We are Hiring: Programme Finance and Compliance Officer
Media Defence is looking for a highly motivated and energetic Programme Finance and Compliance Officer, to perform a variety of administrative and clerical tasks in the running of Media Defence’s local legal capacity building programme, ensuring compliance with funder requirements and supporting with programme-related fundraising activities. You will be the first point of contact for […]
[NOW CLOSED] – Special Call: Funding for a Media Defence Centre in South East Asia
Background Media Defence is a charity, based in London, which provides legal help to journalists, citizen journalists and independent media across the world. Media Defence’s vision is a world where journalists no longer face legal challenges that threaten their ability to report freely and independently on issues of public interest, allowing citizens to be better […]
[NOW CLOSED] Call for Consultants: Legal Research Opportunity
In 2017, Media Defence began its Digital Rights Advocates Project (DRAP) which aims to improve the legal environment for freedom of expression online in sub-Saharan Africa. DRAP seeks to achieve this by building and strengthening a network of litigators that litigate on a wide range of digital rights issues, and by ensuring that journalists, citizen […]
Journalist Impact Survey 2020
In 2020, we carried out our fourth annual Journalist Impact Survey to look at the longer-term impact of our support on our primary beneficiaries, journalists. Our Journalist Impact Survey is designed to understand the quality of our legal and financial support to journalists in addition to gaining a greater appreciation of the role of legal […]
[NOW CLOSED] Call for Consultants: Training Materials for Litigation Surgeries on Freedom of Expression in Latin America
Media Defence’s vision is a world where journalists no longer face legal challenges that threaten their ability to report freely and independently on issues of public interest, allowing citizens to be better informed, able to hold those in power to account. One of Media Defence’s core activities is the delivery of litigation surgeries to increase […]
A Year in Review: Our 2020 Learning Report
At Media Defence, we undertake a variety of internal and external evaluations each year in order to understand the effectiveness and relevance of our programmes. We also do this to explore the impact of legal defence for journalists, in an increasingly contracting space for media freedom globally. We are committed to transparency and wish to […]
[NOW CLOSED] Call for Consultants: “Train the Trainer” Facilitation
Media Defence’s Digital Rights Advocates training programme works to defend, promote and strengthen freedom of expression online in East, West and Southern Africa, by supporting legal communities with technical legal expertise to litigate digital rights cases. One of the programme’s core activities is the delivery of litigation surgeries in East, West and Southern Africa. These […]
Media Defence Mourns Former Trustee, Olexiy Solohubenko
It was with great sadness that Media Defence heard of the death of its former trustee, the journalist, Olexiy Solohubenko. Born and educated in Ukraine, Olexiy began his broadcasting career at Radio Kiev. In 1992 he joined the BBC World Service, helping to set up and establish the Ukrainian Service, which he led from 1996 […]
[NOW CLOSED] Opportunity: Project Assistant (French-Speaking), Digital Rights Advocates Project
Media Defence is a charity that provides legal defence to journalists, citizen journalists and independent media worldwide who are under threat for their reporting. Media Defence runs a training programme to defend, promote and strengthen freedom of expression online in East, West and Southern Africa, by supporting legal communities with technical legal expertise to litigate […]
Announcement: Media Defence Launches New Visual Identity and Website
Media Legal Defence Initiative is now trading as Media Defence. Along with our new trading name, we also unveil a new logo and website, which will help us reach more journalists in need. Since our founding in 2008, we have seen the context in which the media operates deteriorate worldwide. With the spread of […]
Covid-19 Appeal: Help Us Defend Independent Media
The context in which the media operates is forecast to worsen. Insecurity and populism spread, governments copy restrictive and abusive practices from others, and new threats such as online harassment emerge. The COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated this downward spiral. Attacks on press freedom, including the use of emergency regulations to target those who inform […]
A Year in Review: Our 2019 Annual Report
“In the year under review I have been once again struck by the significance of the achievements of those that we help. Their stories individually and collectively are heroic. They take personal and professional risks, they persist when it would be easier to give up, and they fight for the right to speak truth to […]