Share The 2021 World Press Freedom Day Global Conference, hosted by UNESCO and the Government of Namibia, will be held on 29 April – 3 May in Windhoek. The event will bring leading minds of the world of journalism, media and technology as well as experts, policy makers, and activists, to affirm information is a public good and discuss how to support independent journalism and local news media. Among first announced interventions are: Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and Miranda Johnson, The Economist’s Deputy Executive Editor, will engage in a dialogue on the role of information as a public good.