In June 2018, the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, visited Poland as part of IPI鈥檚 Ontheline project, which aims to identify best newsroom practices for preventing and better responding to online harassment of journalists.
Over the course of five days, the IPI delegation met with editors-in-chief, managing editors, web and social media editors, and staff and freelance journalists to better understand online harassment and how it is dealt with in Poland. IPI visited the newsrooms of the largest national daily newspaper ; weekly news magazines 听补苍诲 ; investigative journalism and fact-checking platform ; and smaller publications and . In addition, IPI organized two focus groups: one for female journalists and one for freelancers with a representative of the Journalists鈥 Association (Towarzystwo Dziennikarskie).