{"id":1170,"date":"2020-05-26T07:47:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T05:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/appel-d-urgence-pour-le-soutien-au-journalisme-et-aux-medias-2"},"modified":"2020-05-26T07:47:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T05:47:14","slug":"appel-d-urgence-pour-le-soutien-au-journalisme-et-aux-medias-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/en\/appel-d-urgence-pour-le-soutien-au-journalisme-et-aux-medias-2","title":{"rendered":"Joint Emergency Appeal for Journalism and Media Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), an international network of 200 journalists’ and media support organizations, of which Fondation Hirondelle is a member, launched in May with its partners an urgent appeal to support independent journalists’ organizations and media in response to the current COVID-19 crisis. The appeal is addressed to governments, donors, businesses and media actors. We publish the full text of the appeal below (or download the pdf by clicking above).
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At a time when the role of journalists and the media is more vital than ever in the context of the global crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the undersigned organisations honour those who work tirelessly to help keep the public informed and call for robust support for independent journalism.
Millions of people around the world are looking for reliable, fact-based, and gender-sensitive journalism that can help them navigate the biggest shared challenge of our lifetime. The need for trustworthy information has never been\u00a0 greater and more urgent than during this pandemic. Access to timely, high-quality information is imperative during a global health crisis; it is one of the key pillars required to slow the spread of this virus, mitigate its impacts, and underpin collective societal responses. Journalism is also the best antidote to fight the misinformation that is fuelling the pandemic.
But at this crucial moment, independent media are facing an unprecedented existential challenge. With the perfect storm of disinformation and misinformation, repression of critical voices in many countries, and disruption caused by the COVID-19 crisis, the situation facing journalism and news media is dire. Revenues for these institutions are collapsing, and funding is decreasing just when we need it most.<\/p>\n

In response to these challenges we, press freedom, media development, and journalism support communities, are making an urgent appeal to all those in a position to support journalism organisations and independent media, especially those who provide professional and essential information and reporting during the COVID-19 crisis. <\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0We call on governments to:<\/p>\n

1.1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Respect fundamental human rights: Fully respect, safeguard, and enable the rights to press freedom and freedom of expression, rule of law, access to information, privacy, and digital rights, and only restrict them as international standards permit.\u00a0 Do not engage in practices that undermine such freedoms \u2013 notably surveilling and monitoring journalists and their sources. People need independent information that they can trust, and responses to this crisis will be more effective and command greater public support if it is subject to independent scrutiny, openness, and transparency. <\/p>\n

1.2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ensure access to information: Allow journalists covering this pandemic to exercise their freedom to seek, receive, and communicate information without being harassed, intimidated, or attacked.\u00a0 Consider, where appropriate, designating journalists and media workers as key or essential workers.\u00a0 The responsible authorities should also avail journalists with accurate information on this global pandemic and state responses to it, to further facilitate citizens\u2019 right to access information. This includes holding open press conferences ensuring that all media outlets have access to public officials and other information sources.<\/p>\n

1.3.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Release imprisoned journalists: It is critical that any state that continues to criminalise journalism, release all imprisoned journalists,\u00a0 including those detained or sentenced under the guise of prohibiting defamation or countering terrorism, and does not pursue such cases during the pandemic given the additional risk posed by detention. <\/p>\n

On the sustainability of public-interest journalism:<\/p>\n

1.4.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Provide financial support: Work with journalism, media, and civil society organisations to assess the damage that COVID-19 is inflicting on providing vital information to the public and the sustainability of journalism and news media organisations. Devise appropriate mechanisms to urgently provide financial support to media that produce public-interest journalism, enabling them to hire or keep reporters, editors, and producers who cover COVID-19 and related issues, and reach underserved audiences. Support for local journalism, health, and investigative reporting is especially important. Ensure that this support is just and transparent, undertaken without favouritism, compromising editorial independence, or distorting the market. Examples include VAT exemptions, tax relief,\u00a0 simplified public procurement processes, reliable social security schemes for freelance journalists and media workers,\u00a0 issuing non-profit tax status to public-interest journalism and media organisations, and other forms of support that can ease the financial pressure on journalism organisations and independent media. <\/p>\n

1.5.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Allocate public advertising fairly: Continue to publish and broadcast public health awareness campaigns and public service announcements through advertising. But, like all uses of public funds, be transparent, and avoid conflicts of interest \u2013 such as favouring your allies and supporters. <\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0We call on journalism and media development donors and funders to:<\/p>\n

