Sixteen more media professionals and civic activists from all over the country, including from the left bank of Nistru River, strengthened their knowledge on accurate reporting of gender- and conflict–sensitive topics. The training session "Words that Matter: Strategies for Accurate Reporting of Gender- and Conflict–Sensitive Issues," similarly to the one in December 2023, are part of the "Media for Peace and Equality on Both Sides of Nistru" Program. The training conducted by UN Women and API took place on 24-25 January 2024 in one of the resorts in Vadul lui Vodă.

Încă 16 profesioniști și profesioniste media, activiste și activiști civici din toată țara, inclusiv din stânga Nistrului, și-au consolidat cunoștințele privind relatarea corectă a subiectelor sensibile la gen și conflicte. Sesiunea de formare „Cuvinte care contează: strategii pentru relatarea corectă a subiectelor sensibile la gen și conflicte”, la fel ca și cea din decembrie 2023, fac parte din programul „Media pentru Pace și Egalitate pe ambele maluri ale Nistrului”. Instruirea desfășurată de UN Women și API a avut loc la 24-25 ianuarie 2024 în una din stațiunile de la Vadul lui Vodă.

Media outlets have shortcomings in planning and producing media stories about corruption in some areas of public interest. The number of thematic materials is relatively small, short news stories are predominantly published to the detriment of stories with elements of analysis of the corruption phenomenon, and some media outlets choose to take over articles of questionable quality from other sources. These and other findings are contained in the third report on monitoring media coverage of corruption in some areas of public interest, presented by API at a press club. The event took place on 19 December 2023 and was organized in partnership with the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJM).

Twenty media professionals and civic activists improved their skills in the first training session “Words That Matter: Strategies for Accurate Reporting of Gender– and Conflict–Sensitive Issues," organized by UN Women and API on 13 and 14 December 2023 in Vadul lui Vodă. The training was part of the "Media for Peace and Equality on Both Sides of Nistru River" Program, one of the objectives of which is to create a discussion platform to stimulate collaboration and generate joint project ideas between professionals on both sides of Nistru River.

20 de studenți, tineri jurnaliști, juriști, profesori și activiști civici din mai multe localități au participat la un training de o zi în domeniul combaterii dezinformării, verificării faptelor și dezvoltării gândirii critice, care s-a desfășurat în Chișinău, pe 27 octombrie 2023.

Between March and July 2023, the Association of Independent Press (API) organized trainings for communication specialists from public institutions in Moldova’s regions on the topic of communication on issues of public interest to fight disinformation. Throughout the period some 290 communicators and other public officials from 25 districts of the country were trained, learning techniques for communicating with the public and debunking information that distorts reality.

You will not be able to solve all the problems you have included in your strategy, focus on the two or three most important ones and solve them; this will help you overcome the crisis and resist in the media market. Explain more clearly what you want to do, and when you have a completed document, work with it, do not leave it to dust in the drawer; it does not help if it sits there no matter how good it is. Editors and managers of independent newspapers received the latest advice on how to improve their business strategies in times of crisis from trainers Cristina Lupu (Romania) and Irina Ghelbur (Republic of Moldova). At API's "Strategic Organization of Newsroom Work in Times of Crisis" Training at the end of last week, participants had the opportunity to ask questions and get answers to a range of newsroom management challenges.

From July 12 to 14, the Association of Independent Press (API) organized the second edition of the Summer School "Diversity and Tolerance in the Media," which was attended by 19 journalists, reporters, staff members of national and regional media and journalism students. The participants were introduced to positive examples from national and international media of social inclusion in the media and were involved in awareness-raising exercises on the needs of social groups.

At a time when revenues are falling and the sources that used to bring us money are no longer so accessible, we need to think about streamlining our spending. We can save money by giving up large and expensive offices, even cars, if we can manage without them. If we are constrained by the situation, we can reduce staff, but this is a measure we will only resort to in extreme cases, as it will be difficult to bring people back afterwards. At the workshop "How Print Media Face Crisis Challenges," held by API on 29 May 2023, expert Irina Ghelbur, director of Interact Media/Agora, gave suggestions on how to face crisis challenges to editors and publishers from 10 regional and national newspapers.

Un grup de studenți ai Facultății Relații Internaționale, Științe Politice și Jurnalism din cadrul Universității Libere Internaționale din Moldova (ULIM) au participat la un workshop în care au învățat cum să identifice și să scrie profesionist materiale despre tineri, inclusiv cei aflați în situații vulnerabile. Evenimentul a avut loc pe 16-17 mai 2023 și a fost organizat de Asociația Presei Independente (API) în cadrul proiectului „Cetățeni Activi, Comunități Prospere, Faza II”, finanțat din resursele acordate de Guvernul Elveției și Suedia.

Seven national and regional media outlets across the country have benefited from in-house digital security assistance, and more than 50 staff members have improved their knowledge and skills on cyber threats. The work took place under the Security Assistance Program, implemented by API with the support of DW Akademie, since last October.

Mai mulți colaboratori din mass-media naționale și locale din Republica Moldova au participat la un workshop despre identificarea și abordarea subiectelor despre persoane și grupuri vulnerabile, pentru a asigura reflectarea echilibrată a acestora în mass-media. Evenimentul a avut loc pe 23-24 februarie 2023 și a fost organizat de Asociația Presei Independente (API) în cadrul proiectului „Cetățeni Activi, Comunități Prospere, Faza II”, finanțat din resursele acordate de Agenția Elvețiană pentru Dezvoltare și Cooperare (SDC) și Suedia, componenta „Jurnaliștii pentru diversitate și incluziune: responsabilitate și angajament”.