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The sustainability and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on media houses in Uganda and Ethiopia

By Gerald Walulya and Mulatu Alemayehu Moges Abstract. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented economic challenges globally across various sectors, including the media. The economic effects of the pandemic, particularly, have hit the advertising sector, which is the lifeblood of media houses. Despite the raging economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the media, few […]

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Threats that Silence: Violence against women journalists  

By Theresa Chorbacher, Kate Musgrave, Rachel Pollack Insights from the World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: Global Report 2021/2022 In recent years, civil society, researchers, and international bodies have increasingly recognized the extent and impact of violence against women journalists—offline and online, verbal, visual and physical.  Many women journalists report suffering physical […]

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Journalists are facing growing levels of surveillance designed to discredit both them and their sources
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Special Report: Press freedom under digital siege

Journalists the world over face increasing digital surveillance used to hamper press freedom, promote misinformation or discredit their work. Press freedom, already in decline for 85 per cent of the world’s population, is under digital siege. New digital business models, the development of surveillance technologies, the transparency of internet companies, and large-scale data collection and […]

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