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Live Webcast of World Press Freedom Report

Freedom House will have a live webcast of the unveiling of it’s annual press freedom report on May 1 at 10a.m. EST. The report, which shows declines in press freedoms in every region for the first time, will be released two days ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3.

Media are invited to attend a press conference and photo opportunity in front of the Map of Press Freedom at the Newseum in Washington. A live webcast of the event will be accessible at
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/freedom-house.

WHAT:
Release Event for Freedom of the Press 2009

WHO:
Joe Urschel, Newseum, Executive Director, Senior Vice President Karin Karlekar, Freedom House, Managing Editor of Freedom of the Press Jennifer Windsor, Freedom House, Executive Director

WHERE:
Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20001 (Please use 6th Street exit marked Freedom Forum)

WHEN:
Friday, May 1, 10 a.m. EST

 

Author

Genevieve Belmaker

Genevieve Belmaker is a freelance journalist and contributing editor with The Epoch Times (www.theepochtimes.com). She also contributes to Quill, the magazine of the Society of Professional Journalists and Poynter.org. Her blog on journalism is http://artofreportage.com.

Genevieve has traveled throughout the U.S., Asia, Central America, Israel and the West Bank for reporting assignments, including major investigative reports on the recovery of New Orleans, the encroaching presence of China in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, the dangerous import of melamine-contaminated milk into the U.S. and settlement outposts in the West Bank. She regularly reports on issues related to journalism, and the work of journalists.

She holds a BA from the University of Southern California in International Relations, and has been a member of several prominent national and international professional media organizations, including the Society of Professional Journalists, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the International Women’s Media Foundation, the New York Press Club, and the Newswomen’s Club of New York. She lives in Jerusalem, Israel with her husband and son.

Areas of Focus:
New Media; Journalism; Culture and Society