World Press Freedom Day

May 6, 2025 - From 14:00 – 16:00; Parallel event entitled ''Responding to Hate Campaigns in Elections, a Masterclass for Journalists." Organizer: UNESCO Liaison Office in Brussels. Venue: Square Brussels Convention Center , The Arc Auditorium, 3rd floor.  Contact : Dissarantir Tovikkai . Link to register here

May 6, 2025 - From 09:30 - 11:00 (coffee/tea as of 9.00 am) Panel discussion entitled '' Donor Drought and News Deserts : Towards Joint Solutions to the Global Funding Crisis of Independent Media." Organizers: UNESCO, DW Akademie, International Fund for Public Interest Media , Thomson Reuters Foundation , and Global Forum for Media Development. Venue: BIP Meeting center, Salle des Guichets. Rue Royale 2/4, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium. Register here . Contact: Saorla McCabe , Lucie Gürtler .

May 5, 2025- from 10:30 – 12:00; Parallel event entitled ''Safeguarding Information Integrity in Times of Crisis: Lessons and Future Directions from the UNESCO-EU Partnership '' Organizer: UNESCO, European Union Venue: BIP Meeting Center Contact: Adeline Hulin More info: here Link to register here

  May 5, 2025 - From 9:00 – 17:00  - World Press Freedom Day Academic Conference . Organizers: UNESCO, Erasmushogeschool Brussel (EhB) Venue: Erasmushogeschool Brussel – Kanal Campus  Programme here Contact: John Bosco Mayiga

  This year the World Press Freedom Day global commemoration will focus on the profound influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on journalism and media under the theme: Reporting in the Brave New World – The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media. AI is transforming journalism, providing tools that enhance investigative reporting, content creation, and fact-checking. It allows for greater efficiency, multilingual accessibility, and improved data analysis. However, these advancements also bring risks: AI-generated misinformation and disinformation , deepfake technology, biased content moderation, and surveillance threats to journalists. Additionally, AI's role in the media business model raises concerns about fair remuneration for journalistic content and media viability. The event will explore these complex issues, bringing together journalists, policymakers, media professionals, and civil society actors to ensure AI strengthens, rather than undermine...

On May 7th 2025; A one-day signature global event will take placeat Bozar, Center for Fine Arts in Brussels on information as a public good in the age of AI. The World Press Freedom Day signature event will explore the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on journalism, media, and human rights. The Key topics include the transformative role of AI in content generation , information analysis , and dissemination , as well as the ethical challenges, accountability , and issues of mis/disinformation and bias it introduces. It will also be the occasion to award the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize , which recognizes and honors the contributions of journalists, particularly those who risk their lives to provide essential information to the public. World Press Freedom Day 2025 7 mai 2025, 09:30 to18:00 Europe/Paris In-person event at the Centre for Fine Arts, Bozar in Brussels, Belgium Register to participate! Find out more on World Press Freedom Day website. ...

For the second consecutive year, conflict zones have proven dangerous for journalists and media workers, with 2024 seeing at least 68 deaths in the line of duty, according to new data from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ). More than 60 per cent of these killings occurred in countries experiencing conflict – the highest percentage in over a decade. "Reliable information is vital in conflict situations to help affected populations and to enlighten the world," said UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. “It is unacceptable that journalists pay with their lives for this work. I call on all States to step up and ensure the protection of media workers, in accordance with international law,” she added. Alarming trends The report highlights that 42 journalists were killed in conflict zones this year, including 18 in Palestine, which recorded the highest toll. Other countries such as Ukraine, Colombia, Iraq, Lebanon, Myanmar, and Sudan also saw mul...

  Watch the livestream:  World Press Freedom Day Geneva 2024 at UN Geneva . A Press for the Planet: protecting journalists and scientists in defense of the environment.   WPFD 2024 will be dedicated to the importance of journalism and freedom of expression in the context of the current global environmental crisis . It aims to highlight the significant role that the press, journalism, and access to information play to ensure and secure a sustainable future that respects the rights of individuals , the diversity of their voices, and gender equality. In this context, UNESCO, UNEP, WHO, OHCHR, the Permanent Mission of Austria to Geneva, the Permanent Mission of Chile to Geneva, and the Geneva Press Club, will organize a WPFD event on the 7th of May from 15:00-18:00 in the Palais des Nations, Room XXIII . The event will focus on science communication in shaping public understanding and policymaking regarding environmental issues, strategies to ensure the dissemination of ...

Broadcast of the  World Press Freedom Day 2024 Conference  held at the Plenary room at the Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . Video message on journalists disappeared and executed during the dictatorship in Chile. - Mr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO - Mr. Alberto Van Klaveren, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile - Ms. Camila Vallejo, Ministry General Secretariat of Government, Chile

This event is part of the World Press Freedom Day Conference 2024 . Carsten von Nahmen, DW Akademie, Germany, will be moderating a debate that will count with the participation of H.E. Amb. Simona Mirela Miculescu, President of the General Conference of UNESCO, H.E. Amb. Dennis Francis, President, United Nations General Assembly (video message), H.E. Amb. Omar Zniber, President, Human Rights Council (video message) and H.E. Amb. Paula Narváez Ojeda, President, United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Unity in Action: Unveiling a Joint Declaration by Presidents of UN Bodies Venue –Plenary room of the  Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . 18:10 – 18:30. Moderator: Mr. Carsten von Nahmen, DW Akademie, Germany - H.E. Amb. Simona Mirela Miculescu, President of the General Conference of UNESCO. - H.E. Amb. Dennis Francis, President, United Nations General Assembly (video message). - H.E. Amb. Omar Zniber, President, Human Rights Council (video message). - H.E. Amb. Paula Narváez Ojeda, President, United Nations Economic and Social Council.

