Best Of: The state of global press freedom and the threats to democracy

Capehart

The Washington Post

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

On the heels of the historic prisoner swap that led to the release of detained journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, we revisit a conversation from Post Live's World Press Freedom Day May 3 event. Jonathan Capehart speaks with Committee to Protect Journalists CEO Jodie Ginsberg, RSF USA executive director Clayton Weimers and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty CEO Steve Capus about the state of global press freedom, the technological shifts reshaping the media and what's at stake as billions around the world head to the polls this year.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Kapart and welcome to Kapart.
0:02.8	First things first.
0:04.2	This episode marks the 8th anniversary of Kapart,
0:07.4	which launched as Cape Up on August 15th, 2016.
0:11.6	So whether you've been along for the ride this entire time or just joining for the first time, thank you. Earlier this month, President Biden announced a deal that saw the release of journalist Evan Kerskovic, Alsu Kermacheva, and Pulitzer Prize winning
0:26.1	columnist for the Washington Post, Vladimir Karamusa. Their wrongful imprisonment was among the topics of a live event at the post to mark World Press Freedom Day.
0:37.0	In this conversation first recorded for Washington Post Live on May 3rd,
0:42.0	I talked with Steve Capiz, President and CEO of Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty.
0:47.7	Jody Ginsburg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
0:52.0	And Clayton Weymers executive director for
0:54.4	RSF USA but the risks journalists face around the world just doing their jobs
1:00.0	the efforts to protect them from imprisonment and even death,
1:04.0	and the tireless work to bring Alsu, Evan, and Vladimir home.
1:09.0	Jody, coming out of that powerful conversation about the Israel-Gazo War, let's talk about
1:16.5	CBJ's tracking of journalists deaths while on the front lines, including the names that you can
1:22.2	see on the screen behind us that are scrolling up.
1:27.0	Who were these reporters and how are you investigating the circumstances surrounding their
1:32.0	deaths? So so far we've documented 9-3. the circumstances surrounding their deaths.
1:32.9	So so far we've documented 97 killings of journalists
1:37.7	in since October the 7th, 92 of them
1:40.5	a Palestinian journalist. Almost all of the journalists killed
1:46.6	are Garzan journalists working inside Gaza.
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