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Internews is an int'l nonprofit supporting independent media worldwide.

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In places where truth is under attack, secure communication is everything 🛜

Thanks to #NordSecurity, Internews partners in 6 countries are bypassing censorship and keeping communities informed.

This tech is more than a product: it’s protection.

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#MediaSecurity #TechForGood
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November 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Our Europe CEO @meeraselva.bsky.social writes in @globalvoices.org about how Sudan’s once promising nascent journalism scene is being dismantled ⛓️‍💥

“Investing in resilient media ecosystems is not a luxury; it is a necessity. It is a prerequisite for peace and justice.”

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#Media
Journalism is the oxygen of democracy: How Sudan’s information crisis reflects a global reality
When reporters are silenced, communities lose more than news — they lose safety and dignity. Sudan’s media crisis shows why journalism everywhere is a lifeline.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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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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October 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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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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October 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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🚨 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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October 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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📰 🔔 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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October 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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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 📰📱

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#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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September 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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🚨 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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September 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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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 📉

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#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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September 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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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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September 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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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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September 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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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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September 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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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! ⬆️

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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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July 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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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
July 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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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' 👇

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July 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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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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July 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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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 👂

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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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July 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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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.

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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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July 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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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
July 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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No human rights or democracy without a free press #humanrights #journalism #HRD
June 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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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/
June 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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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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June 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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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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June 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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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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June 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM