World Freedom Day commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall as well as the end of communism's domination over Eastern and Central European countries. President George W. Bush issued the first ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. This past Friday, May 3, was World Press Freedom Day. The date marks the anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration, a 1991 ...

"Trolling ends up muzzling us on more ends than one." ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Over 100 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since October 7, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). This somber milestone comes on World ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief warned on the eve of World Press Freedom Day that the media is under attack in every corner of the world and urged all nations to stop the targeting of ...

President Obama has proclaimed the day after the election World Freedom Day to celebrate the pro-democracy movement that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. “For centuries, people of every nation have ...

The release of the single “Radio Free Europe” in 1981 introduced the alternative rock band R.E.M. to the world. It also reminded the world of the role the US-funded broadcaster plays in building ...

The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is widely regarded as one of the most visible global tributes to the courage and integrity of journalists. It has had a profound impact on past ...

On November 9, 1989, citizens of East Germany crowded the checkpoints at the Berlin Wall and forced their way to freedom. In the ensuing weeks and months, this unquenchable thirst for liberty led to ...

Today is World Press Freedom Day — a celebration established over 30 years ago by the United Nations to remind all of us that a free press is essential to a functioning and ethical society and is a ...