This report argues that much of the millions of dollars in international aid that the U.S. government spends annually to build the capacities of journalists around the world can be wasted unless the capacities of government officials to communicate openly are also improved.

This report examines the benefits and challenges of measuring audiences for news media and media developers.

This paper examines the boom in business journalism in countries where the news media is otherwise restricted or controlled by governments and makes the case that reporting on markets and businesses can provide coverage of issues that otherwise might not see the light of day in those environments.

This report reviews how the digital and social media revolution of the past decade has transformed the style and contents of media development projects around the world. It shares the views of a range of practitioners and expert observers both on the successes of this evolution and on the concerns it raises for the media...

This paper offers examples of soft censorship in 30 countries and summarises in-depth soft censorship reports on four countries - Hungary, Malaysia, Mexico, and Serbia. Executive summary Soft Censorship is growing alarmingly as a global phenomenon. Official “soft censorship” (or “indirect government censorship”) describes an array of official actions intended to influence media output short...