How can reliable news be accessed?
On World Press Freedom Day, an in-depth discussion on the importance of an open and free media.
Attacks on journalists are on the rise and becoming more obvious around the world.
The International Press Institute (IPI) has recorded 635 violations globally and says at least 49 journalists were killed in the past year.
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The main offenders are authoritarian leaders who are increasingly emboldened in their crackdown on the media.
They almost never face justice for their efforts to silence journalists.
IPI says the pandemic is accelerating those negative trends as governments use the public health crisis to restrict press freedom, and the Institute warns new censorship rules could become the permanent norm.
On World Press Freedom Day, an in-depth discussion on the importance of an open and free media.
Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra
Guests:
Pauline Ades-Mevel – Editor-in-chief and spokeswoman at Reporters Without Borders
Tom Grundy – Editor-in-chief and founder of Hong Kong Free Press
Mohamed Elmasry – Chair of the journalism programme at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Published On 3 May 2021