03/05/2022
ON 3rd MAY, 2022 JOURNALISTS IN ZAMBIA AND THE WORLD OVER WILL COMMEMORATE WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY (WPFD) THEMED "JOURNALISM UNDER DIGITAL SIEGE".
The Free press initiative (FPI) Zambia will join others in commemorating this day. which is used as a platform for a deeper reflection on the work of the journalists and other media workers in Zambia, the southern Africa region, the entire continent and the world.
Much as we celebrate this day, it is very difficult for us to do so fully because journalism in our country today is completely under digital siege.
journalism is under digital siege when online spaces are flooded with below-the-standard material in the name of journalism that has robbed many of our trained journalists the pride they previously had as professional disseminators of news.
Dispite this gloomy picture, enormous opportunities for innovation do exist for our media to take over the digital space with well written and verified information and use of new digital platforms for disseminate of information to our people. this further calls for exceptional conduct in our work to ensure that we distinguish ourselves from the untrained information disseminators.
issued by :
Joan Chirwa
founder - FPI Zambia