The media played a pivotal role in the history of Modern Greece going right back to its beginnings. The Greeks, through their network of friends around Europe, ensured the struggle for independence from Ottoman rule was not far from the front pages of European newspapers even as their governments tried to ignore what was going on in the eastern Mediterranean.
The media of the day kept the pressure on their governments to act until they grudgingly did so to telling effect. In this year of the 200th Anniversary of Greek Independence, it is a good time to look at the contribution of journalism to the story of Modern Greece.