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IMS (International Media Support) supports local media in countries affected by armed conflict, human insecurity and political transition. www.mediasupport.org

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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new training manual by IMS and News Network offers gen Z content creators in Bangladesh clear guidance, relatable examples, useful tools, checklists, activities and insights from fellow creators on safety and ethics. Download the manual: www.mediasupport.org/publication/...
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Training manual on safety and ethics for Bangladesh’s content creators | IMS
This manual for gen Z content creators in Bangladesh responds to the need for access to guidance on ethics, editorial standards and safety
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
IMS and MykVisti Media joined the Human Bonds initiative. Developed by @danishmfa.bsky.social and Museum for the United Nations, the initiative gathers organisations committed to Ukraine’s recovery and strengthening ties between Denmark and Ukraine. Read more: www.mediasupport.org/news/ukraine...
Women walking into the Human Bonds portal in Copenhagen.Inside the portal, a group of people sit looking at a screen with another group of people, based in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on the other end.The Human Bonds portal set up outside of Copenhagen City Hall. It is a blue shipping container with an illustration of a knot tied by red and yellow ropes.An example from the photo exhibition with a women standing next to a metre and a half tall display of a photo and text. There is a flag of Ukraine behind her, in front of the City Hall building.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A new assessment by IMS and Digitally Right examines how the context following the July 2024 uprising in Bangladesh has influenced the emergence of online-only public interest media outlets. Read more: www.mediasupport.org/publication/...
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An assessment of emerging media outlets in Bangladesh | IMS
This assessment examines how the post–July 2024 uprising context has influenced the emergence of online-only media outlets in Bangladesh.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Rapid Response Safety Fund is designed to provide timely support to journalists and media workers in Ethiopia facing threats, attacks, legal harassment, digital insecurity, displacement, trauma or other emergency risks linked to their work. Read more: www.mediasupport.org/blogpost/in-...
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Ethiopia’s media community builds Rapid Response Safety Fund | IMS
The Rapid Response Safety Fund is designed to provide timely support to journalists and media workers in Ethiopia facing threats or emergency risks linked to their work.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
How can newsrooms make better use of what they know to become more relevant to their audiences? IMS developed the AI Newsroom Pilot in response to this question. The model connects AI-supported analysis to the knowledge already present in newsrooms. Learn more: www.mediasupport.org/blogpost/ai-...
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Using the AI Newsroom Pilot to evaluate AI's effectiveness in newsrooms | IMS
IMS' AI Newsroom Pilot connects AI-supported analysis to the standards archive and audience understanding already present in a newsroom
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The IMS-supported documentary Citizen Osama made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, offering a raw and intimate portrait of a Palestinian photojournalist’s struggle to document the war in Gaza while protecting his family. Read more about the film: www.mediasupport.org/news/documen...
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Palestinian documentary Citizen Osama premieres at Venice Film Festival | IMS
The IMS-supported documentary Citizen Osama made its world premiere on 5 September, at the Venice Film Festival.
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International Press Institute (IPI) @globalfreemedia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
⭐ #ICYMI: Last month, at a special event at the Gabo Festival in Bogotá, Colombia, IPI and @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social honoured the 2026 recipients of the World Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards. 📸 Photos: Rolando Mendez - NUKAK, courtesy of @fundaciongabo.bsky.social
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Today is the 35th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. To mark the occasion, IMS programme manager Gohar Khodjayan looks back on the past 15 years she has spent working with Ukrainian media.  Read the interview: www.mediasupport.org/blogpost/fif...
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Looking at Ukraine's media, 35 years after independence | IMS
IMS programme manager Gohar Khodjayan shares her perspectives on Ukraine's media 35 years after independence and after 15 years of working with Ukraine's media.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
IMS is pleased to release our 2026 annual impact report. The report looks at different measures IMS and our partners took in the last year to improve the viability, safety and information environments for media to operate in. Read the full report: www.mediasupport.org/publication/...
