{"id":3995,"date":"2019-05-03T15:04:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T15:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:19:28","slug":"world-press-freedom-day-3rd-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2019\/05\/03\/world-press-freedom-day-3rd-may\/","title":{"rendered":"World Press Freedom Day; 3rd May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.unesco.org%2Fnews%2F2019-world-press-freedom-day-journalism-times-disinformation&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cb087ad767fd54752f8ee08d6cfc4f05e%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636924842090222361&amp;sdata=PXQSa057pC3OGTaI7EDKIaANif0PHdBoumJ55INP3D4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">\u00a0UNESCO official website 2019 focuses<\/a>\u00a0on the role of the media in the fight against misinformation.\u00a0\u00a0These include a book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unesco.org%2Fnew%2Fen%2Fcommunication-and-information%2Fresources%2Fpublications-and-communication-materials%2Fpublications%2Ffull-list%2Fpress-freedom-safety-of-journalists-and-impunity%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cb087ad767fd54752f8ee08d6cfc4f05e%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636924842090232353&amp;sdata=6es7bL3jqt6zgfT9OTdxTckDHoaXofZwd0bYw2kqHl4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">on press freedom and the safety of journalists<\/a>\u00a0and other resolutions, papers and<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.unesco.org%2Fthemes%2Fpress-freedom-all-platforms&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cb087ad767fd54752f8ee08d6cfc4f05e%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636924842090232353&amp;sdata=CIp0%2F75tjATTl2DsGVCJh582dpCUAU9XKvfYU0lAF9Q%3D&amp;reserved=0\">\u00a0resources<\/a>\u00a0like, for instance,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.unesco.org%2Fworld-media-trends-2017&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cb087ad767fd54752f8ee08d6cfc4f05e%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636924842090242347&amp;sdata=KZn4HtVZfxybYXAmxKpoyuRMFpCgXPMQ2ittZdUQMXI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">the World Trends in Freedom of Expression series.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.un.org%2Fen%2Fevents%2Fpressfreedomday%2Fresources.shtml&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cb087ad767fd54752f8ee08d6cfc4f05e%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636924842090242347&amp;sdata=HkPZ3uo5grKR8Ua19%2BDnu8%2FB%2Bwb3kSE27T4oWFLS2C8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">The United Nations website<\/a>\u00a0has links to related resolutions, reports and committee websites.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Find out which country has the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frsf.org%2Fen%2Franking&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cb087ad767fd54752f8ee08d6cfc4f05e%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636924842090242347&amp;sdata=Sq8EegFPLU9FXFg2SHjANLUArrBLT4vwJspqMc5QPtU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">most free press according to the annual barometer complied by RSF .<\/a>\u00a0The methodology used is displayed on the website.<br \/>\nAn Alternative\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffreedomhouse.org%2Freport-types%2Ffreedom-press&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cb087ad767fd54752f8ee08d6cfc4f05e%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636924842090252341&amp;sdata=yuu7i9l5pnhBaabx24JFRYbW0cFeGaD6u%2F0Te1CUXVA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">freedom of the Press ranking is compiled annually by Freedom House<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Other well known indexes are:\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fesmedia-africa.org%2Fhome%2Fwhat-we-do%2Fafrica-media-barometer-amb%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cb087ad767fd54752f8ee08d6cfc4f05e%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636924842090252341&amp;sdata=Wgge3NzNQ2pRtRbEWIPLx7Oycr2yTzyDDT%2BFpLJYidA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">The African Media Barometer<\/a>\u00a0developed by fesmedia Africa, the Media Project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in Africa, and the<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.misa.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cb087ad767fd54752f8ee08d6cfc4f05e%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636924842090262335&amp;sdata=22CMR395CtXv2t6qYlPg5DY4XO7er9FrWRzl%2Bs%2FwewU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">\u00a0Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)<\/a>\u00a0in 2004.<br \/>\nEvery two to three years a panel of 10 to 12 local experts, consisting of at least five media practitioners\/media experts and five representatives from civil society, meet to assess the media situation in their own country.\u00a0 A report is then compiled by expert panellists based on 39 criteria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fafrobarometer.org%2Fpublications%2Fpp56-how-free-too-free-across-africa-media-freedom-defensive&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cb087ad767fd54752f8ee08d6cfc4f05e%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636924842090262335&amp;sdata=KbUh4JLC4mGt5YFCD8Y4nu7%2BF54xSiU%2BneUeI2NTV1E%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Afrobarometer<\/a>\u00a0has a new report on media freedom from opinion polls conducted in African nations.<\/li>\n<li><a 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The United Nations website\u00a0has links to related resolutions, reports and committee websites. 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