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.
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In 2011, Gohar Khodjayan first travelled to Kyiv to assess the state of Ukraine’s media market. Since then, she has seen Ukraine before Euromaidan, during the 2013–2014 protests, after the occupation of Crimea, on the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion and today, as Ukrainian media continue to work under conditions of prolonged war, financial pressure and constant information attacks.
IMS Executive Director Jesper Højberg introduced the IPI-IMS Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards at the 2026 Gabo Festival in Bogotá, Colombia. Below is his speech from the event.
The report identifies major forms of climate disinformation across Asia. Disinformation increasingly operates through selective reporting, omissions and the manipulation of truths.
