Every year, May 3 is when the world commemorates the fundamental principles of press freedom. It's a day to measure press freedom around the world, to shield the media from attacks on their rights, and to give a shoutout to journalists who have lost their lives in the pursuit of their profession. A reminder that becoming a journalist can be suicide is at the center of the story. Publications and those who work with them are threatened, assaulted, and even murdered. Publications have been blocked, fined, and closed down.
This is an opportunity to: It is a chance to: It's a great opportunity to:
- Press freedom's fundamentals are celebrated; press freedom's founding principles are extook;
- Investigate the situation of press freedom around the world; assess the state of press freedom around the world;
- Anti-independence protests have targeted the media, defending the media from assaults on their freedom; the media is shielded from attacks on their democracy;
- Write a thank you to journalists who have lost their lives in the line of duty
The number of reporters, editors, photographers, photographers, and other U.S. newsroom employees dropped by 5 percent in the United States over the past 15 years. More newsrooms are expected to follow suit as news business models continue to be in flux, according to it. There are now 1,500 "ghost papers," where skeleton employees are providing little to no local news coverage. Thousands of people in some countries have lost a newspaper over the past year. And, in some regions, access to news has completely disappeared: more than 1,400 communities have lost a newspaper.
Visit the Press Freedom Day website. Express yourself by using your local newspaper. Write a letter to the editor about something that you feel strongly about.
orge Orwell's 1984, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 all depict a society without a free press.
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History
A group of independent journalists was formed in 1976 by a group of independent journalists to promote and defend press freedom, as well as 44 media organizations from around the world. Following the UN General Assembly's recommendation in 1991, the UN General Assembly officially declared World Press Freedom Day in 1993.
