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The Independent Journalism Centre (IJC) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political institution that provides assistance to independent journalists and media outlets in the Republic of Moldova. Since 1994, when it was founded, IJC has been promoting the right to freedom of expression and access to information.
The IJC mission is to facilitate the development of an informed society by strengthening a free and viable press, including new media, by means of projects that provide education in journalism and public relations, advocacy media campaigns, research, media literacy, and non-profit journalistic products.
Over the years, IJC has launched and implemented dozens of projects to:
- improve journalists’ working conditions
- revise the legal framework regulating media
- support the freedom of press and
- promote professional standards.
IJC has been raising media consumers’ awareness on the danger of disinformation and propaganda and promoting media literacy among students and adult population. Among the major IJC achievements there are launching the Moldova School of Journalism, developing the Freedom of Expression Law and amendments aimed at ensuring media ownership transparency, as well as introducing and teaching the optional course Media Education in Moldovan schools.
In addition to a new website, the IJC administers three additional portals:
- Media Azi – publishes news from the media field
- Mediacritica – portal that promotes media education and critical thinking
- Moldova Azi – portal, a multimedia resource where the public can find and watch all the videos IJC has produced so far.
Since 2000, IJC has been a member of the South East European Network for Professionalization of the Media (SEENPM), since 2001 – a member of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) and since 2007 – a member of the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD).
Web: https://cji.md/en/