  Hosted in Chile, this year's Conference is dedicated to the importance of journalism and freedom of expression in the context of the current global environmental crisis . Here you will watch the Opening ceremony with UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, President of the Republic of Chile, Gabriel Boric, Michelle Bachelter, former President of Chile and former Executive Director of UN Women, and Mexican actor and activist Gael García Bernal, among others.  The opening will be followed by a first plenary session (10.15am - 11.20am GMT-4) under the theme " No Future without Freedom of Expression and access to information ", with the participation of Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of Rappler, Philippines, Fredrick Mugira, Founder Water Journalist Africa, Uganda, Minna-Liina Lind, Deputy Foreign Minister for Global Affairs and Co-chair of the Media Freedom Coalition, Estonia and Gael García Bernal, Actor, producer and environmental activist, moderated by Paloma Ávila Ba...

Panel discussion organized by SOCOLAC and UNESCO. Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile | Room C2. Panelists: - Mr. Sergio Arauz, El Faro, El Salvador. - Ms. Diana Salinas, Cuestión Pública, Colombia. - Ms. Mónica González, Journalist, Chile. - Ms. Veronica Goyzueta, Journalist, Peru. Moderator: Mr. Daniel Matamala, Journalist, Chile.

Panel discussion organized by OBSERVACOM, UNESCO Montevideo, DW Akademie. Venue – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile .| Room C1. Panelists: - Ms. Mónica Valdés, Community Radio Activist, Colombia. - Ms. Rocio Alorda, Colegio de Periodistas de Chile, Chile. - Mr. Martín Becerra, Investigative Journalist and Professor, Argentina. - Mr Luis Salazar, CEPRA, Bolivia Moderator: Mr. Mauricio Muñoz, CNTV, Chile.

Panel Discussion organized by Climate Tracker and UNESCO | Room C1. Venue – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . - Mr. Patrick Murayari, Kukama-kukamiria Indigenous Community in Loreto, Peru - Ms. Sonia Pérez, Associated Press - Mr. Nicolas Sepulveda, Journalist, Chile - Ms. Scarlett Arias, Frontline defenders, Mexico - Moderator: Ms. Nicole Venegas, Climate Tracker, Chile

Panel discussion organized by Defensoria de Público and UNESCO | Room N2 Daniel Zalazar, Centro de Producción Intercultural de Aluminé, Argentina. - Ms. Renata Machado, Radio Yandé, Brazil - Ms. María Dolores Euseda Cabrera, Radio Dignidad, Honduras - Ms. Myriam Vargas Teutle, Human rights defender, Mexico - Ms. Leyla Noriega, Radio Ayni, Chile - Moderator: Ms. Miriam Lewin, Defensora del Público de Argentina

Panel discussion Organized by Climate Tracker and UNESCO | Room C1 - Mr. Patrick Murayari, Kukama-kukamiria Indigenous Community in Loreto, Peru - Ms. Sonia Pérez, Associated Press - Mr. Nicolas Sepulveda, Journalist, Chile - Ms. Scarlett Arias, Frontline defenders, Mexico - Moderator: Ms. Nicole Venegas, Climate Tracker, Chile

World Press Freedom Day 2024 event at UN Geneva will be dedicated to the importance of journalism and freedom of expression in the context of the current global environmental crisis . It aims to highlight the significant role that the press, journalism, and access to information play to ensure and secure a sustainable future that respects the rights of individuals, the diversity of their voices, and gender equality. In this context, UNESCO, UNEP, WHO, OHCHR, the Permanent Mission of Austria to Geneva, the Permanent Mission of Chile to Geneva , and the Geneva Press Club , will organize a WPFD event on the 7th of May from 15:00-18:00 in the Palais des Nations, Conference Room XXIII . The event will   focus on  Science communication in shaping public understanding and policymaking regarding environmental issues ,  Strategies to ensure the dissemination of accurate and reliable information,  combating climate disinformation, corporate capture and greenwashing ,...

This event is part of the World Press Freedom Day Conference 2024 . Carsten von Nahmen, DW Akademie, Germany, will be moderating a debate that will count with the participation of H.E. Amb. Simona Mirela Miculescu, President of the General Conference of UNESCO , H.E. Amb. Dennis Francis, President, United Nations General Assembly (video message), H.E. Amb. Omar Zniber, President, Human Rights Council (video message) and H.E. Amb. Paula Narváez Ojeda, President, United Nations Economic and Social Council . Unity in Action : Unveiling a Joint Declaration by Presidents of UN Bodies.