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IMS annual impact report 2026 | IMS
IMS' 2026 annual report looks at different measures our partners have taken to help independent media become more resilient.
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International Press Institute (IPI) @globalfreemedia.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
⭐ At a special event at the Gabo Festival, IPI and @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social honoured this year’s recipients of the World Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards, recognised for their resilience in the face of unprecedented challenges. 📸: Rolando Mendez - NUKAK/Fundación Gabo
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
As part of IMS’ efforts to strengthen public interest media in Moldova, IMS brought together local media outlets, independent journalists, civil society representatives and the Ministry of Culture for a strategic dialogue on the challenges and opportunities shaping the country’s media landscape.
Gulnara Akhundova is interviewed by Ocatavian Bratosin on IPN.md. Photo by Elena Covalenco.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A new report from IMS and Asia Centre uncovers how climate disinformation is used across South and Southeast Asia to distort public discourse, marginalise Indigenous perspectives and legitimise environmentally harmful policies. Download the report: www.mediasupport.org/publication/...
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Climate Disinformation in Asia: Strategy Against Indigenous Peoples | IMS
The report identifies major forms of climate disinformation across Asia through selective reporting, omissions and the manipulation of truths.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A strong media sector is necessary for democracy, which is why IMS is committed to strengthening independent media and journalism in Moldova as the country advances on its path toward European Union membership. Read more (in Romanian): presedinte.md/rom/presa/se...
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Șefa statului a discutat cu reprezentanții International Media Support despre consolidarea rezilienței media și sprijinirea presei independente
Președinta Republicii Moldova, Maia Sandu, a avut astăzi o întrevedere cu reprezentanții International Media Support (IMS), organizație internațională care sprijină dezvoltarea presei independente, libertatea mass-media și siguranța jurnaliștilor.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Through training, secure documentation and a growing public archive Copwatch GR is helping transform scattered videos of police misconduct into usable evidence for journalism, research, advocacy and accountability. #PM4D grantee @journalismfund.bsky.social www.mediasupport.org/copwatch-tur...
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Copwatch Greece: turning phones into evidence and accountability | IMS
Copwatch encourages people to film police abuse on their phones to build an infrastructure that could turn filming into usable documentation.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Technical solutions for media must be grounded in real editorial processes and audience needs to add value. Lessons from co-labs in Portugal between tech + media. www.mediasupport.org/bridging-jou... #PM4D
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Bridging journalism and technology to strengthen local media | IMS
A personal journey – from journalism to the tech sector – helped shape innovations and tailored information integrity solutions for local outlets in Portugal.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Somalia’s Wadaag initiative, implemented by SOMA and supported by IMS, highlights community-driven stories about health, education, governance, livelihoods and more. A new assessment study looks at its impact, achievements and good practices: www.mediasupport.org/publication/...
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Wadaag "content sharing" programme implemented by SOMA | IMS
Wadaag is a content-sharing model that produces and syndicates weekly radio episodes that are simultaneously aired across SOMA radio stations
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
@madeinperpignan.com set out to build a community of young people from disadvantaged groups who could contribute to their journalism. And help grow their younger audience. How did it go? www.mediasupport.org/made-in-perp... #PM4D @journalismfund.bsky.social
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We're proud to announce the winners of the 2026 IPI-IMS press freedom awards: lnkd.in/gvZ7aJWG Thank you to the winners and to independent public interest media across the world. Your determination to keep doing what you do is needed more than ever! @globalfreemedia.bsky.social
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New brief out focused on engaging “new types of actors” to mainstream support for information integrity from other sectors and attract private capital to media and information environments. Check it out capacity4dev.europa.eu/library/priv...
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Private Capital Mobilisation in Support of Media: An Alternative to ODA? | Capacity4dev
Public interest media is one of the least funded sectors in development cooperation5. This brief asks what it would take to change that, and what role EU MS, EU institutions, and CSOs can play. It foc...
