Promotional card for the International Journalism Festival 2026 (XX Edition, Free Entry), Perugia, Italy, 15–18 April. Session: "Cutting Through the Noise: Using Innovation to Fight Disinformation in Conflicts." Speakers: Ange Adihe Kasongo, Ahmad Primo, Dmytro Raiskyi, Meera Selva. Thursday 16 April. #ijf26. Website: journalismfestival.com.

📌 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.

Promotional card for the International Journalism Festival 2026 (XX Edition, Free Entry), Perugia, Italy, 15–18 April. Session: "Reporting During Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan." Speakers: Zahra Joya, Alex Crawford, Amie Ferris-Rotman, Meera Selva. Saturday 18 April. #ijf26. Website: journalismfestival.com.

📌 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...

"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 ...

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

Join us in Perugia next week for @journalismfestival.com! 🤳📰

Details on our sessions below 👇

#IJF26 #MediaSupport #MediaInConflict #GenderApartheid #WomenInJournalism #WarJournalism #MediaInCrisis

Meera Selva 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...

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

‘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.

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

@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

📢 New research from Internews partner FLED shows how exile has become a permanent reality for many journalists in #LatinAmerica and is a clear sign of democratic decline.

Yet despite violence, repression, and precarity, they continue reporting.

🔗 bit.ly/4cXUkTt

#PressFreedom #MediaInExile

Surfshark & Internews on digital threats facing journalists Internews expert Al Walid Chennoufi explains how journalists face surveillance, shutdowns, and cyberthreats — and how tools and partnerships, including Surfshark, help strengthen digital resilience.

In a new interview with our corporate partner @surfshark.bsky.social, Internews Global Tech Hub Manager Al Walid Chennoufi discusses how journalists working in unstable or heavily monitored environments face growing digital threats 🛜🧑‍💻

🔗 bit.ly/4bteJi9

#JournalistSafety #DigitalSecurity

📰 Last year, we conducted a media landscape assessment in the #WesternBalkans, examining media ecosystems, stakeholder networks, and ways to strengthen local environmental journalism—and its impact. Learn more: https://loom.ly/mwjO7ZM @internewshq.bsky.social

Internews and NordVPN Launch Partnership to Strengthen Digital Safety for Journalists and at-risk communities - Information Saves Lives | Internews LONDON — Internews and NordVPN have announced a new partnership to expand access to secure digital tools for journalists, human rights defenders, and civil society organisations operating in some of t...

We’re proud to partner with #NordVPN to help journalists and human rights defenders stay safer online. In places where censorship and surveillance are everyday risks, secure digital tools aren’t optional — they’re essential. Together, we’re expanding access to protection 🔐

🔗 bit.ly/47IvjrH

Earth Shorts: Supporting Content Producers to Create Climate-Focused Posts on Social Media EJN is piloting a new initiative to support content producers to create engaging climate-related information on social media.

🌍 Young audiences increasingly trust content creators for #climate information... That’s why our @earthjournalism.bsky.social launched #EarthShorts, a fellowship for journalists + creators to team up & make engaging digital climate content.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4bggRIB

#ClimateStorytelling

The Future of Journalism Is Already Here… If We Choose to Support It  - Information Saves Lives | Internews By Meera Selva, Internews Europe CEO  We are at a moment of both promise and peril for democracy. We have been here before, and we will no doubt be here again, but this is a moment when we need to thi...

Internews Europe CEO @meeraselva.bsky.social: "Journalism needs systems of support, such as legal protection, financial stability, and professional solidarity. Without these, heroism becomes the default, and heroism is not a business model.”

Full blog ➡️ bit.ly/4kKLmdX

#Journalism #PressFreedom

📣Our 2025 Internews Mission Report is out. In a year when “truth is contested, and information is weaponised,” journalists and creators around the world kept communities informed against extraordinary odds.

