by jpitney | Dec 16, 2021 | China, Freedom of Press, Journalism, Journalists, Mass Media
From Reporters Without Borders: According to Reporter Without Borders’ (RSF) annual round-up published today, a record number of journalists – 488, including 60 women – are currently detained worldwide, while another 65 are being held hostage. Meanwhile, the number of...
by jpitney | May 10, 2021 | Freedom of Press, Journalism
From the Coalition for Women in Journalism: Attackers often target women journalists to discourage their coverage and silence their voice. Threats to the lives of women journalists are increasing daily in different countries but especially in Afghanistan. Three young...
by jpitney | Mar 4, 2021 | Democracy, Freedom of Press, International Relations
Please read this important report. Not only is America not in top ten on freedom/democracy index, we aren’t in top 20 or even in top 50 countries in the world. https://t.co/8t0dJSKySo pic.twitter.com/MdlzE263Ec — Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) March 3, 2021 The...
by jpitney | Oct 31, 2020 | Freedom of Press, Journalism
From the One Free Press Coalition: Slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October of 2017 shortly after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, tops the November ranking of the One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” list of press freedom cases....
by jpitney | Sep 23, 2020 | Freedom of Press, Journalism
A September 21 release from the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation: The Fallen Journalists Memorial (FJM) Foundation, News Media Alliance, National Newspaper Association and National Association of Broadcasters today commended the U.S. House of Representatives on...
by jpitney | Sep 14, 2020 | Constitution, First Amendment, Freedom of Press, Public Opinion
From the Annenberg Public Policy Center: Americans’ ability to name the five rights protected by the First Amendment has jumped since 2017, when we last asked this question. Their ability to specify some of them more than tripled. Asked to name any of the rights...
