Journalists and media workers are facing “increasing politicization” of their work and threats to their freedom to simply do their jobs, that are “growing by the day”, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, marking World Press Freedom Day, May 2022. “This woman sitting next to me, Maria Ressa, is a Nobel laureate
Author: Gypsy Guillén Kaiser, IPS
293 imprisoned in 2021 as journalists face targeted attacks
This past year, uncertainty blanketed our world. The COVID-19 pandemic, the rapidly advancing climate crisis, the pervasive nature of new technologies, and encroaching authoritarianism have all shown that our world is changing fast and in ways that fundamentally affect how we live. As conspiracy theories laced with facts have spread to