Medios Mx News Today

‘Disruptive in its time,’ the historic Santiago Declaration, adopted 30 years ago on World Press Freedom Day in the Chilean capital, is now updated. Martha Ramos, President of WAN-IFRA’s World Editors Forum, outlines the journey to ‘Santiago + 30’.

The World Editors Forum (WEF) has elected Martha Ramos, the editorial director of Organización Editorial Mexicana (OEM), Mexico, as President, with David Walmsley, Editor-in-Chief of the Globe and Mail, Canada, serving as Deputy President.

Mexico has become notorious as one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, who risk their lives doing their work. Another string of recent media killings highlights the culture of impunity that pervades in the country and the urgent need for support from civil society.