World Press Freedom Day: Theme, Key Facts Of This Year's Press Freedom Day

Press Freedom Day 2021: Today is World Press Freedom Day. The theme of this year's World Press Freedom Day is, Information as a Public Good.

World Press Freedom Day: Know All About The Day - Every year May 3rd is observed as World Press Freedom Day. According to the UNESCO, the day dedicated to freedom of press underscores the need for governments and people across the world to ''respect their commitment to press freedom and is also a day of reflection among media professionals about issues of press freedom and professional ethics.'' World Press Freedom Day is a day of showing solidarity with journalists, photo-journalists and all associated with the media who brave the toughest conditions to disseminate information and bring news from across the world to the homes of people. On World Press Freedom Day, let us remember those journalists who lost their lives in the pursuit of a story. The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, in a message on World Press Freedom Daysaid, "The theme of this year's World Press Freedom Day, 'Information as a Public Good', underlines  the  indisputable  importance  of  verified  and  reliable  information.  It  calls  attention  to  the  essential  role of free and professional  journalists  in  producing  and  disseminating this information, by tackling misinformation and other harmful content." -