23 outubro 2002

VITAMEDIAS
Reporters Without Borders is publishing the first worldwide press freedom index
Top 25: Finland, Iceland, Norway, Netherlands, Canada, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, France, Australia, Belgium, Slovenia, Costa Rica, Switzerland, United States, Hong Kong, Greece, Ecuador, Benin, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Chili, Hungary
The index was drawn up by asking journalists, researchers and legal experts to answer 50 questions about the whole range of press freedom violations (such as murders or arrests of journalists, censorship, pressure, state monopolies in various fields, punishment of press law offences and regulation of the media). The final list includes 139 countries. The others were not included in the absence of reliable information. [dica de Jornalismo e Comunicação]