Press Freedom and Safety
Journalists around the world face a wide range of challenges and outright threats to their work, from limits on what they can publish to intimidation and even murder. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 54 journalists were killed for their work last year. Only 9 percent of humankind lives in a country where Reporters Without Borders regards press freedom to be “good or satisfactory.” In this series of articles and interviews, WPR explores issues related to press freedom and safety around the globe.
More Journalists Are Being Assaulted in the U.S., Tarnishing America’s Image
Kirstin McCudden Monday, July 13, 2020
More Press Freedom and Safety
Q&A
Will Trump’s Voice of America Shakeup Harm U.S. Public Diplomacy?
The Editors
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Press Freedom Looks Like a Casualty of Liberia’s Response to COVID-19
Clair MacDougall
Friday, June 12, 2020
In Nicaragua, Attacks on Journalists Are Part of Ortega’s Survival Strategy
Laura Weiss
Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019
Q&A
Police Raids on Australian Journalists Threaten ‘a Fully Functioning Fourth Estate’
The Editors
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Q&A
Why It Could Be Bad News for Journalists if Julian Assange Is Extradited
The Editors
Monday, June 10, 2019
Ukraine’s Failed Attempt to Stop Russian Interference Is Trampling Digital Rights
Samuel Woodhams
Friday, April 26, 2019
Q&A
Myanmar’s Message to Journalists: Don’t Cover the Crackdown on the Rohingya
The Editors
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019
Q&A
Buhari’s Rhetoric Doesn’t Match the Dismal Reality of Press Freedom in Nigeria
The Editors
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018
Trend Lines Podcast
Is Voice of America Becoming the Voice of Trump?
The Editors
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Trend Lines Podcast
Singapore’s Fake News Law Shows How Not to Address Disinformation Online
The Editors
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020
Uganda Expands Its Internet Clampdown, Stifling the Last Space for Free Speech
Sophie Neiman
Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019
Q&A
Beset by Scandals, France’s Macron Is Going on the Offensive—Against the Press
Elliot Waldman
Monday, June 24, 2019
Q&A
In Ghana, Physical Attacks and Other Obstacles Hinder an Independent Press
The Editors
Monday, March 11, 2019
Q&A
Hong Kong’s Backslide on Press Freedom Goes Beyond a British Journalist’s Expulsion
The Editors
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018
Q&A
Belarus, No Friend of the Press, Finds New Ways to Limit What’s Published
The Editors
Friday, Aug. 24, 2018
More Journalists Are Being Assaulted in the U.S., Tarnishing America’s Image
Kirstin McCudden
Monday, July 13, 2020
Trend Lines Podcast
Is Voice of America Becoming the Voice of Trump?
The Editors
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Trend Lines Podcast
Singapore’s Fake News Law Shows How Not to Address Disinformation Online
The Editors
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020
Uganda Expands Its Internet Clampdown, Stifling the Last Space for Free Speech
Sophie Neiman
Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019
Q&A
Beset by Scandals, France’s Macron Is Going on the Offensive—Against the Press
Elliot Waldman
Monday, June 24, 2019
Q&A
In Ghana, Physical Attacks and Other Obstacles Hinder an Independent Press
The Editors
Monday, March 11, 2019
Q&A
Hong Kong’s Backslide on Press Freedom Goes Beyond a British Journalist’s Expulsion
The Editors
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018
Q&A
Will Trump’s Voice of America Shakeup Harm U.S. Public Diplomacy?
The Editors
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Press Freedom Looks Like a Casualty of Liberia’s Response to COVID-19
Clair MacDougall
Friday, June 12, 2020
In Nicaragua, Attacks on Journalists Are Part of Ortega’s Survival Strategy
Laura Weiss
Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019
Q&A
Police Raids on Australian Journalists Threaten ‘a Fully Functioning Fourth Estate’
The Editors
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Q&A
Why It Could Be Bad News for Journalists if Julian Assange Is Extradited
The Editors
Monday, June 10, 2019
Ukraine’s Failed Attempt to Stop Russian Interference Is Trampling Digital Rights
Samuel Woodhams
Friday, April 26, 2019
Q&A
Myanmar’s Message to Journalists: Don’t Cover the Crackdown on the Rohingya
The Editors
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019
Q&A
Buhari’s Rhetoric Doesn’t Match the Dismal Reality of Press Freedom in Nigeria
The Editors
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018