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.
A single video can be dismissed as anecdotal. Forty-four examples in the same environment can point to a systematic problem. Copwatch tries to bring a crucial shift in approach: from encouraging people to film police abuse to building an infrastructure that could turn filming into usable documentation.
Publishing a story on a website is no longer enough if the goal is to reach audiences where they actually spend time. A new toolkit lists how newsrooms now need to think beyond the article page and treat distribution as part of the editorial process rather than an afterthought. Available in six languages.
IMS commissioned an independent Somali gender consultant to analyse the results of the IMS-SWJO work, to critically examine the approaches taken and their effectiveness, and to identify lessons learned and recommendations for further future work in this area
