3rd of May 2022 at 15:00– 1630 Oslo time
Online and at the Nobel Peace Center
Join us on World Press Freedom Day, as we present the World Press Freedom Index 2022 together with Reporters without Borders at the Nobel Peace Center.
The annual index is a snapshot of the media freedom situation in the world and highlight some of the challenges to press freedom today: disinformation, censorship, distrust, and prosecution of journalists doing their job. We will get the new statistics that ranks 180 countries by their level of press freedom, hear from media experts and from journalists in the field.
Programme
- Welcome from Kjersti Fløgstad, Executive Director, Nobel Peace Center
- Introduction from Kristin Skare Orgeret, professor Oslo MET
- Presentation from Thibaut Bruttin, Deputy Director, Reporters without Borders. Presentation of the Press Freedom Index 2022
Panel discussion - Thibaut Bruttin and Knut Olav Åmås, in conversation with Kristin Skare Orgeret.
Video reports: - Russia/Tbilisi, Marfa Smirnova, journalist, Insider, former TV Rain
- Ukraine/Lviv. Situation for the press in Ukraine
- France: Valérie Kasparian, lawyer, Avrillon and Huet
- Egypt: Cherine Al-Sanaa
The event will be in English and will be live-streamed.
The event is created in collaboration with Reporters Without Borders and Oslo Metropolitan University.
Get your tickets for the physical event here