Grateful to everyone who made this work possible. Read the report bit.ly/3ZsavAv

In crises, secure access to information is essential — not optional ℹ️ Thanks to @surfshark.bsky.social, Internews supported 100 partners with secure VPN access, helping journalists work safely under surveillance and censorship.
bit.ly/4kBQb9p

#JournalismUnderThreat #DigitalSecurity #PressFreedom

Today @tepsa.bsky.social #ActEU Final Conference Internews CEO, @meeraselva.bsky.social joined a panel on media’s role in shaping discourse. With local journalism in decline, culture wars intensify—from immigration to bike lanes. Shared narratives matter; without local reporting, division grows.

🌳Journalists in Indonesia & Vietnam: join our workshop in Medan, Sumatra, this May, to deepen your understanding of forest governance, strengthen solutions-focused reporting on forest loss and help audiences hold governments and harmful actors accountable. Apply by Feb 6: https://loom.ly/wrVTiO8

FINAL CALL! 📣 The application deadline for our MENA Impact Creators Fellowship is midnight January 25th.

Internews is looking for an experienced Project Director to lead a new 3-year project that will leverage the power of media and civil society to contribute towards more sustainable and fair forest governance in Asia and Africa 🌳⚖️

Apply TODAY ➡️ bit.ly/3YwXdlC

Not one to miss! 👇

Applications are open for the Impact Creators Fellowship!

🌍 For MENA digital storytellers
💰 Micro-grants up to $3,000
🎓 Mentorship & training
🌐 Networking & global visibility

Deadline: Jan 25, 2026

🔗 bit.ly/4qfVEnU

#ImpactCreators #MediaEthics #MENA #فرصة_زمالة #DigitalStorytelling

This #16DaysOfActivism, Safe Sisters – a joint initiative by Internews & DefendDefenders – invites you to imagine a world without online gender-based violence, where digital spaces are safe for everyone 💻🔒

Share your vision ⬇️

🔗 bit.ly/4rF5l0L

#StopOnlineHarm #DigitalSafety #ProtectWomenOnline

Calling all #climate #environment and #biodiversity media friends to listen to Internews' @earthjournalism.bsky.social Asia-Pacific Environmental Programs Manager, Amy Sim Kok Eng, on the latest episode of the LRF Institute Risk Radar podcast!🎙️

👂 bit.ly/4plzwbQ

📖 bit.ly/4izPa0t

INFORMATION SAVES LIVES: SUPPORT ASIA’S RECOVERY AFTER DEVASTATING FLOODS - Information Saves Lives | Internews In November 2025, typhoons and cyclones swept across Asia, triggering catastrophic floods in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and beyond. Entire communities have been submerged, thousands disp...

Asia’s flood disaster demands urgent action! 🚨

Over 1,300 lives lost. Millions displaced. Misinformation spreading fast.

Help Internews keep communities informed and safe.

DONATE NOW 👉 bit.ly/49T3eA7

#SoutheastAsia #SouthAsia #Floods2025 #ClimateCrisis #FloodDisaster #AsiaFloods #TyphoonCrisis

AI and Synthetic Media are Harming Our Information Ecosystems More Than They Are Benefitting Them - Information Saves Lives | Internews By Rafiq Copeland, Senior Technical Advisor at Internews At Internews, we think a lot about information ecosystems. Far beyond just traditional news media, these relational webs of actors and infrastr...

The benefits of #GenAI for media should not be ignored. Framing it as a fix for society’s information challenges? Even worse.

Our Senior Technical Advisor on why these technologies disrupt global & local information ecosystems ⬇️

🔗 bit.ly/4inZd90

#ArtificialIntelligence #Journalism #TechForGood

Casualty of War: Sudan’s Media Emergency - Nieman Reports A new report by Internews examines the country’s fragile media ecosystem, engulfed in a new wave of information warfare

Sudan’s civil war has put journalists in grave danger & press freedom is under siege. Internews Europe CEO @meeraselva.bsky.social's op-ed in @niemanreports.org calls for urgent global action to protect independent media 📰💻

🔗 bit.ly/49ARmm9

#PressFreedom #Sudan #IndependentMedia #Journalism

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.

🔗 bit.ly/47uveqH

#MediaSecurity #TechForGood

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.

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.”

📰🔗 bit.ly/3Jlabz1

#Media

Elevating Coverage of Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health for Media Representatives

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