World
Press Freedom day is celebrated annually on the 3rd May
2018
is the 25th anniversary and the focus is upon the rule of law . Find
out more about the events on the UNESCO official
website
These
include a book on
press freedom and the safety of journalists and other resolutions, papers
and
resources
The United
nations website has links to related resolutions, reports and committee
websites
Why
is this day important?
Find
out which country has the most free press
according to the annual barometer complied by RSF . The methodology used is
displayed on the website
According
to the analyses ‘hatred of journalists is growing and is threatening democracy’
. The UK is now ranked 40 out of 180
An
Alternative freedom
of the Press ranking is compiled annually by Freedom House . In 2017 it
declared that press freedom had declined to its lowest level for 13 years.
Other
well known indexes are:
IREX's
Media Sustainability Index (MSI) which provides in-depth analyses of the
conditions for independent media in 80 countries across the world.It
specialises in conditions fro change in transition developing nations.
priority areas of the International Programme
for the Development of Communication (IPDC) are : promotion of freedom of
expression and media pluralism; development of community media; and human
resource development (capacity building of media professionals and
institutional capacity building).
The African Media Barometer was developed by fesmedia Africa, the Media Project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in Africa, and the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) in 2004.
Every two to three years a panel of 10 to 12 local
experts, consisting of at least five media practitioners and media expert and
five representatives from civil society, meet to assess the media situation in
their own country. A report is then compiled by expert panellists based
on 39 criteria,
European Centre for Press and Media
Freedom has a resource section on its website with useful research reports
and papers on trends in media pluralism and threats to media freedom in the
region.
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