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One year ago, Tunisian president Zine el Abidine ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia, resigned his position, and Tunisia embarked upon its transition to a new political structure. The “Arab...

I recently witnessed/observed first-hand the challenges facing media reform in Serbia, and indeed, in most of the countries where IREX works.

Jocelyn Grange, a media consultant working for IREX in Chad, writes about two community radio stations and the dedicated journalists...

Forty-three years ago today, IREX was created to help advance exchanges, not just of people, but of ideas. As we celebrate IREX’s founding, we honor its original charge by continuing to...

From May 1 to 3, for the first time, the United States hosted World Press Freedom Day, an event inspired by African journalists. Every day around the globe free expression is under threat....

As we approach World Press Freedom Day on May 3 and consider its theme of 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers, our thoughts naturally turn to the Middle East. Over the last four...

Posted on December 10, 2010 - Michael Mirny in Media Development

Michael Mirny, the Chief of Party of IREX's International Media Partnerships Program in Russia, offers a summary of a roundtable on old and new media in Russia at the annual AAASS convention...

Thousands of Turkish citizens hold vigil to protest Hrant Dink's murder in 2007.

If anyone with a camera, computer, or blog can be considered a journalist, does it make sense for laws to create special protections for journalists? Or, if a journalist must be someone employed...