IMS combines rapid response with long-term efforts to create a foundation of trust and collaboration on the ground. We work together with our partners to find local solutions to global problems – and global solutions to local problems.
With partners in more than 30 countries, IMS works where independent media is at the greatest risk: in countries experiencing armed conflict, humanitarian crises, rapid political change or authoritarian rule.
Support for journalists and media development comes in many forms. Learn more about how you can engage with IMS’ work and support us and our partners.
In recent years, IMS has seen a steady increase in the number of its media partners forced to flee their home countries to avoid persecutioin and closure as the democratic space globally has shrunk.
While the demand for investigative reporting continues to grow in Ukraine, the environment in which journalists operate is increasingly constrained and dangerous.
This report comprehensively analyses the risks journalists and media workers face and highlights rising threats to media safety and freedom in Ethiopia.
