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Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status
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Publisher:  Freedom House
Date Written:  02/05/2009
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article

Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, according to Freedom House's annual media study.

Abstract:  Washington - May 1, 2009

Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, according to Freedom House's annual media study. The rollback was not confined to traditionally authoritarian states; with Israel, Italy and Hong Kong slipping from the study's Free category to Partly Free status.

"The journalism profession today is up against the ropes an...
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