At a time when the news media is under unprecedented attack, and the need for watchdog reporting has never been greater, we hope you will join GIJN today in marking World Press Freedom Day (#WorldPressFreedomDay). This is the 25th celebration of WPFD, but despite the years of meetings and proclamations by its sponsors UNESCO and others, conditions are getting worse, not better, for journalists around the world.
This year’s WPFD theme is “Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law,” a fitting topic for a time when the rule of law is failing in much of the …read more
World Press Freedom Day — “No Democracy without Investigative Journalism”
