Russian Media Commission finds NTV attack on independent media ‘unsubstantiated and false’ MDIF clients 16 May 2016 The Public Commission for Media Complaints found a program broadcast by Russian national television network NTV, one of the main … Read more
Nepal’s Supreme Court orders release of detained journalist MDIF clients 4 May 2016 On 3 May, Nepal’s Supreme Court ordered the release of Kanak Mani Dixit – co-publisher of MDIF client Himalmedia, and … Read more
MDIF rolls out $2.4m capacity building program for Burmese media MDIF clientsMDIF update 25 April 2016 MDIF is rolling out a $2.4 million capacity building program for media in Myanmar, the Myanmar Media Program (MMP), funded … Read more
The story that divides Malaysian media MDIF clients 19 April 2016 Malaysiakini.com editor Steven Gan talks to Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post about how crony mainstream media have failed to report … Read more
Brazilian app helps governments tackle Zika virus Impact on societyMDIF clients 18 February 2016 An app created by Brazilian startup Colab.re is helping the country to fight the outbreak of the Zika virus. As … Read more
MDIF Selected for the ImpactAssets 50 2015 MDIF clients 21 October 2015 Media Development Investment Fund has been selected for the ImpactAssets 50 (IA 50), a free, online resource for impact investors … Read more
Guatemalan President jailed after exposure of massive corruption Impact on societyMDIF clients 6 September 2015 President Otto Pérez Molina, who waged a long campaign of intimidation against investigative daily elPeriódico, was forced to resign on … Read more
Media freedom under attack in Western Balkans MDIF clients 22 July 2015 A Human Rights Watch study confirms that journalists in the Western Balkans – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia; … Read more
Chia Ting Ting: The business force behind Malaysia’s digital news leader MDIF clients 23 June 2015 Chia Ting Ting, the top advertising executive at Malaysia’s largest online news portal, appreciates something that many press advocates overlook: … Read more