Independent Journalism Is at Risk. Here’s How to Save It.
At a ceremony in Oslo on Friday, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded not to a politician, diplomat or campaigner, as it has been in recent years, but to two journalists, one of them a co-author of this essay.
Both recipients work in challenging conditions. Novaya Gazeta, the newspaper co-founded and edited by Dmitry Muratov, is one of Russia’s last independent news outlets of national significance. Dmitry and his investigative reporters resolutely hold President Vladimir Putin’s government to account, but the human cost has been terrible. Six of Novaya Gazeta’s journalists, including the celebrated Anna Politkovskaya, have been killed during Putin’s tenure.… Seguir leyendo »