Mary O'Shea

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Oh no! So very sad to hear this & hard to believe. Paul survived the attack that killed Marie Colvin & he seemed as indestructible as he was good humoured. What a sad sad loss. 💔

[SANA English @SANAEnOfficial]

Information minister meets U.S.-based IREX delegation to discuss media development

Syrian Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa met with a delegation from the U.S.-based IREX in Damascus to discuss media realities and future development.

#Syria
#SANA

[Mary O'Shea @Mary_O_Shea]

The cognitive cost of Generative AI https://t.co/gtIbRF5u8R

[Paul Caruana Galizia @pcaruanagalizia]

I wrote about what Malta owes my murdered mother https://t.co/5B5Puzf9rt

[Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust]

Earlier today, Executive Director @WilliamsJon, proudly introduced the vital work of the Rory Peck Trust to the Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy, at the opening of a photo exhibition on #mediafreedom inside @FCDOGovUK.

[Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason @IrelandAmbUSA]

On #WorldPressFreedomDay, Ireland reaffirms its commitment to a free and independent press as a human right. We stand in solidarity with journalists worldwide who courageously uphold truth, often at great personal risk.

[Reuters Institute @risj_oxford]

With Syria in transition, what are the prospects for journalism in the country? @KholoudHelmi11 @EnabBaladi_Eng, @lujeinyouseef @RozanaRadio and @cmdelaserna @pressfreedom discuss influencers, funding challenges and press freedom.

Click to read:
https://t.co/yose08HfOx

[Alan Boswell @alanboswell]

We @CrisisGroup issue conflict alerts very sparingly. When we do it is because we are very worried.

We are very worried about #SouthSudan.

[Council of Europe Media Freedom @CoEMediaFreedom]

The Europe Press Freedom Report 2025 is out!
Available in 🇬🇧 and 🇫🇷 👉 https://t.co/uJywwtLZN5
#EuropeForFreeMedia

[Mary O'Shea @Mary_O_Shea]

A worrying if sadly unsurprising finding: Of the civil liberties tracked by #FreedomintheWorld, freedom of expression is the one that has declined the most over the past 19 years.

[Freedom House @freedomhouse]

📣 NEW: #FreedomInTheWorld 2025 is now LIVE!

https://t.co/aZbMGkPdXP

Violence and repression around elections, ongoing armed conflicts, and the spread of authoritarian practices contributed to the 19th consecutive year of global freedom in decline.

60 countries saw the deterioration of their political rights and civil liberties in 2024, and only 34 secured improvements. El Salvador, Haiti, Kuwait, and Tunisia were among this year’s largest declines, while Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Syria recorded the largest gains.

During an unprecedented year of elections, many contests were marred by violence and authoritarian efforts to curb the competition. In over 40% of the 66 countries and territories that held national elections last year, candidates were targeted with assassination attempts, polling places were attacked, or postelection protests were suppressed with undue force.

Conflicts spread instability and thwarted democratic progress around the world. Nonstate armed groups—including militias, mercenaries, and criminal organizations—played an outsized role in destabilizing global security and obstructing fundamental rights, in addition to conflicts in Sudan, Gaza, Myanmar, and Ukraine.

Despite the overall global decline in freedom, positive developments demonstrated the potential for democratic breakthrough. New governments in Bangladesh, Senegal, Syria, and elsewhere will now face the difficult task of building and strengthening democratic institutions while also protecting individual rights.

Democratic solidarity will be crucial in the coming year. Global freedom faces serious challenges in 2025, and it is in the vital interest of all those who believe in representative government to invest in democratic institutions at home, call out attacks on rights abroad, work together to promote lasting peace, and support human rights defenders wherever they operate.

Explore this year’s full analysis and our recommendations: https://t.co/aZbMGkPdXP

[Olga Rudenko @olya_rudenko]

I wrote today about how the U.S. foreign aid freeze affected independent media in Ukraine and why this sector relies on such aid.
The Kyiv Independent wasn't affected, thanks to our community of members backing us, but others were less lucky.
https://t.co/4HFEuPEnqW

[Mary O'Shea @Mary_O_Shea]

@NevMab @YousraElbagir Fully agree. Superb reporting.

[The New York Review of Books @nybooks]

“At times works gently riff on each other, at other times ricochet off one another forcefully. Throughout there is reiteration, recycling, returning, and also a palpable sense of restlessness.” —Sanjay Kak on Sohrab Hura's first survey exhibition in the US https://t.co/z2kCekCnFg

[Mary O'Shea @Mary_O_Shea]

@raulgaab Huge congrats, Raul!

[Mary O'Shea @Mary_O_Shea]

@pcaruanagalizia @xtophercook Excellent. Congrats Paul.

[NUJU @nsju_org]

👏🏻 The remarkable NUJU documentary about Vasyl Myroshnyk, editor of the frontline newspaper Zorya, who travels 400 km weekly from Kharkiv to border villages to deliver the news, premiered at London's @frontlineclub! 🇺🇦🇬🇧

[Justice for Journalists Foundation @JFJfund]

Join us today in the @frontlineclub for the screening of the documentary 'On the Frontier'. @Stommedia & @KSergatskova will talk about the challenges faced by journalists in #Ukraine & the solutions ensuring the continued flow of vital information to communities affected by war.

[Mohanad Hashim @moehash1]

I spoke at length with the BBC World Service podcast, Africa Daily, about my recent trip home to Omdurman. https://t.co/omrbBn1dnB

[Heidi Przybyla 🌺 @HeidiReports]

.@JeffreyGoldberg: "the press is under assault because reality itself is under assault."

"This is the way democracy decomposes. We're sleepwalking into an absolute disaster."

https://t.co/WwSYGE4Pq5

[Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn]

"Independent journalism from exile is a mirror of the dark clouds that threaten the press in Latin America, & it is also an example of the resilience of good journalism."

– Veteran Nicaraguan journalist & editor @cefeche writes for @NewspaperWorld.

More: https://t.co/qbjmBiDPZM