For the purposes of this report, the term digital media is used to denote all the various types of new information and communication technologies such as the Internet, social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter, blogs, podcasts, SMS and mobile phones.

Media development entails various activities aimed at strengthening the media to be independent, pluralistic, and professional. Largely funded by international donors, it can include training programs in journalism and media management; support to news organizations, professional associations, and journalism schools; development of media laws and regulations; and various initiatives to improve coverage of such key...

This paper examines the threats faced by journalists and social media users who report on drug violence in Mexico, and proposes steps to reduce these risks. The job of Mexican journalists covering drug trafficking and organized crime along the Mexico-U.S. border has been called the most dangerous job in the world. And the danger has...

This report describes and analyzes the profound media shift occuring in the Arab region. The year following the start of the Arab revolutions - in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and violent uprisings in Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain - was followed by continued repression and threats to the exercise of free expression online and offline. But the...

Beginning in December 2010, a series of dramatic political events in several countries brought into sharp focus the topic of this report–election training for journalists. Elections in Haiti and Ivory Coast turned unexpectedly chaotic and violent. Elections results in Uganda, Nigeria, Congo–and more recently in Russia–prompted protests and tensions that journalists had to contend with...