What if one of the most overlooked investments in climate action is independent journalism? 📰🌱 Our new op-ed in Alliance Magazine argues that trusted, local reporting helps people understand climate risks, scrutinise decisions & ensure climate solutions work for communities. 🔗 bit.ly/4bGLYOk

Why independent journalism should matter to climate philanthropy - Alliance magazine

Reliable reporting and accessible, accurate information is foundational to our ability to address climate change. Climate change is often framed as a challenge to be solved through science, technology...

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Today, we’ve joined over 20 organisations to urge the UK Government to protect children online without making the internet less secure by restricting VPNs 🛜 Child safety and digital security aren’t competing objectives – we need both. Read our open letter 🔗 bit.ly/4ffLXBY #SafeAndSecure

From climate reporting to AI, fact-checking to digital security, the #ConnectForPeace Festival brought together 100+ media professionals from across #CentralAsia to strengthen collaboration and build a more resilient information space 🌍🤝 Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4ycVMcA #Journalism #CARAVAN

One Story, Across Borders: Central Asian Journalists Unite to Build a More Resilient Information Space - Information Saves Lives | Internews

The sound of dombra and kobyz, traditional Kazakh instruments, echoed through the hall as more than 100 journalists, editors, fact-checkers, researchers and media innovators from across Central Asia g...

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Regional media in #Ukraine are facing a funding squeeze, staffing shortages & burnout, but also finding new ways to adapt. New research from #InternewsInternational and the Media Development Foundation explores what's changing & what's needed next. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4whOUca #MediaSupport

ХТО РОБИТИМЕ НОВИНИ ЗАВТРА? Як українські локальні редакції шукають стійкість у рік вимушеної дорослості

Дослідження команди MDF Research Lab

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During conflict and in high-surveillance environments, staying safe online isn’t optional 🆘 With @surfshark.bsky.social support, journalists gain vital protection to communicate securely, counter misinformation, and hold power to account. 📸 Surfshark 🔗 bit.ly/3S4hMpu

I'm thrilled to join @internewshq.bsky.social as Director of Paris-based Internews International and Senior Director of Programmes for Internews Europe and II. Excited to work with @meeraselva.bsky.social and team to strengthen information ecosystems and design impactful programmes around the world.

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Internews Europe & Internews International welcome @daviddieudonne.bsky.social as Director of Internews International & Snr Director of Programmes for both organisations. Bringing deep expertise in journalism, he's led impactful reporting & newsroom innovation across AI, migration & social issues.

Internews Europe & Internews International welcome @daviddieudonne.bsky.social as Director of Internews International & Snr Director of Programmes for both organisations. Bringing deep expertise in journalism, he's led impactful reporting & newsroom innovation across AI, migration & social issues.

In Central Asia, journalists & doctors are teaming up to make health info clearer & more accessible. 🩺 Read more ➡️ internews.org/blog/journal... Made possible by the European Union #HealthJournalism #Disinformation #JournalismMatters

Journalists and Doctors Team Up to Explain Evidence-Based Medicine in Central Asia - Information Saves Lives | Internews

What happens when public health systems fail to clearly explain medical risks, treatment standards, and epidemic preparedness? In Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, a cross-border team of journalists and doct...

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❓Have a question for the team behind #FollowingTheFumes (FTF). Join our upcoming #AMA! 💨👇 Share your questions via our WhatsApp group, Google Group or DM us on social media by July 8th. On July 27th, we’ll share the panel’s responses.👀 🔗Learn more about FTF: https://loom.ly/If36SWk

Who controls information in the age of AI, & to what end? In The Quint, Internews Europe CEO @meeraselva.bsky.social & Project Kontinuum founder Branko Brkic warn that extractive tech, weak policy & political pressure are pushing journalism — and the public sphere — to the brink. bit.ly/44q8W8s

When AI Breaks the News: How We Restore Trust in a Broken Information System

We have to decide who gets to control the information infrastructure. It is unrealistic, probably undesirable, to imagine tech being removed entirely from public life. But we can and we must rethink t...

