2025 was the deadliest year for journalists since @pressfreedom.bsky.social began tracking data 3 decades ago, w/129 lives lost.
Join the YPC on May 3 for World Press Freedom Day as we honor their legacy & advocate for a free, safe press.
www.yopressclub.com/may32026worl...
#WorldPressFreedomDay
Dave Ross from #KIRO is emcee for tonight's #Seattle Civics Club event featuring local broadcast journalists including #KUOW & #TVW talking about challenges/opportunities for news services.
I'm here talking about #WorldPressFreedomDay on
May 3rd. www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
#press #journalism
Have you got 30 minutes to fight for #PressFreedom in 2026?
Join the #SpotlightPressFreedom campaign to promote @unesco.org May 3rd #WorldPressFreedomDay.
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@worldeditorsforum.bsky.social @wpfc-lpc.bsky.social #SDG16
🌍 At #WorldPressFreedomDay, UNESCO highlighted that disinformation is now the world’s most pressing challenge; surpassing even climate change.
With strong guidelines, training, and media literacy, we can harness AI for truth, trust, and a shared reality. More here: buff.ly/aTLNo4Y
You are most welcome, my friend🇪🇸
El mundo puede cambiar, pero no va a cambiar solo!
My signature campaign：
www.change.org/RyumaSakamoto
#HumanRights
#AmnestyInternational #PressFreedom
#TruthMatters
#SupportHumanity
#WorldPressFreedomDay #ProtectTheProtest
#SOS
🌐 At @unesco.org’s #WorldPressFreedomDay 2025 in Brussels (5–7 May), GFMD took an active role in shaping conversations on the future of independent journalism.
➡️ Explore key takeaways and insights: lnkd.in/dKPj4dv7 #MediaDev #WPFD25
“…In these dark times, journalism is not just a profession: it is a lifeline, a shield, a weapon, & a form of resistance. #WorldPressFreedomDay is a reminder that fighting for democracy includes fighting for the freedom to write, speak, and question.”
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THANK YOU @dartmouthsue.bsky.social for your work to get Nova Scotia's Province House illuminated blue and white for #WorldPressFreedomDay 2025!
spotlightpressfreedom.org
#democracy #journalism #SDG16
@wpfc-lpc.bsky.social @cajournalists.bsky.social @unesco.org @andyfillmorehfx.bsky.social
#Americas 🌎 @globalvoices.org highlights the evolving challenges facing Caribbean media on #WorldPressFreedomDay, including shrinking revenue, political pressure, and the risks of AI-driven #disinformation. @advox.bsky.social
📢 Happening Now: We kick off a 2-day #CREATEProject workshop
with Sanef, and Amnesty International South Africa.
Journalists gain tools for resilience & mental health in today’s tough media climate.
🧠🛡️ #WorldPressFreedomDay #ProtectJournalists #MediaFreedom #MentalHealth
#WorldPressFreedomDay in @BCLegislature Still thinking about what we heard about current risks to journalists and journalism. 124 journalists killed in 2024 almost as many as killed in WW2. @keithbaldrey recalled when #Burnaby had 3 local newspapers. It now has none.
🕊️ El viernes 9 de mayo, conmemoramos el #WorldPressFreedomDay en el evento organizado por INCOM junto a UNESCO y el Gobierno de Chile.
Nuestro coinvestigador del proyecto Fondecyt, Javier García, expuso sobre las agresiones contra la prensa en Chile y la falsa percepción de seguridad en el oficio.
🔴 #RSFIndex2025 To mark the #WorldPressFreedomDay @RSF has issued 11 key recommendations for the reconstruction of the news media industry, among them, adopting the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) as a universal standard
👉 Read the “New Deal For Journalism”: rsf.org/en/new-deal-...
As the world marked #WorldPressFreedomDay, journalists, scholars and artists gathered at @HausamDom in #Frankfurt this week to discuss pressures on journalism from political repression, digital censorship and the challenges faced by journalists in exile. www.turkishminute.com/2025/05/09/e...
