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Despite challenges in a rapidly evolving environment, newsrooms continue to ensure Factual, Accountable, Independent and Responsible (FAIR) journalism

World Press Freedom Day serves as a means of raising awareness of the significance of a free press and freedom of expression.

West African countries' adoption of laws to curb infodemic are being used to convict journalists exposing corruption or writing critical content.

How governments in West Africa scapegoat critical coverage with ‘fake news’ laws

It's fast and easy to spread rubbish compared to what all of us journalists in this struggling industry are compelled to do by our self-imposed Press Code of Ethics. We have to check every fact, every quote, respect constitutional rights, and if we are wrong, we must publicly correct our mistak...

The centre-right coalition government struggled to enact its legislative programme to increase media ownership transparency and combat disinformation and online abuse. Trust in the media hit a new low, and Slovaks turned away from television as a news source.

Currently, Section 154 (2) (b) of the Criminal Procedure Act makes it a crime to publish the names of persons who’ve been charged with rape or other sexual offences until they’ve tendered their pleas.

From a journalistic perspective should docuseries producers have offered money as payment in the first place asks Mandy Wiener.

The Press Council of South Africa has paid tribute to the media for “robustly defending and growing press freedom” in the country.

South Africa's media should be praised for "robustly defending and growing Press Freedom". The country recognises Black Wednesday on 19 October annually.