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Access to Public Information, Freedom of Information, Right to Information
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Access to Information Laws, Right to Information Regulation
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Open Data
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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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Accountability & Transparency
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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Media Law & Regulation
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Media / Communication
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Corruption & Combating Corruption
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Media Assistance: Access to Public Information
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Media Use, Media Consumption
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News Consumption & Information Sources of Media Users
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Communication Rights
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Freedom of Expression
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Extractive Industries & Mining Reporting
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Investigative Journalism
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Watchdog Role of the Media
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Advocacy
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Freedom of Expression Lobbying & Communication Rights Campaigning
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Freedom of Expression Principles
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Press Freedom & Communication Rights Violations
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Websites
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Environmental Communication
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Good Practice Examples
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Corruption Reporting & Role of Media in Curbing Corruption
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Local Communication & Media
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Corporate Communications
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Human Rights Protection
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Access to Media & Information: Disadvantaged Groups and Minorities
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Access to Media & Information: Indigenous Populations
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Children's Rights
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Open Licensing, Creative Commons, Public Domain
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Media Assistance: Freedom of Expression & Safety of Journalists
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Government Communication Strategies
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Hate Speech Legislation & Regulation
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Development Assistance
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Data
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Digital Inclusion
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Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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Open Access Publishing
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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ICTs and Development
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ICT Development Assistance
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Romani People
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Emergency Health Communication
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Health Disinformation & Misinformation
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Open Educational Resources (OER)
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Defamation, Libel, Slander
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Defamation of Religion (Blasphemy)
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Journalism Ethics
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Media Assistance: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Feminism & Communication
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Decolonial & Non-Western Approaches
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COVID-19 Communication
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HIV / AIDS Communication
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OSCE
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UNESCO
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United Nations (UN)
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Journalism
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Financial Flow Analysis
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Journalism Studies & Research
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Journalistic Quality
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Journalists
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Reporting & Media Representation: Specific Issues
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Drug Trafficking Reporting & Media Representation
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Political Reporting
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Crowdsourcing
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Confidential Sources, Whistleblowing, Protection of Journalists' Sources
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Judiciary & Penal System
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National Security Legislation
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Radio Law & Regulation
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Right to Reply, Right of Recitification
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Television Law & Regulation
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Contracts, Labour Agreements, Service Contracts
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People with Disabilities: Access to & Use of ICT and Media
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Governance
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Democratization
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Agenda Setting
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Manipulation
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Communication & Media Indicators
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Statistical Data: Collection, Analysis & Interpretation
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Civil Society
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Internet Bandwith, Broadband & Backbone Networks
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"This report reviews the current state of the right of access to information (RTI) across the world to provide a baseline for future assessments over the lifetime of the 2030 Agenda. It finds that there has been significant incorporation of the right in well over half of UN Member States. The right ... more
"This research looks at the information needed by in-country development stakeholders with an emphasis on accountability actors including civil society organizations, charities, government workers, and the media. To collect this information, semi-structured interviews were conducted in Sierra Leone ... more

Supporting an Independent, Vibrant Media in Kazakhstan

In: OECD Integrity Scan of Kazakhstan: Preventing Corruption for a Competitive Economy
Paris: OECD (2017), pp. 275-296
"This chapter discusses the role of media in the Republic of Kazakhstan in combating corruption. First, it provides an assessment of the recently passed access to information legislation in the country as it relates to media's access to government information. Second, it analyses the extent to which ... more
"In diesem Beitrag wird kurz auf die Ursprünge des IFAI (Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos) sowie auf seine Zusammensetzung und Funktionsweise eingegangen. Im Licht aktuell vorgeschlagener Reformdiskussionen werden die Perspektiven der Institution aufgezeigt und i ... more

How the Bangladeshi Media Use the RTI Act for Free and Qualitative Reporting: Asessment Report

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC);Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) (2016), 17 pp.
"The study finds an overall positive attitude about the benefits of the RTI Act and potentials of its use by the journalists as an effective tool for producing quality in-depth and investigative reports. An opinion prevails that the act has already created some good examples of curbing corruption an ... more

Gobierno Abierto en América Latina

Paris: OECD (2015), 283 pp.
"Los países de América Latina han implementado importantes reformas de gobierno abierto durante los últimos años. La combinación de los esfuerzos a nivel nacional con el soporte que los países han obtenido por parte de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (AGA) ha sido benéfica para lograr ava ... more

Free Speech and Censorship Around the Globe

Budapest; New York: Central European University Press (2015), x, 552 pp.
"This is a book about free speech narratives. Stories about how imagination and rational thinking in wildly different cultures capture, imagine, and conceptualize what freedom of speech means. 1989 and 2011 are only two recent (in historic perspective) turning points when freedom of speech and freed ... more
"The highly debated Protection of State Information Bill (POSIB) in South Africa represents the first attempt of a sub-Saharan African country to create security legislation which is not based on Colonial law. It can be assumed that this law will have a significant impact on similar legislative refo ... more
"Internews’ research reveals a confluence of conditions in ASEAN that make the present time a critical moment for Freedom of Expression / Right to Information (FoE/RTI) interventions in the region. As donor support dwindles, and threats to FoE increase, there is a danger of a severe roll-back of t ... more

Medios a la vista 3: Análisis sobre el derecho a la información y la comunicación y el periodismo en Bolivia 2012-2013

La Paz: Fundación UNIR;Observatorio Nacional de Medios (ONADEM) (2014), 258 pp.
"Los diecinueve textos que conforman el libro se articulan en torno a siete temáticas: 1) Percepciones sobre el DIC y los medios, 2) Ética, 3) Estructuras de contenido, 4) Coberturas noticiosas, 5) Agresiones a periodistas, 6) Acceso a la Información Pública, y 7) Estado, medios y normativa. Su ... more
"While academic studies on the impact of FOI are still surprisingly few and far between, many more studies are available as institutional reports (e.g. the 14-country study by the Open Society Foundations in 2006). Around the world, government and non-governmental organisations are launching web pla ... more

Legal Leaks Toolkit: A Guide for Journalists on How to Access Government Information

Madrid; Berlin: Access Info Europe;N-ost Netzwerk für Osteuropa-Berichterstattung (2014), 85 pp.
"This toolkit is designed for journalists working in any media – newspapers, radio, and television – as well as bloggers and other information professionals who need to get access to information held by public bodies for their stories. The toolkit is for journalists making requests in their own ... more

Manual de acceso a la información pública

Quito: UNESCO;Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) (2014), 45 pp.

Citizens' Access to Information in South Asia

Kathmandu: Asia Foundation (2014), vii, 58 pp.

Global Right to Information Update: An Analysis by Region

Freedom of Information Advocates Network (FOIAnet) (2013), 91 pp.
"The Update reveals that the challenges faced by advocates, and the campaigning tactics used in each region, are at times remarkably similar. National civil society coalitions, for example, are mentioned by many authors as having made a central contribution to campaigns. In other cases, challenges d ... more
"This report is intended to be a practical, useful guide for stakeholders in national and local governments, the media, civil society, and business to making freedom of information laws work. The authors’ particular emphasis is on the role public officials and journalists must play in effectively ... more