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Good journalism. Better societies.
IMS (International Media Support) pushes for quality journalism, challenges repressive laws and keeps media workers of all genders safe, so that they can do their jobs. Through alliances and innovation, we help free, independent media contribute to positive change and better societies.
We work for global press freedom and to secure safer and better conditions and sound laws for local media affected by conflict and political transition
We support the production of good journalism that meets internationally recognised standards and work to ensure safe media environments with sound laws for journalists.
We do this because citizens of all gender identities, ethnic or religious background and their leaders need information they can trust to make decisions that develop their societies in a peaceful and democratic way.
With elected regimes and wars destabilising entire regions and creating a new world order, the role of journalism in informing and educating the public is as crucial as ever. Good journalism is needed to combat disinformation, to investigate the powerful, to help people adapt to climate change and to offer solutions to people’s most pressing issues. Yet, it is harder than ever to produce good journalism as independent media outlets face a wide variety of threats: from being bombed in the war to being shut down due to lack of funds, from disinformation and online harassment to being attacked and arrested by authorities for daring to hold power to account.
This year’s IMS Impact Report is focused on how our media partners are continuing to produce good journalism and bring about change, whether it is helping more women join the journalism profession in Afghanistan, making mountainous roads safer in Yemen, delivering life-saving information in Palestine or rooting out corruption in the midst of war in Ukraine.
As our partners work to overcome the setbacks caused by the closure of USAID – and a resultant loss of their funds ranging from 10 percent to 90 percent – IMS is helping pave the way for their long-term viability. We are helping them become less dependent on donor grants and find ways of unlocking new sources of funding; supercharge their prebunking, debunking and factchecking skills as they combat disinformation; and forge new alliances, collaborations and coalitions to learn from each other across countries and continents.
The IMS Impact Report 2025 covers the following topics:
- Disinformation.
- Investigative journalism.
- Accountability journalism.
- Solutions-focused journalism.
- Public interest journalism.
- Humanitarian journalism.
- Media viability.
- War reporting and mental health.
- Gender equality in journalism.
- Environmental journalism.
- Documentary filmmaking.
