The state of global press freedom and the threats to democracy

Capehart

The Washington Post

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

During Washington Post Live's World Press Freedom Day event on May 3, Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Clayton Weimers, executive director of RSF USA and president and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Stephen Capus assess the state of global press freedom, ensuring the safety for journalists around the world, the technological shifts reshaping the industry and what's at stake as billions around the world head to the polls this year.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Kapart and welcome to K-part. We bring you a special and important conversation with three people at the forefront of safeguarding the freedom of the press.
0:10.0	Steve Capas is the president and CEO of Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty.
0:15.0	Jody Ginsburg is the CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists
0:19.0	and Clayton Weymers is the executive director for R.S.A.
0:24.8	In this conversation first recorded at a post-live event on May 3rd, World Press Freedom Day,
0:31.0	we talk about the dangers journalists face as they endeavor to tell the story.
0:35.0	Sometimes stories that get them jailed has happened to Evan Gerskovich, Austin Tice, and Alsu Kamashaba.
0:42.0	We saw near record numbers of jailing. Austin Tights and Alsu Kamrasaba.
0:42.6	We saw near record numbers of journalists last year as we heard from Steve people feel
0:47.9	emboldened to take actions against journalists who are critical of them and to stifle a free press.
0:55.6	Or even killed.
0:56.7	So far we've documented 97 killings of journalists.
1:03.0	92 of them, a Palestinian journalists.
1:06.4	Almost all of the journalists killed
1:10.3	are Gazan journalists working inside Gaza.
1:15.0	They are journalists who are working for their local radio and TV stations,
1:19.0	but they're also journalists and freelancers who are working for organizations as we've heard like the Washington
1:24.4	Post.
1:25.4	Jody coming out of that powerful conversation about the Israel-Gazo War. Let's talk about CBJ's tracking of
1:35.3	journalists deaths while on the front lines, including the names that you can see
1:40.2	on the screen behind us that are scrolling up.
1:44.6	Who were these reporters?
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -280 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Washington Post, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Washington Post and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.