PRESS FREEDOM
Press freedom has deteriorated in the face of a global pandemic, journalists share on World Press Freedom Day
ICIJ members in every region told of rising attacks, intimidation, government pressure, restrictions, lawsuits and penalties in the past year, as well as concerns arising from changes in media ownership. May 3, 2021 A journalist wears a T-shirt with an image of Malaysian news site Malaysiakini’s editor-in-chief Steven Gan at the Federal Court in Putrajaya on July 13, 2020, as the site faces contempt of court proceedings.
Journalism has not been spared in the global turmoil of the past 12 months, according to the latest press freedom index from Reporters Without Borders.
Watch: Harnessing the power of collaboration for press freedom
To mark World Press Freedom Day 2021, ICIJ hosted a virtual conversation on the current state of press freedom, what we can do to combat threats and how global collaborations help free press thrive. May 3, 2021
On the 30th anniversary of the United Nations’ landmark Windhoek Declaration that helped launch World Press Freedom Day, the state of free press is as tenuous as ever. As reporters continue to work in hostile environments around the world, the business of journalism is being forced to reinvent itself in order to survive as an essential part of democratic society.
Covering corruption, coups, and war crimes in the Middle East
ICIJ’s Cairo-based investigative reporter Maggie Michael talks about the challenges of unearthing secrets and atrocities in a region where threats to press freedom abound. May 3, 2021 In 2018, Maggie Michael talks with two boys as part of her reporting on children forced to guard checkpoints and fight on the front lines during Yemen’s war.
In nearly two decades as a journalist covering the Middle East and North Africa, Maggie Michael has learned a few things.
For Michael a Cairo-based reporter for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists one lesson stands out above all others.
US tax plan proposes massive overhaul to audit high earners and corporations for tax evasion
The Biden administration says that investing $80 billion to beef up IRS enforcement will pay for itself by recouping a projected $700 billion over the next decade. April 29, 2021
The Biden administration announced this week that it will seek $80 billion to fund a massive overhaul of how the United States Internal Revenue Service polices the country’s wealthiest taxpayers, after years of deteriorating enforcement at the agency due to budget shortfalls.
For decades, rich people and corporations have aggressively lowered their share of the tax burden by constructing increasingly sophisticated means of avoidance and evasion. In a statement released Wednesday, the Treasury Department said that these schemes will cost the government more than $7 trillion in revenue over the next decade if left unchecked.
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