Pandemic has revealed the fragility of public interest journalism On World Press Freedom Day, media across the globe are fighting threats both existential and immediate
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US president Joe Biden speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty
Viability, diversity, stability and safety are essential ingredients of any healthy information ecosystem. How many media organisations worldwide can say yes to all four? How far are individual professionals, news organisations and the industry as a whole from achieving these? And at this time of global anxiety, economic turmoil and uncertainty, is it crazy to have these goals?
Exacerbated challenges: In France, the press face a a global security law, which will make it an offence to share images that identify police officers in operation by face or name. AFP
VIABILITY, diversity, stability and safety are essential ingredients of any healthy information ecosystem. How many media worldwide can say yes to all four? How far are individual professionals, news organisations, and the industry as a whole from achieving these? And at this time of global anxiety, economic turmoil, and future uncertainty, is it crazy to be aiming for them in the first place?
As we mark World Press Freedom Day tomorrow on May 3, media across the globe are fighting threats both existential and immediate. The Covid-19 health pandemic has exacerbated, and in many instances accelerated challenges familiar to media owners, editors and journalists everywhere. The dilemma for an industry shrinking by the day and fast running out of money is that the biggest, most unavoidable cost is the
| April 30, 2021
As we mark 3 May, World Press Freedom Day media across the globe are fighting threats both existential and immediate. The COVID-19 health pandemic has exacerbated, and in many instances accelerated challenges familiar to media owners, editors and journalists everywhere. The dilemma for an industry shrinking by the day and fast running out of money is that the biggest, most unavoidable cost is the journalism that, by its very essence, defines it.
Above all, COVID-19 has forced questions around the economic model and how media are financed front and centre for everyone with even just a passing interest in how news is produced. The insecurities that have been corroding the industry for over two decades are now circulating wildly and devastating newsrooms and boardrooms worldwide.