The State of Media Freedom in 2024: 1548 attacks against the press in Europe in a year

The annual Monitoring Report by the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) has documented 1,548 press freedom violations in 2024. The report offers insights into the press freedom situation in 35 European countries including the 27 EU Member States and nine EU candidate countries. In this webinar, the Monitoring Officers of contributing organisations European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, European Federation of Journalists and the International Press Institute will zoom in on the developments in four select countries – Italy, France, Ukraine and Georgia – and spotlight three worrying trends observed in 2024: Elections, Environmental Reporting, and Spoofing.

Join us on March 4 to discuss an overview of the report with a special focus on Georgia, Italy, Ukraine, France as well as thematic topics such as elections, spoofing and environmental reporting in 2024.