The International Centre forJournalists (ICFJ) and the Hold the Line coalition confirm that Nobel laureate and journalist Maria Ressa has been acquitted of financial fraud. The charge threatened to land her in jail for a decade and was a threat to freedom of speech in the Philippines and around the world. In a press release… Continue reading ICFJ celebrates acquittal of Nobel laureate Maria Ressa; looks to Supreme Court decision
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This year´s rig on press freedom completed
HiOA’s first year journalism students have just finished this year´s online Rig on press freedom.The Rig is a multimedia workshop, created and carried out by MEKK members Elsebeth Frey and Solveig Steien, where students produce online stories about the current state of press freedom in different countries around the world. This year they examined Ethiopia,… Continue reading This year´s rig on press freedom completed