PRESS FREEDOM
Press freedom has deteriorated in the face of a global pandemic, journalists share on World Press Freedom Day
ICIJ members in every region told of rising attacks, intimidation, government pressure, restrictions, lawsuits and penalties in the past year, as well as concerns arising from changes in media ownership. May 3, 2021 A journalist wears a T-shirt with an image of Malaysian news site Malaysiakini’s editor-in-chief Steven Gan at the Federal Court in Putrajaya on July 13, 2020, as the site faces contempt of court proceedings.
Journalism has not been spared in the global turmoil of the past 12 months, according to the latest press freedom index from Reporters Without Borders.