World Press Freedom Day 2021 - António Guterres (UN Secretary-General)

The United Nations of Earth reporting on this issue: "World Press Freedom Day 2021 - António Guterres (UN Secretary-General)"
The topics: Video Message by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on World Press Freedom Day 2021. "Journalism as a Public Good: 30 Years of the Windhoek Declaration" This year’s World Press Freedom Day theme “Information as a Public Good” serves as a call to affirm the importance of cherishing information as a public good, and exploring what can be done in the production, distribution and reception of content to strengthen journalism, and to advance transparency and empowerment while leaving no one behind. The theme is of urgent relevance to all countries across the world. It recognizes the changing communications system that is impacting on our health, our human rights, democracies and sustainable development. To underline the importance of information within our online media environment, World Press Freedom Day 2021 will highlight three key topics: - Steps to ensure the economic viability of news media; - Mechanisms for ensuring transparency of Internet companies; - Enhanced Media and Information Literacy (MIL) capacities that enable people to recognize and value, as well as defend and demand, journalism as a vital part of information as a public good. Learn More: https://www.un.org/en/observances/press-freedom-day


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