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
IMS has developed a manual for value-based co-production for films that offers a practical framework for asking whether rights and receipts can follow the value each party brings to the film, rather than the cost of each party’s contribution. Download the manual: www.mediasupport.org/publication/...
value-based co-production: a manual for fairer co-production in fiction and documentary filma person holds a copy of the value-based co-production manual on their lap with a clip mic attached to it.A woman interviews a man at docudays ua. the man has joined the event virtually.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This interview with Elsy Moufarrej, president of the Union of Journalists in Lebanon, is a must-read for anyone concerned with questions such as journalist safety during armed conflict and the role of journalism in documenting war crimes: mediasupport.org/news/journal...
Elsy Moufarrej, photo by Furat Bou Kamel
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
#EUTechSovereigntyPackage EU doesn’t need its own Facebook – it needs the digital equivalent of public parks, libraries and townhall meetings. And some of the best blueprints already exist outside Europe. Blog post by IMS Public Interest Tech advisor Nynne Storm: t.co/5ttQGhMcNz
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
IMS is pleased partner with Greenlandic and Danish stakeholders to contribute to a shared plan to strengthen Greenlandic journalism and support access to trusted, relevant information at a pivotal moment. Read more on @journalistforbundet.dk's website in Danish: djmk.dk/aktuelt/nyhe...
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Flere grønlandske journalister skal styrke demokratiet
Dansk Journalistforbunds kreds i Grønland, TP har i samarbejde med de grønlandske medier Sermitsiaq og KNR, UNESCO Danmark og International Media Support (IMS) iværksat en plan, der skal styrke grønla...
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We’re proud to announce the nominees for the 2026 IMS-IPI Free Media Pioneer Award. All of them have opened new frontiers for the free flow of information in their countries and regions, serving as a powerful reminder of the resilience of the free press. www.mediasupport.org/news/eleven-...
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Eleven organisations shortlisted for 2026 IMS-IPI Free Media Pioneer Award | IMS
IMS and IPI are proud to announce the 11 organisations shortlisted for the 2026 IMS-IPI Free Media Pioneer Award in recognition of their work to sustain independent journalism.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Ahead of Ukraine’s Journalists’ Day on 6 June, IMS shares a new long-read on the evolution of Ukrainian journalism – from post-Soviet transformation to digital investigation to local media serving as lifelines for communities. Read the full article: www.mediasupport.org/blogpost/thi...
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Thirty-five years of Ukrainian journalism: facts, paradigms, stories | IMS
On 6 June, Ukraine marks Journalists’ Day. Since 1991, Ukrainian journalism has developed from post-Soviet transformation to a digital and wartime reality
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Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Some great news to kick off June! We've been shortlisted for @globalfreemedia.bsky.social and @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social's Free Media Pioneer Award, alongside 10 other trailblazers in the industry 🎉
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International Press Institute (IPI) @globalfreemedia.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
📣 IPI and @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social are proud to announce the 11 trailblazing organisations shortlisted for this year's Free Media Pioneer Award. 🎉 See the full list and read more about their work: ipi.media/11-trailblaz...
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Contributing to Appeals Centre Europe’s work is one of the ways in which IMS seeks to raise awareness about the scale and patterns of harmful content circulating online, and the challenge of getting platforms to act. For details www.mediasupport.org/blogpost/rep...
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Reporting harmful content | IMS
IMS contributes to Appeals Centre Europe’s work and submit cases and seek to raise awareness about the scale and patterns of harmful content circulating online, and the challenge of getting platforms ...
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Out now💡2x knowledge briefs with insights from +30 EU public interest media on how best to reach an audience or diversify business models - highlighting both progress and setbacks. 👉https://www.mediasupport.org/publication/from-experiment-to-revenue/
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Anayit Khoperiya, foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) Adviser for Ukraine at IMS, shared recent case studies from the Ukrainian context, stressing that Ukraine’s experience cannot be directly compared to that of other countries: youtube.com/shorts/TbyWR...
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Anayit Khoperiya on FIMI
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Ukraine is rebuilding under the pressure of war. Together with the New Democracy Fund (@danishmfa.bsky.social), IMS supports Ukrainian CSOs working to strengthen accountability in defence governance, recovery and public administration reform. Read more: www.mediasupport.org/blogpost/ukr...
