Press Released

Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility by US President Donald Trump, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey, and Zambia, growing financial pressure, and the challenge of “fake news.” In “Press Released,” Project Syndicate, with support from the European Journalism Centre, frames and stimulates debates about the myriad challenges facing the press today.

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China’s Great Leap into Epidemic
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China’s Great Leap into Epidemic

Feb 20, 2020 Aryeh Neier highlights the link between suppression of free speech and public-health crises like the new coronavirus.

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The New Wave of Middle-East Media Repression
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The New Wave of Middle-East Media Repression

Feb 14, 2020 Lydia Khalil shows how Egypt and Saudi Arabia are setting new standards for repression of freedom of information.

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The Demonization of Journalists Must End
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The Demonization of Journalists Must End

Jan 9, 2020 Leon Willems says continued violence against members of the press represents an assault on a vital pillar of democracy.

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Presidents versus the Press
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Presidents versus the Press

Dec 5, 2019 Andrés Cañizález warns that attacks on news media in the US, Brazil, and Mexico resemble what happened in Venezuela.

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Only Democratic Literacy Can Save Democracy
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Only Democratic Literacy Can Save Democracy

Nov 28, 2019 Alexandra Borchardt argues that protecting key political institutions begins with understanding them and their importance.

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Why End the Global Media Crisis?
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Why End the Global Media Crisis?

Nov 7, 2019 Mark M. Nelson identifies two levers the world's democracies can use to protect press freedom.

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China and America Are Failing the Pandemic Test

Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

All national leaders must put their country’s interests first, but the important question is how broadly or narrowly they define those interests. Both China and the US are responding to COVID-19 with an inclination toward short-term, zero-sum approaches, and too little attention to international institutions and cooperation.