Our podcast: How press freedom is threatened in Hungary and Poland In this episode for World Press Freedom Day we look at the pressures on independent journalism in two EU countries Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki meet in Budapest. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo Saturday 1 May 2021 The topic In this episode of our podcast we talk to two of our Journalist Fellows about the growing pressures facing journalists and independent news media in Poland and Hungary. We look at the threats of authoritarianism, the weaponisation of advertising revenue, and self-censorship. We also look at levels of support for independent media and what can be done within the industry, and on a political level, to defend media freedoms.