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Join us: Beyond the Climate Bubble 🌍 How do we take climate conversations beyond usual audiences into real-world action? With insights + Ben Jenkins speaking. June 22 (1 hour) Register: bit.ly/4xv8DGV

Meera Selva on how the fight for independent journalism is evolving—from Cold War barriers to today’s hostile digital space. One constant: the need to tell stories and be heard. With NordVPN, we help keep journalists safe. 👉bit.ly/4vk1o30 #PressFreedom #Journalism

In Tajikistan, fact-checkers are stepping beyond journalism with campaigns like “Nothing But the Truth,” which are helping communities question, verify, & understand what they see - reaching millions & turning awareness into action. internews.org/blog/fact-ch...

Fact-Checkers in Tajikistan Go Beyond Journalism - Information Saves Lives | Internews

Fact-checkers in Tajikistan have been verifying online content and fighting misinformation for years. But today, like their colleagues worldwide, they face a new and particularly formidable adversary:...

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Connectivity, language, trust & representation all impact access to information ℹ️ New research by our partner CFI, agence française de développement médias, highlights key barriers facing underserved communities across Africa. 📖 bit.ly/4wWrrOV This work is made possible by funding from the #EU.

5 things we learned about access to information for underserved communities in Central and Eastern Africa – and why they matter

Access to information is often treated as a question of infrastructure - connectivity, devices, bandwidth. In reality, the biggest barriers are often language, trust, geography, and representation.

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Read more about how our partnership with @surfshark.bsky.social provides 100 media organisations and civil society organisations in 9 high-risk countries with #Surfshark One subscriptions, ensuring they can provide their communities with life-saving, accurate information ℹ️ 🔗 bit.ly/4usAUvD

Surfshark partners with Internews to protect journalists and activists with free VPN access

The VPN provider has helped 100 media outlets and civil society groups in nine high-risk countries stay online

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📣 @internewshq.bsky.social is hiring a US-based Media Manager to lead and strengthen EJN’s editorial operations, support journalists across our global network, oversee grants, and help drive strategy, engagement and fundraising efforts: https://loom.ly/Y3rrO5M

Check out this new video created by our co‑implementing partner Media Development Foundation about the work of our FAIR Media Ukraine partners who work tirelessly to keep their communities in frontline areas informed 👇🎞 #WorldPressFreedomDay #JournalismUnderFire #Ukraine #WarJournalism

A statement from Internews Europe on @rightscon.org 2026.

Internews will be in Lusaka, Zambia for @unesco.bsky.social #WorldPressFreedomDay (WPFD) (4–5 May) and @rightscon.org (5–8 May) 📰🤳 We encourage attendees to join us for our WPFD side event: The Future of Media Development (5 May, 9am SAST) ➡️ bit.ly/4tIFc1N #RightsCon26 #PressFreedom #DigitalSafety

We’re launching an Individual Giving campaign in partnership with #NordVPN! 🚀 Donate just £35 to Internews today & you'll receive a NordVPN subscription, all while supporting at-risk independent media and information providers. 🔗 bit.ly/426JEvb #MediaFreedom #ImpactGiving #OnlineSafety

One Donation. Online Protection. Real Impact.

Independent journalists around the world face surveillance, harassment and cyberattacks simply for doing their job. When you donate £35 to Internews, you do two powerful things at once: 🔐 You receive

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#EUFunded doc “The Solitary String” (Zhalgyz Ishek) explores how traditional Kazakh music documented lived experience under censorship, famine and intense repression 🎞️ Read more and watch the documentary ➡️ bit.ly/48Q15ng #InformationEcosystems #LocalVoices #InformationIntegrity #CivicResilience

Kazakh ‘Küy’ Tradition Debuts in Brussels as a Testament to Historical Truth - Information Saves Lives | Internews

On 14 April 2026 Brussels’ Cinema Galeries hosted the international premiere of “The Solitary String” (Zhalgyz Ishek), a documentary that explores the role of traditional music as a vessel for histori...

