World Press Freedom Day 2007

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed May 3 as World Press Freedom Day in 1993 to be a reminder to the world that in many countries the independence of the media is threatened by government censorship of newspapers and other media, and in some cases, the lives of journalists are threatened as they work to bring light to issues of public importance.

In the United States, press freedom is protected by the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, and the scope of that protection, over the years, has been expanded and defined by various U.S. Supreme Court cases.
(Source: http://USINFO.STATE.GOV)

Portal Sites

• Freedom of the Press, International Information Programs(IIP), U.S. Department of State
• Democracy Dialogues: Freedom of Speech, International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
• Internet Freedom, IIP, U.S. Department of State
• UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day 2007.

Publications by IIP, U.S. Department of State

	Media Emerging, An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State, March 2006

• Media Emerging, An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State, March 2006
• The Role of a Free Media, in the "Democracy Papers."
• A Free Press
• A Responsible Press Office
• Handbook of Independent Journalism
• An Unfettered Press
• Freedom of the Press
• Seeking Free and Responsible Media, February 2003
• Media & Ethics, April 2001

Other Resources

• Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment, Congressional Research Service, August 2003.
• Compiled website of International Laws on Freedom of Information, University of Missouri.
• International Press Freedom: ARTICLE 19.

• Freedom of Speech Photo Gallery, Department of State

  Committee to Protect Journalists
• Freedom Forum
• World Press Freedom Committee