2.1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Increase funding and flexibility: Increase and distribute funding to journalism organisations and independent media, or to organisations best placed to financially support independent media, especially in resource-poor settings (although similar issues affect media everywhere). Consider increasing support to existing grantees and intermediary organisations, and to those with the capacity and systems to rapidly scale up sub-granting to journalism and news media outlets. In addition to scaling up media support funding through their existing instruments, donors should look to establish an emergency fund to help public-interest media survive during this time of crisis as well as lay the foundations for future crisis response. Donors should coordinate and pool emergency resources to maximise efficiency, agility, and prioritisation. Also, ensure that representatives of journalism and media sector, journalism support and media development organisations are included in any aid coordination systems set up by donors. <\/p>\n

2.2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ensure respect for editorial independence: Donors focusing on humanitarian and public health programmes should consider allocating support to local media that can engage with communities in need, and can provide appropriate formats and languages for informing and engaging communities. Be aware that programmatic funding can inadvertently shape editorial agendas. Respect and understand the value of editorial independence and take into consideration long-term needs and sustainability of the media you support. <\/p>\n

2.3.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Include media support in COVID-19 response: Reinforce your recognition of the importance of media and journalism for quality information for all citizens by firmly positioning support for the sector within the overall COVID-19 related funding. However, be sure to learn the lessons from previous crises and avoid the pitfalls of only conceiving and providing media support in the context of crisis health communication. <\/p>\n

2.4.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Address structural long-term needs: Plan for allocation of substantial resources to journalism and media support when designing your programmes and budgets for the coming years. The crisis is immediate but also follows a longer-term crisis. Please look to increase and distribute core and flexible long-term funding, and capacity building assistance, to journalism organisations and independent media, or to organisations best placed to financially support independent media.\u00a0 This includes increasing support to existing grantees and intermediary organisations, and extending support to those with the capacity and systems to scale up sub-granting to media outlets, such as pooled or emergency funds,\u00a0 and the newly proposed International Fund for Public Interest Media. <\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0We call on journalism and media organisations to:<\/p>\n

3.1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ensure media workers can conduct their work safely: Employees and freelancers must have protective equipment, training and clear safety guidelines. COVID-19 highlights the responsibility news organizations have towards all journalists and media workers, but also their duty towards the individuals we report on. Safety comes first. \u00a0<\/p>\n

3.2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Protect jobs and adapt working environments: Work with unions and others to find ways to avoid laying off staff due to losses in revenue. Take advantage of furlough schemes\u00a0 where they exist and other support wherever possible to avoid job losses. Adapt newsrooms to enable working from home when possible, particularly as and when governments put in place stay-at-home or physical distancing protocols. Provisions should take into consideration the gendered implications of these new working environments. Women are largely the main caregivers in their own homes, and the most likely to be responsible for nursing children and elders who are ill, home from school, or in isolation. Acknowledge that working from home, covering high-risk stories, or being exposed to infection can be both isolating and alienating. As such, work to ensure that employees and freelancers have access to appropriate mental health or psychosocial support.<\/p>\n

3.3.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Serve your public: Keep asking how you can find new ways to be relevant and useful to the public as well as to the overall response. Provide practical guidance alongside the news, and highlight solutions to challenges as well as problems. Be on the frontline in fighting disinformation and misinformation. Organise collective action and pool resources if that is the most effective way of responding and persevering. This is a time for collaboration, not competition.<\/p>\n

3.4.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Recognise diversity: Serve all sections of your community by recognising that, while COVID-19 affects everyone, it is particularly devastating for marginalised communities and is exaggerating socio-economic inequalities (often related to ethnicity and gender) that predate the pandemic. We should be led by the evidence and challenge misleading narratives that the crisis is affecting society in equal ways.\u00a0 Ensure that your journalism includes perspectives and voices from women and marginalised groups and that you hire journalists from a variety of different backgrounds and specialisations that can report accurately about how the disease and economic fallout is disproportionately impacting people of colour, working-class, immigrant, and other marginalised communities. Create a database of women health experts and economic experts to avoid the gender bias of sourcing in the media.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0We call on technology, telecommunication companies, and Internet intermediaries to:<\/p>\n

4.1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Respect fundamental and digital rights: Guarantee and safeguard fundamental digital freedoms, including privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity, and do not engage in practices that undermine such freedoms \u2013 notably surveilling and monitoring journalists and their sources. Do everything you can to enable free, safe, and secure digital spaces for journalists, journalism organisations, and independent media. <\/p>\n

4.2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Remodel algorithms and moderation practices: Ensure your algorithms and moderators recognise credible information sources, including independent, trustworthy media and journalism organisations. Prevent automated takedowns of journalistic content related to COVID-19, particularly by algorithmic processes. Such takedowns erode the public\u2019s ability to access information, and harm journalism and media organisations who must then dedicate precious resources to resolving content-related disputes that could instead be directed towards reporting. Strengthen transparency and notice procedures as well as expedite appeal and remedy procedures.<\/p>\n