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Ukrainian civil society calls for transparency in wartime recovery | IMS
IMS and the New Democracy Fund support Ukrainian civil society organisations working on transparency and democratic oversight during war and recovery.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
As part of the MERIT Forum, IMS brought together Ukrainian and Armenian media experts in Brussels for a dialogue with EU institutions and an exchange of expertise on the development of regional media systems amid global challenges. Read more: www.mediasupport.org/news/from-ex...
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Bringing together Ukraine and Armenia media experts and EU decision-makers | IMS
The MERIT Forum brought together Ukrainian and Armenian media experts with EU institutions on the development of regional media systems amid global challenges.
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Syrian Archive @syrianarchive.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
For Sama Film: Join @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social, Action For Sama, Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression and us for a screening+discussion marking the filing of a criminal complaint in Denmark by survivors. 📅 Wed 13 May | 16:30-19:00 📍Empire Bio #Copenhagen Register: tinyurl.com/y2byh2dp
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
To reduce the number of press violations attributed to police, SOMA organised dialogues with police leaders, journalists and editors around major friction points. Funded by @sidasweden.bsky.social and @danishmfa.bsky.social. Read more: www.mediasupport.org/news/rebalan... #WorldPressFreedomDay
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Rebalancing police authority and press freedom in Somalia | IMS
A series of dialogues in Somalia engaged police leaders with local journalists and editors in critical conversation around friction points.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A new practical checklist offers the first collective expert definition of what minimum operational readiness would mean in practice for EU candidate countries needing to align with the Digital Services Act prior to assession. Download the checklist here: www.mediasupport.org/publication/...
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Operational Readiness for DSA Alignment: An Expert Definition | IMS
This is a collective expert definition of what minimum operational readiness for Digital Services Act (DSA) alignment should mean in practice
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
IMS expresses solidarity with our partners and colleagues in Lebanon. We mourn Amal Khalil. We support Zeinab Faraj. And we reiterate that journalists must be protected and international law must be upheld. Follow our partner @thepublicsource.bsky.social for updates from Lebanon.
On Wednesday, Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed journalist Amal Khalil and seriously wounded her colleague, photographer Zeinab Faraj. While trapped under the rubble, the Lebanese Red Cross were prevented from rescuing the journalists due to Israeli fire and obstruction. 
Despite repeated threats against her, Amal continued reporting from the frontlines. She was killed for doing her job. 
This was not an isolated incident. It follows a documented pattern of targeting and silencing journalists in Lebanon and Palestine.  At least 11 journalists have been killed in Lebanon since October 2023. Broader counts that include other media workers are higher. 
Journalists are civilians. They are protected under international law. Attacks against them require immediate and independent investigation and full accountability.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In an environment where foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) increasingly appeals to fear, emotional exhaustion and distrust, Ukrainian Toronto Television is using humour as a tool to engage audiences with complex sociopolitical topics: www.mediasupport.org/news/humour-...
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Ukrainian Toronto Television uses satire to engage audiences | IMS
Ukrainian Toronto Televisionis is a media project that combines journalism and satire to engage audiences with complex sociopolitical topics.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A report by IMS and Asia Centre examines how climate disinformation in the Philippines legitimises deadly attacks on Indigenous Peoples, subordinating their land rights to state-driven land control and industrial expansion, and what must change. Get the report: www.mediasupport.org/publication/...
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Climate disinformation in the Philippines | IMS
This report examines how climate disinformation legitimises deadly attacks on Indigenous Peoples and what must change.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
📢New IMS paper. We move the conversation beyond where the money to help public interest media is, to a more complex one: how can local capital be unlocked to support public interest media? www.mediasupport.org/viability/
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
IMS Executive Director Jesper Højberg spoke with Suspilne Ukraine on why Ukrainian public interest media matter, how European institutions are balancing their policies in a tumultuous time and how IMS is using 25 years of experience to refine its approaches: corp.suspilne.media/en/news/6397...
