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DW Freedom Library

An overview of all insights and analysis pieces on freedom of expression, digital technology, and the media

DW Akademie 2026 | Logo DW Freedom Library
A woman reads from a sheet of paper while sitting beside a man in a radio studio

The state of media development in Sub-Saharan Africa

08/13/2026

A group of people at a workshop at the Festival3i in Rio de Janeiro

Turning journalistic value into leverage

08/05/2026

A woman at a demonstration holding a placard demanding freedom for Iryna Danylovych

Media under pressure in the Eastern Partnership and Baltics

07/21/2026

Six panelists on a stage, the slide in the background reads "Journalism is a public good but it's not funded like other public goods"

M20 global media initiative hopes for brighter days in 2027

07/15/2026

Woman in Ethiopia checking her smartphone

Journalists defend information integrity in the AI age

07/15/2026

A journalist holds a placard reading "Fewer journalists, more fake news"

Journalism Financing Digest – July 2026

07/13/2026

The image shows a wide shot of the event at the DW Akademie pre-session "The Value of Journalism: Why media matters to economics, national security and crises" ahead of the Global Media Forum

The value of journalism: new evidence, better storytelling

06/26/2026

A woman holds a microphone while interviewing people at an outdoor public event

The state of media development in Latin America

06/18/2026

Several young men stand outdoors holding smartphones, taking photos or videos. The focus is on their hands and devices, with a blurred green background

The state of media development in Asia-Pacific

06/10/2026

Symbolic image of the Earth as a globally connected planet, with lines and nodes linking different regions.

Who shapes the AI conversation?

06/03/2026

A young woman works focused at her computer.

Mapping the AI narrative in Kenya and South Africa's media

06/03/2026

A group of people sitting in a workshop room and listening to a presentation

Building Africa's AI playbook: workshop in Nairobi

05/21/2026

DW Akademie | State of Media Development Report 2026

The State of Media Development Report 2026

04/15/2026

two protesters demand regulation of artificial intelligence by showing Spanish-language posters

How Latin America reclaims journalism in the age of AI

04/13/2026

Swapneel Metha portrait

Who captures the value journalists create?

04/07/2026

Afdol Rizki Halim Portrait

AI crawlers eat the news and publishers pay for it

04/07/2026

Ludovic Blecher portrait

Stop blaming Big Tech. Start rebuilding journalism

04/07/2026

Portrait of Natalia Viana

Big Tech's invisible hand: A transnational investigation

03/31/2026

Deutschland Berlin 2026 | DW-Akademie-Event zu Journalismus und Künstlicher Intelligenz im Futurium

The urgency is global

02/02/2026

Maxence Melo man speaks into a DW microphone as a woman looks at him from the stage

Breaking the News? Journalism in the age of AI

01/30/2026