News and press statements

MISA launches the State of the Media Report

MISA launches the State of the Media Report

The 2023 State of the Media report indicates that the absence of the Access to Information Law significantly affects citizens’ participation in public affairs and decision-making processes.

Why Zambia needs ‘pure’ self-regulation mechanism

Why Zambia needs ‘pure’ self-regulation mechanism

Self-regulation is standard setting and setting out the proper codes of behaviour for the media and this is necessary to support freedom of expression. These standards are agreed to by the media industry itself and are monitored, with the media being held to account where it deviates from the agreed standards.