World Press Freedom Day

May 3, 2009

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) encourages teachers to engage students in discussions and offers instructional materials that explore press freedom.

http://www.wan-press.org/nie/articles.php?id=1985#fullpage

Search the archive on your newspaper’s Web site or in your newspaper’s edition to locate stories. Use keywords, “journalists” or “journalism” and/or the names of journalists or the countries involved in recent controversies.  You will find stories similar to the  following stories located in North Carolina newspapers, highlighting the struggle for freedom of speech and press around the world.

Korea accuses two American journalists of spying.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/world/story/683071.html

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/mar/24/n-korea-holds-2-americans-on-suspicion-of-spying/

An American-Iranian journalist is jailed in Iran.

http://www.reflector.com/news/world/iran-sends-mixed-signals-to-us-by-jailing-reporter-559151.html

The Iranian-American journalist’s hometown shows its support.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2188/story/1494420.html

A North Carolina writer takes a look at conflicts in Burma, Cambodia in a travelogue.

http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/burma_22024___article.html/hatton_make.html