AIB media industry news desk
Media Freedom Coalition Statement on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Assault on Media Freedom
The global Media Freedom Coalition issued the following statement on 10 March 2022. The undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition strongly...
Belarus: Director General Limbourg denounces classification of DW as ‘extremist’
On Wednesday 9 March, Belarusian authorities classified the Telegram channel of DW Belarus, information services and Deutsche Welle (DW) as...
NHK WORLD-JAPAN’s English TV broadcasts go dark in Russia
NHK’s international English language television service, NHK WORLD-JAPAN, has been off the air in Russia since early morning on March 8th, 2022,...
AIB announces Masterclass for launch of 2022 journalism & factual competition
As we prepare to launch the 2022 AIBs, we are holding an online Masterclass that brings together a number of winners and finalists from previous...
DW locates Moscow bureau to Latvia
Deutsche Welle (DW) is relocating the journalistic operations that were based in Moscow to Latvia following the closure of its Moscow studio and the...
BBC increases access to news on Ukraine and Russia
BBC News is increasing access to its independent journalism on the invasion of Ukraine. From today it will make a daily half hour news bulletin...
Second Ukraine TV tower hit; channels off the air
Reports from Ukraine say that the Russian invasion has targeted a second TV transmission tower. The TV tower in Kharkiv is reported to have been...
RFE/RL suspends operations in Russia
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has suspended its operations in Russia after local tax authorities initiated bankruptcy proceedings against...
USAGM condemns Kremlin’s increasing censorship and responds to surge in demand for reporting from its networks
Despite the Russian government’s attempted censorship of Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), there has been a surge...