As the world marked #WorldPressFreedomDay, journalists, scholars and artists gathered at @HausamDom in #Frankfurt this week to discuss pressures on journalism from political repression, digital censorship and the challenges faced by journalists in exile. www.turkishminute.com/2025/05/09/e...
As the world marked #WorldPressFreedomDay, journalists, scholars and artists gathered at @HausamDom in #Frankfurt this week to discuss pressures on journalism from political repression, digital censorship and the challenges faced by journalists in exile. www.turkishminute.com/2025/05/09/e...
From PM Carney Facebook page.
A strong, independent, and free press both defines and defends our values as Canadians.
Now more than ever, we need to protect our public forums and defend strong and reliable Canadian voices. #WorldPressFreedomDay
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🕊️ El pasado martes conmemoramos el #WorldPressFreedomDay con el evento “Gobernanza de Plataformas Digitales y nuevos desafíos para la Libertad de Expresión” en la Casa Central de la @uchile 🏛️
🎙️ Se abordaron directrices, desafíos democráticos y regulación con múltiples actores.
As the world marked #WorldPressFreedomDay, journalists, scholars and artists gathered at @HausamDom in #Frankfurt this week to discuss pressures on journalism from political repression, digital censorship and the challenges faced by journalists in exile. www.turkishminute.com/2025/05/09/e...
As the world marked #WorldPressFreedomDay, journalists, scholars and artists gathered at @HausamDom in #Frankfurt this week to discuss pressures on journalism from political repression, digital censorship and the challenges faced by journalists in exile. www.turkishminute.com/2025/05/09/e...
May 3rd was #WorldPressFreedomDay declared by #UnitedNations. #ReportersWithoutBorders released their new rankings for #WorldPressFreedomIndex. #USA is now ranked 57th in the world in terms of #pressfreedom.
I reported on this at #ThomHartmann's show today.
rsf.org/en/index @gregpalast.bsky.social
Honoured to speak at a #WorldPressFreedomDay side session by the Media Freedom Coalition & @belgiummfa.bsky.social on fair trials & accountability for journalists.
➡️ Delivered Mzia’s message and highlighte: the media crackdown demands urgent, united action — before it’s too late.
#FreeMzia
🎙️DYK we have a journalism podcast? 5 fearless investigative journalists from our Journalists4Transparency (J4T) initiative reveal how they conquer threats & adversity to expose corruption.
🎧Listen now➡️ j4t.org/podcast-episodes
@sallyhayd.bsky.social @moniango.bsky.social
#WorldPressFreedomDay
Honoured to take part in Free Speech Centre (formerly “Free Speech Hub) for their #WorldPressFreedomDay panel, on behalf of @cjfe.bsky.social.
Please consider supporting their organization: freespeechhub.org
🚨 In conflictzones, #media have the right to report!
➡️ Free from violence
➡️ Free from jail
➡️ Free from bullets
📢 Last Saturday was #WorldPressFreedomDay, support the free press and join our fight! Share this message! 2/2
🎥 Egon Van Asperen
#WPFD #WPFD2025 #pressfreedom #safetyforjournalists
Journalism Conference 2025 Recap: Workshops
On May 3, #WorldPressFreedomDay, the FCC held its annual Journalism Conference. Over 100 journalists & correspondents based in #HongKong, as well as students & instructors from university journalism programmes across the city, attended the full-day event.
A photo of US Senator Peter Welch. Credit is Jacquelyn Martin/AFP.
“On #WorldPressFreedomDay and every day, I will stand up for the safety and freedom of journalists — here in America and around the world.” — U.S. Sen. Peter Welch
Thank you @welch.senate.gov for your commitment to #PressFreedom & advocating for Dylan Collins 👏 www.welch.senate.gov/welch-statem...
⚡Free them all!
Over 40 journalists are behind bars in #Belarus – the worst place in Europe for #PressFreedom
Since 2020, more than 500 have been detained, harassed, silenced as a reprisal for their vital work. On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we say: enough.
#StandWithBelarus #JournalismIsNotACrime
