World Press Freedom Day 2024: Mounting Threats, Renewed Purpose

In this special episode to mark World Press Freedom Day, Jeffrey Gedmin, cofounder and editor-in-chief of American Purpose and former president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, joins Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the global state of press freedom. They cover the challenges that a growing number of journalists face in exile or imprisonment, the U.S. role in upholding freedom of the press, and more.
This episode was originally released by The World Next Week on May 2, 2024.
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Hosts
Robert McMahon
Managing Editor of Digital Content, CFR
Carla Anne Robbins
Senior Fellow, CFR
Guest
Jeffrey Gedmin
Cofounder and editor-in-chief, American Purpose
Mentioned on the Podcast
Exile Journalists Map-Fleeing to Europe and North America- rsf.org/en/exile-journalists-...
Media Freedom- freedomhouse.org/issues/media...
2023 World Press Freedom Index- rsf.org/en/2023-world-press-f...
Journalists:
Parnaz Azima- www.rferl.org/a/1078498.html
Jamal Khashoggi- www.washingtonpost.com/people...
Alsu Kurmasheva- about.rferl.org/advocacy/impr...
Monica Lovinescu- www.rferl.org/a/1109625.html
Georgi Markov- www.usagm.gov/news-and-inform...
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