International: Protecting journalists is key to sustainable media
Sao Paulo, Brazil: Photojournalists light candles during a vigil marking the death of a video journalist killed while covering a protest in Rio de Janeiro. Credit: Nelson Antoine/Shutterstock
Advocates of free speech and media freedom are working hard to ensure the media we consume every day is capable of informing us as well as debating with us, capable of carrying out investigations, and resilient enough to hold officials to account for their actions.
Yet the challenges are considerable. Media are doing this work in a rapidly evolving landscape: platforms and apps, print publications and radio, TV and digital broadcast outlets. And across this media space, evidence is mounting that there is the opportunity to contribute to what we call ‘information for public good’. But so much is at risk and in trouble, including support for independent journalism. Why?