The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) marks the World Press Freedom Day today in concurrence with UNESCO’s commemoration of 30 years of the Windhoek Declaration under the theme Strengthening Journalism to advance Democracies; Information as a Public Good.
The completion of 30 years of the landmark Windhoek Declaration for the development of free independent and pluralistic press also sheds light on our own roadmap declaration for media freedom in Sri Lanka, the Colombo Declaration of Media Freedom and Social Responsibility of 1998.
This year’s theme revolves around affirming the importance of information enhancing media information and literacy to defend and demand journalism as a vital part of information as a public good. In seeking to advance professionalism in journalism and promote media freedom under the theme; ‘Strengthening Journalism to Advance Democracies; Information as a Public Good’, the SLPI recognises reliable information as key to forge collective aspiratio
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