More than 900 organizations, such as press vehicles and media support entities, participate this week in a global campaign in defense of journalism. This mobilization, with representatives from 105 countries, takes place around the, celebrated this Sunday, the 28th.
This number of subscribers represents a record of the initiative, which has taken place since 2018. The campaign is headed by (WEF), an entity linked to the World Publishers Association (Wan-Ira), and by
They are part of the mobilization newspapers such as The New York Times, Financial Times, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Süddeutsche Zeitung, ABC, The Irish Times, The Asahi Shimbun, South China Morning Post, Clarín and La Nacion.
The campaign also involves entities such as, and the Brazilian.
In Brazil, where the initiative is coordinated by, there are about 90 organizations, including press vehicles, such as A, and Journalism Support Associations.
“The growing union of journalistic vehicles, demonstrated in the record number of participants in this campaign, invigorates democracy in Brazil and abroad. There are no stable democratic regimes without a professional and independent press,” says, director of writing at Sheet.
This year, the initiative emphasizes the relevance of independent and plural journalistic activity amid attacks on democracy and the press, mass misinformation and uncertainties regarding artificial intelligence.
The slogan of this edition is “Choose the Truth, choose the facts, choose Journalism.”
In addition to commemorative videos and digital ads, vehicles will be able to publish until the 28th articles of renowned figures of world journalism, such as, who was a chief editor of the Washington Post and Boston Globe; , Director of Journalism of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Switzerland; and Phil Chetwynd, global news director at France-Presse (AFP).
“World Journalism Day is gaining more and more adherents and visibility because this activity, which seeks the truth and defends plurality, has never been so relevant to societies,” says, president of Anj.
Still according to him, “in an era where press threats, opinion bubbles and parallel realities grow, the date is to remind us that we need correct and plural information to make the best decisions about our individual and collective destinations.”
Press agencies and entities linked to journalism
