December 22, 2025
Media and Information Literacy Guide
In a time when information moves fast and misinformation spreads even faster, media and information literacy is no longer optional. It is a life skill. This guide is designed to help readers understand how media works, how information is created and shared, and how to make informed, responsible choices when consuming or producing content. It…
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Chama Chabasungu
December 15, 2025
Media and Information Literacy Guide
In a time when information moves fast and misinformation spreads even faster, media and information literacy is no longer optional. It is a life skill. This guide is designed to help readers understand how media works, how information is created and shared, and how to make informed, responsible choices when consuming or producing content. It…
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Chama Chabasungu
November 21, 2025
Choma Women Take the Lead in Climate Justice As FPI Concludes Trainings
The Zambia Free Press Initiative (FPI) has wrapped up the third and final session of its national training series for women environmental rights defenders and female journalists, this time in Choma, Southern Province. The two-day workshop held from November 12-13, brought together 32 women on the frontlines of climate challenges in their communities, building on…
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Chama Chabasungu
October 13, 2025
Moto 4 cohort undergoes first central training
By Chama Chabasungu The Zambia Free Press Initiative (FPI) held the first central training for 20 young female broadcast journalists selected for the fourth cohort of the Moto initiative, a collaboration between FPI and BBC Media Action under the Funsani Project and supported by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). The five-day training held from…
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Chama Chabasungu
September 23, 2025
Young Journalists Fired Up After FPI Induction Boot Camp
The Zambia Free Press Initiative (FPI) successfully completed a two-day induction boot camp for its journalism interns, equipping them with the skills, confidence, and motivation to take on the newsroom. Held at Casamunji in Lusaka from 13th to 14th September, the programme brought together 10 students from different learning institutions, including Evelyn Hone College, Cavendish…
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Chama Chabasungu
September 23, 2025
Zambia Commemorates International Day of Democracy
By Zambia Free Press Initiative LUSAKA – The Zambia Free Press Initiative (FPI) and Chapter One Foundation, with support from the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Zambia, on Monday, 15th September 2025, joined the global community in marking the International Day of Democracy. The commemoration, held at the WILS Hotel Supreme in Lusaka, attracted…
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Chama Chabasungu
August 25, 2025
STATEMENT ON THE DETENTION OF JOURNALIST THANDIZO BANDA
Lusaka, August 25, 2025- The Free Press Initiative (FPI) is concerned with the detention of The Mast Kabwe-based journalist, Thandizo Banda, who was held by police for taking a photograph of a vehicle carrying Electoral Commission of Zambia Chairperson, Mrs. Mwangala Zaloumis, during her visit to Chowa Police Station to see her murder-accused daughter.Mr. Banda…
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Chama Chabasungu
July 28, 2025
FPI hosts national consultative forum on cyber laws in Lusaka
The first day of the National Consultative Forum on Cyber Laws, hosted by the Zambia Free Press Initiative and Young Women in Action, brought together young people from the Copperbelt, Eastern, and Southern provinces to reflect on the state of digital safety and freedoms in Zambia. The conversations went beyond presentations participants shared personal challenges,…
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Chama Chabasungu
June 5, 2025
DEMOCRACY AND MEDIA A GUIDE TO REPORTING ELECTIONS IN ZAMBIA
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Chama Chabasungu
May 20, 2025
Citizens, Journalists, and Activists Engage on Zambia’s New Cyber Laws at Lusaka Forum
Citizens, journalists, civil society actors, and persons with disabilities gathered in Lusaka on May 15 for a public forum aimed at deepening understanding of Zambia’s newly enacted cyber laws. The event was organized by the Zambia Free Press Initiative (FPI) in partnership with Young Women in Action (YWA), under the ongoing Claim Your Space project…
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