World Press Freedom Day at the Frontline Club. Motion: "New Media Is Killing Journalism". The speakers, according to an ad in The Journalist include: Andrew Keen, Simon Kelner, Nick Davies.

Reporters Without Borders accused the UNESCO of yielding to pressure from some of the 15 member countries on [its list of "Internet Enemies"] by dropping its backing for the event.

Roy Greenslade’s radio documentary series on the freedom of press, including one part about "how the content on mainstream news websites compares to content written in blogs."

"In a ruling welcomed as a victory for freedom of the press, [the ECHR] has awarded damages to an investigative journalist whose home was raided and computers confiscated after he published reports alleging fraud within the European Union."

"Yahoo on Tuesday reached an out-of-court settlement with the families of two Chinese journalists who were jailed in their home country after the internet company identified their online activities to the authorities."

"China’s muzzled press and burgeoning Internet have given citizen reporters an audience and an opportunity — however fleeting — to spread news quicker than government censors can control it."

"Bloggers are now finding themselves prey to censorship from repressive governments as much as journalists in traditional media, a [RSF] report says."

"The impunity project received a boost Sunday … as the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation presented $2.5 million to extend the program and broaden its reach to include judges, increasingly under threat in Latin America."

"Myanmar’s ruling generals have restored public Internet access, more than two weeks after cutting Web connections to stem the flow of images of mass protests and a ruthless crackdown that outraged the world."

"A report released today provides a highly detailed account of how the government there keeps a tight lid on online information, including quoting from orders officials sent to various Chinese Web sites to remove objectionable news stories."

"The internet in China is not as restricted as sometimes believed in the West, with most controls actually coming from sites practicing self-censorship, an academic who studies the Chinese web has said."

"A "window of information" is closing in Burma as the junta fights networks of disaffected citizens by restricting mobile phones and internet access, a leading dissident journalist said yesterday."

"Mexico is now considered the most dangerous country for journalists, after Iraq."

Despite the innocence of the photographers, the ‘Diana effect’ which dampens criticism, scrutiny and a free exchange of ideas in the name of protecting privacy and sensibilities was starting to dominate our culture back then and continues to haunt it