Watch your language
Journalists must choose words carefully, ensuring that their coverage informs accurately and respects the dignity of all people.
“Unwrapping” Stories That Matter from 2024
In a year dominated by breaking news and viral moments, many journalistic projects stood out for their quality, insight, and relevance. As 2024 concludes, the iMEdD team reflects on pieces of journalism that left a meaningful impression on them, even if they have yet to dominate the journalism awards circuit. What follows is a list of stories, podcasts, documentaries, and initiatives—a celebration of exceptional projects that are must-reads, must-watches, and must-listens—reminding us of journalism’s enduring power to inform, provoke, and inspire.
Reporting from Damascus
Elvira Krithari, the first Greek journalist to enter Syria after the fall of Assad, talks to iMEdD about working conditions on the ground and the presence of foreign journalists in Damascus.
Testimonies of Pluralism in Action: iMEdD at the 2024 Obama Foundation Democracy Forum
At the 2024 Obama Foundation Democracy Forum in Chicago, iMEdD co-founder Anna Kynthia Bousdoukou led a panel of global changemakers who shared powerful stories of bridging divides and fostering trust.
The nine lives of the fourth estate
The 12 trainees in Volos embodied the absolute prerequisite for today’s quality journalism to survive and thrive: collaboration.
A new Guide to Investigative Journalism
The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) in collaboration with iMEdD have co-produced the guide "Introduction to Investigative Journalism", written by some of the world's leading investigative journalists.
Journalists Are Leaving X for Bluesky. Will They Stay There?
This isn’t the first time that members of the media have pledged to quit Elon Musk.
“I have a USB stick for Boutaris”
The attack at Thessaloniki’s White Tower, the far-right, the police, and the reporters.
RSF, CPJ Urge Trump to Turn New Leaf on Press Freedom
Journalists and organizations defending press freedom in the US and around the world urge the incoming Trump administration to shy away from attacking the media and uphold to the democratic role of a free press.