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World Press Freedom Day 2009
01 May 2009
Venue: Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London
This year’s debate will see speakers debating the motion “Governments at war are winning the battle of controlling the international media”.
Speakers
- Jamie Shea: NATO
- Andrew Gilligan: Columnist, Evening Standard
- Alan Fisher: Al-Jazeera English
- Jeremy Dear: NUJ
- Sharif Nashashibi: Arab Media Watch
- Norbert Mbu-Mputu: former UN working in DRC, writer and journalist
- Chair: William Horsley, Association of European Journalists, UK
Each year the UK National Commission for UNESCO and the Press Freedom Network organise events in London and Cardiff to mark World Press Freedom Day (3 May).
At the opening of the debate, Annabel Symington the winner of the 2009 World Press Freedom Day Student Journalism Competition will be presented with her award.
Read more about the 2009 World Press Freedom Event here.
