May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. It was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993.
In 2015, the theme of World Press Freedom Day is “Let Journalism Thrive! Towards Better Reporting, Gender Equality, and Media Safety in the Digital Age”.
UNESCO this year is focusing on quality journalism, gender imbalance in the media, and journalists’ safety in a digital environment.
Social media content devoted to World Press Freedom Day can be found by searching the following hashtags: #WPFD, #WPFD2015 and #pressfreedom.
The social media content related to World Press Freedom Day that Media.am curated with the help of Storify can be found below.
Gegham Vardanyan
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