Freedom of the press in wartime, the doc in 2 minutes

Zhanna Agalakova, former correspondent in Paris for the Russian channel Channel1, has resigned, to challenge the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and to denounce propaganda and censorship in the Russian media. Maryse Burgot, senior reporter at France Télévisions, works particularly in Ukraine. It recalls the democratic need for a free press and underlines the courage of journalists in the field, such as Arman Soldin, killed on May 9 while covering the war near Bakhmout in Ukraine. He is the third French journalist killed since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022.

On May 3, Reporters Without Borders published its annual world ranking of press freedom. The freedom to inform is a precious good, it is even one of the fundamental principles of any democracy. However, more and more voices are being raised to denounce its decline in the world. A decline marked by numerous assassinations, a war of disinformation linked to the health crisis, the war in Ukraine and the rise of political extremes. And France is not spared: in 2023, the latter is ranked 24th out of 180 in the Reporters Without Borders ranking. Intimidation, police violence, hostile climate and difficulties in the field: it is increasingly difficult for journalists to do their job. For “Journalist: the status of freedom?” the journalist Adélaïde Genuyt went to meet those who commit themselves every day to preserve this freedom.

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