by Tarek Anthony | Aug 25, 2025 | News, Press Freedom
Exiled Afghan journalist Baktash Siawash visited the University of Oregon, sharing his family’s story of loss, survival, and the rising global threat to press freedom — even in exile. For exiled Afghan journalist Baktash Siawash, a trip to the United States once...
by Sydney Seymour | Aug 4, 2025 | News, WPFD25
By James Lejeune and Sydney Seymour “AI is an innovative and safe way to bypass the information blockade and hurdles to journalistic content,” said “La Chama,” an AI-generated Venezuelan news anchor. In Venezuela and other parts of South America, journalists face...
by Zachary Jones Neuray | Jun 30, 2025 | News, WPFD25
Editor Peter Laufer’s “Don’t Shoot the Journalist: Migrating to Stay Alive,” launched officially at the Bozar Center in the heart of Europe’s capital, Brussels, Belgium, on May 7th. The volume assembles conversations, anecdotes, reflections, detailed experiential...
by Ellie Johnson | May 8, 2025 | News, WPFD25
Today’s media landscape is confronting unparalleled challenges— from rising restrictions against press freedom to the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence. Media professionals around the world have been discussing how these circumstances are reshaping the media...
by Tarek Anthony | May 8, 2025 | News, WPFD25
Written by Tarek Anthony, Ellie Johnson, James Lejeune and Sydney Seymour UNESCO’s 2025 World Press Freedom Day conference, “Reporting in the Brave New World: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and the Media,” was held at Bozar Center for Fine Arts in Brussels,...
by Ruby Wool | May 15, 2024 | News, WPFD24
Involving youth in climate communication is the current trend, and world leaders in journalism subscribe to the notion that engaging young voices is crucial for inspiring change “Today, in a world which is completely digital and accessible to people of all ages, it is...