On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we stand together to defend the fundamental right to press freedom and media independence – and to honour those who have sacrificed their lives to bring us the truth.
But we don't just pay lip service to this ideal. With the European Media Freedom Act, the #DSA and the fight against SLAPPs, we're committed to protecting media professionals.
Let's promote a society where the free flow of information is valued and defended.
On this World Press Freedom Day, let's remember the importance of protecting freedom of expression and thought worldwide.
This year the UNESCO encourages everyone to publish that "Everything is alright."
Because if everything is alright in the news, then something is wrong with journalism. And when journalism is compromised, we cannot protect human rights.
On this #WorldPressFreedomDay I'd like to give a shoutout to all the news outlets and journalists who made the sensible decision to help further the fediverse and help make the internet more open and free.
Representing National Writers Union #NWU and International Federation of Journalists at #WorldPressFreedomDay#wpfd2023 in UN General Assembly chamber in NYC today. Pleased to have gotten a chance to raise cases of journalists #Mumia Abu-Jamal and Julian #Assange criminalized by the US government. Sustained applause from the floor for my question.
'De intimidatie heeft gewerkt. Voetbalmedia bakken meer dan ooit zoete broodjes met machtsmensen als Wouter Vandenhaute van Anderlecht in plaats van kritisch over hen te berichten.'
Na het gewonnen proces tegen voetbalclub #Anderlecht en voor de #DagVanDePersvrijheid sprak Apache met Humo-journalist Jan Hauspie.
New photo-shoot on World Press Freedom Day ... National Press Club president Emily Wilkins talks with advocates for journalists held hostage: Austin Tice, Evan Gershkovich, and Alsu Kurmasheva.
Here, Wilkins talks with Stephen Capus, president of RFE/RL, employer of Alsu Kurmasheva.
On #WorldPressFreedomDay 2024, the 🇺🇸 has dropped to 55th on RSF’a index. https://rsf.org/en/country/united-states
📰📉”After a sharp increase in 2020, #PressFreedom violations have fallen significantly in the United States, but major structural barriers to press freedom persist in this country, once considered a model for freedom of expression.”
So in news that will come as no surprise to any Australian journalists, Australia has dropped 12 places on the World Press Freedom Index to 39th place, because, “Press freedom is not constitutionally guaranteed in this island-continent of 26 million people, but a hyperconcentration of the media combined with growing pressure from the authorities endanger public interest journalism.” https://rsf.org/en/index#journalism#WorldPressFreedomDay
Folks love calling Israel a liberal democracy, but here they are claiming news is a 'threat to national security'. When informing people of what you say and do is a threat, you're doing something wrong. They did this two days after #WorldPressFreedomDay.