Of the more than 600 journalists killed in the last six years, nine in 10 of the killers have never been found. The theme for this year's World Press Freedom Day is "Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation." Around the world, journalists are being targeted in many ways beyond killing, but in ways that are just as silencing and just as dangerous to free debate and democracy. On top of that, social media has made harassing journalists all too easy, with female journalists bearing the brunt. Reporters do not have to die in the streets, as happened in Derry and Tripoli in recent weeks, for a free press to be threatened.

Source: Huffington Post May 02, 2019 15:22 UTC