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Ukrainian media professionals possess exceptional expertise — Jesper Højberg, Executive Director of IMS - Suspilne Ukraine
Ukrainian media professionals possess exceptional expertise — Jesper Højberg, Executive Director of IMS
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
IMS recently convened independent media partners from Moldova, Ukraine and Armenia, along with independent media representatives from the Western Balkans, for a peer-to-peer knowledge exchange on information integrity. Talks focused on how newsrooms can assess and respond to information threats.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This year, CPH:DOX presented two powerful documentaries highlighting Afghan women’s stories. The Secret Reading Club of Kabul won the NORDIC:DOX Award. Meanwhile, the IMS-supported documentary film, A Fox Under a Pink Moon, previously won the main prize at IDFA, was also screened at CPH:DOX.
Directors Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirovnen receive the NORDIC:DOX award at CPH:DOX.Directors Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirovnen receive the NORDIC:DOX award at CPH:DOX.A panel discussion about A Fox Under a Pink Moon with Rasmus Steen moderating and featuring Wahida Faizi.Wahida Faizi in discussion.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
IMS partner Women in Media have published a collection of best practices on equality and diversity in media. Media That Make a Change focuses on editorial decisions that illustrate how Ukrainian media address social issues in the context of war. Read more: www.mediasupport.org/news/women-c...
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Equality and diversity best practices in Ukrainian newsrooms | IMS
Ukrainian media share editorial decisions and stories that reject stereotypes, promote diveristy and equality and strengthen audience trust.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Nominations for the 2026 @globalfreemedia.bsky.social-IMS press freedom awards close tomorrow. As threats to the free press grow, it’s never been more important to honour courage and resilience in journalism. Submit your nominations by 23:59 CEST on 20 March: www.mediasupport.org/news/call-fo...
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Call for nominations: IPI-IMS 2026 press freedom awards | IMS
IPI and IMS are proud to announce the call for nominations for this year’s World PressFreedom Hero Award and Free Media Pioneer Award
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Through a local media, people get to see their own importance. Czechia outlet Nase Broumovsko foster pride among locals, showing that they lead worthy lives and do not need to face their problems alone. #PM4d www.mediasupport.org/there-is-val...
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International Press Institute (IPI) @globalfreemedia.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🌟 It's time to honour courage in journalism! 🗓️ Submit your nominations by March 20 for IPI and @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social's 2026 World Press Freedom Hero award, recognizing those who advance press freedom despite great personal risk. buff.ly/18ZZzcY
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Call for nominations: IPI-IMS 2026 press freedom awards
IPI and IMS are proud to announce the call for nominations for this year’s World Press Freedom Hero Award and Free Media Pioneer Award
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
IMS has launched its comprehensive media development programme in Bangladesh, aimed at supporting the media reform process, mainstreaming safety and bolstering emerging independent media outlets across the country. Read more: www.mediasupport.org/news/ims-lau...
Attendees of the IMS Bangladesh programme launch at the Brac Centre on 4 March 2026.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Women in Mozambique listening to the radio programme A Voz da Comunidade are using the information broadcast to improve their personal wellbeing and share knowledge in their communities. Read more: www.mediasupport.org/how-communit...
A woman journalist interviews two other women at a radio station in Mozambique.
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Today IMS got to brief Minister Chris Elmore as UK becomes Co-chair of the Media Freedom Coalition. Key IMS priorities: www.mediasupport.org/news/put-sec...
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Put security and viability first: Briefing UK co-chair of the Media Freedom Coalition | IMS
Funding journalism and making a clearer link between security and press freedom were our key messages delivered to the new UK co-chair of Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) Wednesday 4th March, 2026.In a m...
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IMS @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The documentary film festival CPH:DOX will begin next week and as always, many IMS supported films are screening. We are also involved in several public and industry events. Get an overview of all our CPH:DOX activities here: mediasupport.org/news/ims-at-... See you in the cinemas.
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