On World Press Freedom Day 2022, the International Press Institute offered 10 recommendations for what democratic governments must do to better protect press freedom at home and around the world.
“We need a strong and principled movement by the world’s democracies to push back against a wave of authoritarianism around the world that threatens fundamental rights, including press freedom,“ IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi said. “We see an increasing corrosion of the international standards and mechanisms that over the past 70 years have played an important role in defending media freedom. This trend, combined with a weakening of the economic stability of the media industry, threatens to have long-term detrimental effects on independent journalism. We urge the international community to put the promotion of independent journalism at the forefront of the global agenda.”
