REPORT LAUNCH: Reviving News Media in an Embattled Europe
Freedom House’s newest report examines pressures hindering news media’s role in democracy, and responses to overcome them.
Date
June 21, 2023 – 9:00AM
– 10:30AM EDT
Location
Virtual
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Join us for the debut of Reviving News Media in an Embattled Europe, Freedom House’s newest report. Based on interviews with media professionals and experts in Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Poland, Freedom House examines the playing field for independent newsrooms, and how they address issues of financial viability, and set about promoting trust and accountability. Amid significant pressures, this report highlights emerging responses that can inform future policy approaches to reviving news media’s role as a core component of a healthy democracy.
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, Executive Vice President of Freedom House, will provide opening remarks. The event will feature researchers presenting key findings from the report, followed by a panel discussion on what actions are needed to strengthen media’s positive contributions to democracy in the region.
Speakers include:
- Cecilia Anesi, investigative reporter and co-founder of the Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI)
- Marius Dragomir, Director of the Media and Journalism Research Center
- Márton Kárpáti, CEO, Telex
- Jessica White, Senior Research Analyst for Media & Democracy, Freedom House
Reviving News Media in an Embattled Europe will be released online at freedomhouse.org on June 21.
