On World Press Freedom Day, we celebrate the fierce bravery of journalists everywhere. We recognize the integral role a free press plays in building prosperous, resilient and free societies. And we recommit to protecting and promoting free, independent, and diverse media around the world.
President Joseph Biden, May 3, 2021
May activities in Theme:
VISIT the World Press Freedom Exhibit at the American Corner and learn how to recognize Fake News. Exhibit courtesy of the Newseum
READ:
- an excerpt from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906) denouncing the unsanitary conditions in the US Meat Packing Industry. and then 7 Things You Did Not Know about The Jungle
- the April 2014 commentary about the 2014 Russian Invasion of Crimea by Matthew Kaminski for the Wall Street Journal - 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Commentary.
WATCH:
A Film about Press Freedom from the American Corner Library or look for it online.
Good Night and Good Luck -Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
The Post - A cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government.
Citizen Kane - Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
All the President's Men - "The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
The Front Page -A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
Spotlight - The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Broadcast News - Take two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.
Frost / Nixon - A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
The Killing Fields - A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
China Syndrome - A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.