Time to stand up for journalism and journalists  again!

The statement asserts that democracy depends on freedom of expression and an independent press, noting that journalists have faced prison threats for reporting on hospital equipment shortages during the pandemic and violent assaults during protests in the USA. It also highlights a gender imbalance in pandemic media coverage, where women were quoted significantly less than men.

• During the coronavirus pandemic, some states have threatened journalists with prison sentences for reporting on shortages of essential hospital equipment, hindering the public's access to life-saving information.
• Media coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak exhibited a significant gender imbalance; data from February 2020 by Women in Global Health showed that women were quoted only once for every three men.
• In the USA, journalists covering the killing of George Floyd and subsequent civil unrest faced escalated attacks, including being shot at, tear-gassed, and clubbed, which the document suggests is intentional targeting of the press.

APA

Rowley, S. (2020). Time to stand up for journalism and journalists  again! World Association for Christian Communication. https://waccglobal.org/time-to-stand-up-for-journalism-and-journalists-again/

Chicago

Rowley, Saskia. Time to stand up for journalism and journalists  again! World Association for Christian Communication, 2020. https://waccglobal.org/time-to-stand-up-for-journalism-and-journalists-again/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Rowley |first1=Saskia |title=Time to stand up for journalism and journalists  again! |publisher=World Association for Christian Communication |date=15 June 2020 |url=https://waccglobal.org/time-to-stand-up-for-journalism-and-journalists-again/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{rowley2020time, author = {Rowley, Saskia}, title = {{Time to stand up for journalism and journalists  again!}}, publisher = {World Association for Christian Communication}, year = {2020}, month = jun, url = {https://waccglobal.org/time-to-stand-up-for-journalism-and-journalists-again/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }