The Wrong End Of The Telescope: Reasons For Hope On World Press Freedom Day

World Press Freedom Day is May 3rd, a time when editorial writers will rightly mourn the decline of freedom of expression and the alarming rise in the number of journalists and bloggers killed or incarcerated around the world. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 79 journalists
were killed in 2010 and hundreds of professional and citizen journalists remain behind bars. These are undeniable tragedies, most especially for the journalists and the families of those who were killed, tortured or jailed for trying to report the news, a right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But the much-cited freedom of expression indices are misleading.