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Radio Free Europe’s Khadija Ismayilova, freed from prison this year. What happens to journalists like her if Washington no longer cares? (Photo: Meydan TV) The post-election Presidential transition in the United States has raised many questions and...

Owais Aslam Ali, Secretary General of Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) was elected as a member of the Steering Committee of The Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD).  Ali will represent the Asia Caucus along with Nezar Patria Chief Editor of The...

This post is long and not every section is relevant to every reader. Please feel encouraged to skip to those sections that are most relevant. Opening Up Philanthropic Strategizing I often emphasize the importance that philanthropy become more transparent...

Five panelists from media development and crowd-funding sectors debated about ‘Does independence in journalism have a future?’ and answered various questions on the need to support investigative journalism. With the booming expansion of digital media...

May 22 In History 124 BCE :  Simon the Hasmonean, drove the “Greeks” – the Syrians and their Hellenized Jewish allies – out of the citadel which was their last stronghold in Jerusalem. While Jews celebrate Chanukah, it is this victory, 40 years later...