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Media resilience depends on coordinated investment in people, institutions, economic sustainability & enabling policy environments, grounded in local realities & collaborative practice 📰📲 Read more in #EUFunded AGILE: 2025 in Review 👇 bit.ly/4u3y4ww #IndependentMedia #MediaSupport

AGILE: 2025 in Review - Information Saves Lives | Internews

Across many regions of the world, the space for independent journalism is shrinking. Journalists face growing repression, economic precarity, and rapid technological change, while democratic instituti...

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📌 From Congo to Syria and Ukraine, disinformation spreads faster through unregulated platforms and AI-generated content. This panel explores how fact-checkers in conflict zones develop innovative methods to verify information and reach hard-to-access audiences.

📌 Nearly five years into Taliban rule, Afghan women face systematic repression while journalists work under extreme constraints. This panel brings together reporters documenting the country to explore how journalism persists despite censorship, danger and exile.

What a great list of contributions to the @journalismfestival.com program. Looking forward to seeing you at the launch of our 2026 State of Media Development Report! Registration for the aperitivo is still open: www.eventmanager-online.com/en/event/lau...

An article by our partner New Reporter KZ explores how Oilon! (“Think!” in Kyrgyz) — a new independent media project launched by renowned Kyrgyz journalist Makhinur Niyazova — is helping audiences understand how propaganda and manipulation work 💭 🔗 bit.ly/41qNJd6 #Disinformation #MediaLiteracy

"Oilon!" Why Critical Thinking in Kyrgyzstan is More Important Now Than Ever - Information Saves Lives | Internews

“The stomach is smarter than the brain because it knows how to vomit. The brain, however, swallows any old junk”—this phrase is often attributed to Chingiz Aitmatov, and it has practically become the ...

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Join us in Perugia next week for @journalismfestival.com! 🤳📰 Details on our sessions below 👇 #IJF26 #MediaSupport #MediaInConflict #GenderApartheid #WomenInJournalism #WarJournalism #MediaInCrisis

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Internews is pleased to be at #IJF26 once again! 📰🤳 @meeraselva.bsky.social will moderate 2x timely main-session panels on #Disinformation in #Conflict + #Reporting under #GenderApartheid ➡️ bit.ly/4dTugJo & we will host a side-session panel on #Media and #Elections in Moldova 👉 bit.ly/4dnm97L

Internews is pleased to be at #IJF26 once again! 📰🤳 @meeraselva.bsky.social will moderate 2x timely main-session panels on #Disinformation in #Conflict + #Reporting under #GenderApartheid ➡️ bit.ly/4dTugJo & we will host a side-session panel on #Media and #Elections in Moldova 👉 bit.ly/4dnm97L

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Meera Selva is CEO of Internews Europe, a not-for-profit organisation which supports independent media and information ecosystems in over 40 countries. She is an experienced journalist who has reporte...

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What happens to the global information ecosystem when major donor support for independent media disappears overnight? ℹ️ A new @mondiaalnieuws.bsky.social analysis explores this question with insights from @meeraselva.bsky.social, CEO of Internews Europe. 🔗 Read in Dutch: bit.ly/4smDv8R

‘Je kunt een verhaal over corruptie niet verkopen zoals een kopje koffie’ – MO*

Met de ontbinding van USAID werd ook de steun voor onafhankelijke journalisten en mediaorganisaties opgeblazen.

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@earthjournalism.bsky.social #EarthShorts is strengthening #ClimateCommunication where it matters most: on the platforms young people trust 📲🌳 Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4lTfnJ1 Check out some of the amazing content! 👇 #EnvironmentalJournalism #SocialMediaCreators #ClimateAction