4.3.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Manage Blacklist Technology Responsibly: Work with advertisers to stop the use of blacklist technology to block ads from appearing next to credible journalism and news media stories that mention the COVID-19 pandemic and other critical health and social issues. <\/p>\n

4.4.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Support journalism: Where appropriate, initiate or increase funding of independent, public-interest journalism, fact-checking, and other measures to counter disinformation and misinformation, as well as expedite grants to prioritise news and information outlets working to address the global health crisis.
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4.5.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Reverse commercial incentives that discriminate against journalism: Create mechanisms to verify credible actors online, and reverse existing incentives to allow media to monetise public-interest journalism and high-quality content. Consider fundamental policy changes such as investing more in identifying and demonetising malicious actors, and preventing malicious actors from utilising digital and programmatic ads to finance the spread of disinformation and misinformation. \u00a0<\/p>\n

4.6.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Deliver Internet accessibility to all: Prioritise maintaining Internet accessibility and connectivity, and promote the right to access information. As such, we urge telecommunication providers to lower the cost of Internet connectivity \u2013 especially in emerging and developing markets and low-income communities \u2013 to allow users to access news and information regardless of their economic status, as well as enable journalists to be able to work from home.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0We call on advertisers to:<\/p>\n

5.1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Responsibly Manage Blacklist Technology: Work with media companies and ad agencies to find solutions to blacklisting of COVID-19 or other news reporting related content, and stop using blacklist technology to block ads from appearing next to credible journalism and news media stories that mention the COVID-19 pandemic and other critical health and social issues online. This is in-line with our similar call to technology platforms and telecommunications companies (see 4.3 above).<\/p>\n

5.2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Change how you measure and value engagement: Build your long-term brand reputation by turning away from programmatic, click\/view-based and\/or cookie-driven targeted advertising. Journalism offers value to the brands beyond just the traffic and offers a safe environment for brand exposure and both commercial and societal impact.<\/p>\n

5.3.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Advertise through trusted media: Make it a policy to include as many quality journalism outlets, particularly at the local level, as possible in your digital advertising spend. Work with United for News,\u00a0 the Journalism Trust Initiative,\u00a0 or local journalism associations in each market to add reputable, local news outlets to your advertising inclusion lists.\u00a0 Ramp up existing direct advertising relationships with quality media, and review your programmatic \u201cblocklists\u201d to develop a more subtle approach to your brand safety concerns ensuring that you do not block news altogether. This is a time to support the media above and beyond commercial interests and imperatives. \u00a0<\/p>\n

And finally, to people everywhere who read, watch, listen to trusted news services \u2013 large and small, local and international, print, digital, or broadcast: <\/p>\n

We ask you to contribute, as much as you can, to the subscriber and membership-based journalism and news outlets you read, watch, or listen to regularly or to any non-profit news organisations on whom you also rely to be informed during this global health crisis. Newsgathering is difficult and costly in normal times, and it is even more difficult and expensive now. We know this is a difficult time to request this kind of support. The pandemic has left tens of millions of people without incomes at a time of acute need for safe shelter, sustenance, and \u2013 for many \u2013 medical treatment. Paying for news may seem an unaffordable luxury right now, but we need these journalists and news services more than ever \u2013 and they need us. <\/p>\n

