed to democratic values and human dignity 💡

Read our latest piece on why, as governments retreat, philanthropy must step up! ⬆️

🔗 bit.ly/46ttBLc

Philanthropy Must Step Up To Save Independent Media - Information Saves Lives | Internews

In January this year, the US Government suspended almost all foreign assistance, slashing $150 million annually from global independent media funding. To some, this may sound like a geopolitical budge...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Jul 18

We're so proud of @lpostcollective.bsky.social and its partners as they launch the Immigrant News Coalition! 🚀

This powerful peer-ed collaboration will strengthen immigrant-centered journalism and build sustainable models for the future.

More on the initiative 👉 bit.ly/46ngbjX

Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Jul 17

The recent U.S. Government funding cuts are threatening the survival of hundreds of community radio stations and independent media outlets across Sub-Saharan Africa 📻🗞️

More on this from our latest report 'Crisis in Journalism' 👇

🔗 bit.ly/3TLerte

Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Jul 14

Great write-up in Alliance Magazine of our new report 'Crisis in Journalism' - the first deep dive into the consequences for media of the 2025 U.S. executive order suspending most foreign assistance 📉

Read the article 👉 bit.ly/452KOtG

🔗 Read the report bit.ly/4lW4m8U

USAID journalism funds to disappear ‘potentially for good’, study warns - Alliance magazine

USAID cuts have wreaked havoc on media and journalism. So much so, ‘the vast majority of this funding will disappear – potentially for good,’ from 2025 and beyond. That’s the stark warning from a fir...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Jul 14

Inspired by Internews' @lpostcollective.bsky.social, which mentors and provides grants to outlets serving communities with low civic engagement, discover how an immigrant-facing nonprofit newsroom @documentedny.bsky.social is revolutionizing media by listening to those they serve 👂

🔗 bit.ly/46e62Gd

A Newsroom That Listens (SSIR)

Documented, an immigrant-facing nonprofit newsroom, shares the creative and innovative ways they've gone about reaching underserved communities.

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Jul 9

When journalism disappears, so does democracy ⚖️

Cuts to U.S media and aid have left newsrooms dark & opened doors to authoritarian influence.

Read Internews Europe CEO @meeraselva.bsky.social piece in www.thenewhumanitarian.org on the impact of cuts and what can be done.

👉https://bit.ly/4eEnOEB

When journalism disappears, so does democracy

With some outlets closing due to funding cuts and others under pressure from rising authoritarianism, guardrails and financing are desperately needed.

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Jul 4

Five key takeaways from our report 'Crisis in Journalism: The Impact of the US Government Funding Cuts on Global Media', produced with @bbcmediaaction.bsky.social and @freepressunlimited.org and supported by ‬‪@ec.europa.eu‬ DG INTPA 👇

Read the report ➡️ bit.ly/4nq46R2

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Sarah Wraight @sarahwraight.bsky.social · Jun 26

No human rights or democracy without a free press #humanrights #journalism #HRD

Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Jun 26

New Internews Europe, @bbcmediaaction.bsky.social ‬and @freepressunlimited.org ‬report, co-produced with three media development consortia under @ec.europa.eu Thematic Framework Partnership for Human Rights and Democracy, highlights the global fallout of USG cuts to media 📰

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New Report Reveals Global Fallout from U.S. Government Funding Cuts - Information Saves Lives | Internews

Independent media outlets worldwide shutter operations as $150M in annual support disappears. LONDON/WASHINGTON, D.C. — Independent media outlets around the world are facing an unprecedented crisis, a...

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Rafiq @rafiqcopeland.bsky.social · Jun 26

Here is a report I led on the impacts of US government funding cuts on independent media around the world. In countries like Sudan, or Myanmar, or DRC, or Colombia, US funding by supported vital journalism. That’s all gone now thanks to the cuts to USAID and State Department. 1/

Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Jun 26

New Internews Europe, @bbcmediaaction.bsky.social ‬and @freepressunlimited.org ‬report, co-produced with three media development consortia under @ec.europa.eu Thematic Framework Partnership for Human Rights and Democracy, highlights the global fallout of USG cuts to media 📰

🔗 bit.ly/4nq46R2

New Report Reveals Global Fallout from U.S. Government Funding Cuts - Information Saves Lives | Internews

Independent media outlets worldwide shutter operations as $150M in annual support disappears. LONDON/WASHINGTON, D.C. — Independent media outlets around the world are facing an unprecedented crisis, a...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Jun 26

New Internews Europe, @bbcmediaaction.bsky.social ‬and @freepressunlimited.org ‬report, co-produced with three media development consortia under @ec.europa.eu Thematic Framework Partnership for Human Rights and Democracy, highlights the global fallout of USG cuts to media 📰

🔗 bit.ly/4nq46R2

New Report Reveals Global Fallout from U.S. Government Funding Cuts - Information Saves Lives | Internews

Independent media outlets worldwide shutter operations as $150M in annual support disappears. LONDON/WASHINGTON, D.C. — Independent media outlets around the world are facing an unprecedented crisis, a...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Jun 5

Internews is thrilled to announce the launch of the Business & Climate Media Initiative to support climate reporting by 200+ business journalists in Asia 🌳🌏

The project will provide journalists with the resources to report on climate financing and just transitions.

More details 👉 bit.ly/4mJIoHr

Internews Launches New Climate Reporting Initiative in Asia - Information Saves Lives | Internews

London, 5 June 2025 – Internews is delighted to announce the launch of an innovative climate and business reporting project in Asia with the support of Laudes Foundation. The project will enable Inter...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · Jun 4

Join us in congratulating our colleagues Isabelle Schläpfer & Rosie Parkyn on their chapter in the new book 'Don't Shoot the Journalists' 🎉

Their essay “Flight and Fight” highlights the stories, struggles, & resilience of journalists working in exile 📰

Read the chapter in full 👉 bit.ly/45GI0TM

Internews in Print: Supporting Exiled Journalism in a Hostile World - Information Saves Lives | Internews

Internews is excited to share that our colleagues, Isabelle Schläpfer and Rosie Parkyn, have contributed a powerful chapter to the new book Don’t Shoot the Journalists, edited by Peter Laufer and publ...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · May 23

@ec.europa.eu FPI, Internews Europe & partners are pleased to unveil the preliminary findings of the pilot study “Tracking Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) Online: Findings from Kyrgyzstan”, funded by the EU through the CARAVAN project ℹ️🌀

Executive summary 👉 bit.ly/43RlipJ

Understanding and Countering Information Manipulation in Central Asia: New Research Highlights FIMI Trends in Kyrgyzstan - Information Saves Lives | Internews

Brussels, 23 May 2025 – On 21 May 2025, the European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, Internews Europe and its partners unveiled the preliminary findings of the pilot study “Tracki...

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Internews @internewshq.bsky.social · May 6

For independent media to survive, the industry needs solidarity & innovation 💡

Amazing panel yesterday at WAN-IFRA's World News Media Congress 2025 in Krakow moderated by Internews Europe CEO @meeraselva.bsky.social with panelists @postbaron.bsky.social Ladina Heimgartner & @juliaangwin.com 💬

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