On May 3, 2022 (World Press Freedom Day) at 12:00 PM EST from the World Trade Center in New York, the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the USA presented the Annual Press Freedom Forum in an open live-streaming discussion about the current state of journalism and freedom of the press as well as the impact of technology on the prospects of success for journalists and foreign correspondents.

 

PRESS FREEDOM FORUM 2022: PARTICIPANTS

  • Guiherme Canela De Souza Godoi

    Chief of Section, Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists, UNESCO

  • Ayesha Tanzeem

    Ayesha Tanzeem

    Director, South & Central Asia, Voice of America

  • Margaret Sullivan

    Media Columnist for The Washington Post

  • Jere Van Dyk

    Pulitzer-nominated journalist | Foreign Press Awardee 2022

  • Daniel Faitaua

    President of the Foreign Press Association of London

  • Richard Gingras

    Global Vice President, News at Google | Foreign Press Awardee 2022

  • Charles Whitaker

    Dean and Professor at Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

  • Zahra Joya

    Afghan journalist | Foreign Press Awardee 2022

  • Nicholas Lemann

    Joseph Pulitzer II & Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor of Journalism; Dean Emeritus; Director, Columbia World Projects, Columbia Journalism School

  • Helen Hoehne

    President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association

  • Ernest Sagaga

    Head, Human Rights and Safety, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

  • Vicent Partal

    Chairman of the European Journalism Centre

  • Kevin Goldberg

    First Amendment Specialist, Freedom Forum | Member of the Board of Directors, National Press Foundation

  • Irving Washington

    Executive Director/CEO, Online News Association

  • Mitzi Perdue

    Anti-Trafficking Advocate

  • Ruth Smeeth

    CEO of Index of Censorship

  • Clayton Weimers

    Deputy Director, Reporters Without Borders

  • Doreen Weisenhaus

    Senior Lecturer and Director of the Media Law and Policy Initiative at the Medill School of Journalism

  • George Svigos

    Executive Director of Communications, GM International

  • Nancy Prager-Kamel

    Chairwoman of the Association & Club of Foreign Press Correspondents USA

  • Bob Rowley

    Board Member of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents USA

  • Susan M. Tehrani

    Vice President of the Association and Club of Foreign Press Correspondents USA

  • Michael Conniff

    Board Member of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents USA

  • Thanos Dimadis

    Executive Director of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents USA