SIGNED BY (Alphabetically):
1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0ACOS Alliance
2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF)
3.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition (AfDec)
4.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0African Editors Forum
5.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0African Media Initiative
6.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0African Rights Watch
7.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0AfroLeadership
8.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Albanian Media Institute (AMI)
9.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ)
10.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0ARTICLE 19
11.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Asociatia Eurolife Romania
12.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Association des Journalistes de Guin\u00e9e (AJG)
13.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires (AMARC)
14.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM)
15.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Association of Independent Press (API) \u2013 Moldova
16.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Association of the Environment and Ecological Tourism Journalists of the Republic of Moldova (AJMTEM)
17.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0ASUTIC Senegal
18.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0BaleBengong, Indonesia
19.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)
20.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
21.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Bev Gavenda
22.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Bivol, Bulgaria
23.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE)
24.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Broadcasting, Electronic, Media, & Allied Workers Union (BEMAWU)
25.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Camerapix
26.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN), Bosnia and Herzegovina
27.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law (CEDEM), Ukraine
28.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Centre for Human Rights (University of Pretoria)
29.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD)
30.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Centre for Peace and Conflict Management in Africa
31.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Centro Latinoamericano de Investigaci\u00f3n Period\u00edstica (CLIP)
32.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0CFI \u2013 Agence Fran\u00e7aise de D\u00e9veloppement M\u00e9dias
33.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
34.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
35.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
36.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE)
37.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Community Media Network (CMN), Jordan
38.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Cooper Platform, Nigeria
39.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0CREOpoint AI, U\/EU
40.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Cyprus Online Media Association
41.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Danes je Nov Dan, In\u0161titut za Druga Vpra\u0161anja
42.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation
43.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Development Communications (DevComs) Network, Nigeria
44.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0DW Akademie
45.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Equal Access International
46.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Et\u00e9 Checagem
47.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ethical Journalism Network (EJN)
48.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
49.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
50.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0European Journalism Centre (EJC)
51.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fathm
52.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fojo Media Institute, Linnaeus University
53.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fondation Hirondelle
54.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Free Press Action
55.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Free Press Unlimited (FPU)
56.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Freedom House
57.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Frontline Freelance Register (FFR)
58.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Gabo (Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez Foundation)
59.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP)
60.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fundamedios
61.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fundamedios U.S.
62.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ghana Journalists Association
63.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Gisa Group (Khartoum, Sudan)
64.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) and on behalf of its 200 members
65.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
66.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Global Voices
67.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Globe International Center, Mongolia
68.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)
69.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Hapakenya
70.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Hetq \u2013 Investigative Journalists of Armenia
71.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Humanity United
72.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0IDEM Institute for Media, Democracy, and Cultural Exchange
73.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Independent Association of Georgian Journalists
74.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Independent Journalism Center, Moldova
75.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine (IMTUU)
76.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Institut Panos Grands Lacs (IPGL)
77.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Institute of Mass Information (IMI), Ukraine
78.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Inter Africa Network for Women, Media, Gender, and Development (FAMEDEV)
79.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT)
80.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
81.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0International Media Development Advisors (IMDA)
82.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0International Media Support (IMS)
83.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0International Press Institute (IPI)
84.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0International Women\u2019s Media Foundation (IWMF)
85.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Internet Sans Frontieres
86.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Internews
87.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Internews Ukraine
88.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Investigative Reporting Lab
89.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Investigat\u00edvne Centrum J\u00e1na Kuciaka
90.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Iraqi Journalists Rights Defense Association (IJRDA)
91.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Jamii Forums, Tanzania
92.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0JAMnews, the Caucasus region
93.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Kijiji Yeetu, Kenya
94.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0La Benevolencija Great Lakes
95.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0La Voz de Guanacaste
96.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0LabMedia
97.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0MADA \u2013 the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms
98.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Maharat Foundation
99.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0MANS, Montenegro
100.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network
101.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media Action Nepal
102.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ)
103.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media and Information Bureau (MIB), Sierra Leone
104.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media Association for Peace (MAP), Lebanon
105.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF)
106.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media Diversity Institute (MDI)
107.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media Foundation 360
108.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
109.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media Innovation Studio
110.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media Institute for Southern Africa \u2013 Zimbabwe (MISA Zimbabwe)
111.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media Matters for Democracy (MMfD)
112.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media Monitoring Africa
113.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media Rights Agenda (MRA)
114.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mediacentar Sarajevo
115.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0MediaWise Trust
116.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Myrealeurope.press
117.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0n-ost \u2013 Border Crossing Journalism
118.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Namibia Media Trust (NMT)
119.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine
120.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0National Union of Journalists of Ukraine
121.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0New Narratives
122.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0News Agency “Journalists Against Corruption” (Ukraine)
123.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Newsgain
124.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0NGO Human Rights Platform
125.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Norsk Redakt\u00f8rforening | Association of Norwegian Editors
126.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0OnlineSOS
127.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
128.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT)
129.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ossigeno per l\u2019Informazione
130.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0O\u0160TRO \u2013 Center for Investigative Journalism in the Adriatic Region
131.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)
132.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)
133.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf)
134.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Panos Institute West Africa
135.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Panos South Asia
136.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Pariwartan Sanchar Samuha
137.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0PEN America
138.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0PEN International
139.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Press Club Brussels Europe
140.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Presseclub Concordia, Austria
141.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Public Media Alliance (PMA)
142.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Radio Orange 94.0
143.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Radio Tuungane de Minembwe (RTM)
144.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Regional Press Development Institute, Ukraine \u00a0
145.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
146.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0R\u00e9seau Marocain des Journalistes d\u2019Investigation
147.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Rethink Africa Foundation
148.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0RISE Project Romania
149.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0RNW Media
150.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Rory Peck Trust
151.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0RosKomSvoboda
152.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Rural Media Network Pakistan (RMNP)
153.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Samir Kassir Foundation \u2013 SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom
154.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0SembraMedia
155.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA)
156.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA)
157.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition\u00a0 South Africa
158.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Sourcefabric z.u.
159.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Souspilnist Foundation
160.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO)
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