{"id":3315,"date":"2017-05-02T19:09:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T19:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2017-05-02T19:09:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T19:09:26","slug":"critical-minds-for-critical-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/?p=3315","title":{"rendered":"Critical Minds for Critical Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3316\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/World_Press_Freedom_Day_2017_Poster_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"786\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/World_Press_Freedom_Day_2017_Poster_01.jpg 786w, https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/World_Press_Freedom_Day_2017_Poster_01-300x323.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/World_Press_Freedom_Day_2017_Poster_01-620x667.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/World_Press_Freedom_Day_2017_Poster_01-768x827.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Media\u2019s role in advancing peaceful,<br \/>\njust and inclusive societies<\/h3>\n<p>World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO&#8217;s General Conference. Since then, 3 May, the anniversary of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/pressfreedomday\/windhoek.shtml\">Declaration of Windhoek<\/a>\u00a0is celebrated worldwide as World Press Freedom Day.<\/p>\n<p>It is an opportunity to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom;<\/li>\n<li>assess the state of press freedom throughout the world;<\/li>\n<li>defend the media from attacks on their independence;<\/li>\n<li>and pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the line of duty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 678px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3315-1\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/World-Press-Freedom-Day-2017.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/World-Press-Freedom-Day-2017.mp4\">http:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/World-Press-Freedom-Day-2017.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media\u2019s role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO&#8217;s General Conference. Since then, 3 May, the anniversary of the\u00a0Declaration of Windhoek\u00a0is celebrated worldwide as World Press Freedom Day. 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