Apr
27
Wednesday
from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Freedom House
Freedom of the Press 2016Wednesday, April 27, 20169:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.NewseumKnight Conference Center555 Pennsylvania Ave NWWashington, DC 20001Entrance located on 6th StreetGlobal press freedom declined to its lowest point in 12 years in 2015, as political, criminal, and terrorist forces sought to co-opt or silence the media in their broader struggle for power.Please join us for a discussion with a distinguished panel on the causes of the global decline in press freedom highlighted in the latest edition of Freedom of the Press. Join the conversation using #fhpressfreedom.Prior to the panel discussion, the Newseum will unveil the newly updated world press freedom map located in the Newseum’s Time Warner World News Gallery at 9:00 a.m. with introductory remarks by Representative Albio Sires (D-NJ), Jeffrey Herbst, president of the Newseum, and Mark P. Lagon, president of Freedom House. PanelistsAnna Therese Dayindependent journalistWill FitzgibbonreporterInternational Consortium of Investigative JournalistsRichard TofelGeneral ManagerProPublicaVanessa TuckerVice President for AnalysisFreedom HouseModeratorDana PriestPhilip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland Winner, Pulitzer Prize 2006, Washington PostClick here to watch live