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The Global challenges to journalism

Islam Mohamed A bdul -Ghani Mohamed , political science , 3rd level

In recent times and with the emergence of the
expression and information, Besides journalists ’fear of
tremendous development in the means of communication
violent reactions on the part of the affected party, as states
and information, the world has witnessed many problems
often do not provide protection for journalists in light of
related to information and news, such as the announcement
these situations, which leads to terrorizing the journalist
of some confidential and thorny news for some societies
and restricting his absolute freedom.
related to their national security and their coming out under
This is not only what the press suffers from in the world,
the slogan of transparency first, and not only that, but also
as he may be exposed to many types of intimidation and
working to export rumors and false information with the
threats that differ according to the state of the journalist's
aim of The destabilization of security and stability in some
country, In a state of peace, the journalist is often exposed
countries, and therefore it was necessary to pay attention to
to a moral threat more than a physical threat, It can take
the bodies responsible for news and their work related to
several directions to punish the journalist, including that
information, hence the interest in the press, and therefore
this body puts pressure on his bosses at work in order to
we had to first define the term journalism profession and
take a decision to dismiss him from work or work to direct
what it indicates, and I found that the journalist is his task
a severe threat to him in order to change the way he writes
in gathering news of any kind and analyzing it, Then make
As for cases of war, during which he is subjected to either
sure of its credibility before publishing it and presenting it
kidnapping, assassination, or even torture to defame him,
to the receiving public in its final form ,Therefore,
in the year 2018 the number of victims of journalists
journalism is considered food for human thought, It allows
increased in the world, as 63 media professionals were
him to know what is happening around him from the
killed in the world, an increase of 8% over the previous
developments of events in various affairs of life, and others
year, and this represents a threat to journalists.
consider it the fourth authority of the state in addition to Therefore, I think that it is the right of journalists to
the legislative, executive and judicial branches. have a better life than that and that states should provide an
Hence the importance of this article. From all the above,
appropriate environment for them to practice their work
the importance of preserving the press is crystallized in
freely without fear. Therefore, I suggest that states should
order for it to be practiced freely in a climate of democracy
start enacting laws that are more flexible in dealing with
that is free of restrictions and challenges that prevent the
journalists in order to affirm their right to carry out their
journalist from successfully exercising his job. Work to
work freely without restrictions, with the necessity. He
deceive and underestimate the minds of recipient citizens, mentioned a legal text that makes states explicitly care
and many challenges and restrictions that impose about the lives of journalists, while working on
violations and persecutions practiced against journalists undertaking to provide them with protection, especially
appear, including imposing censorship on all behavior of when they deal with some serious journalistic topics that
journalists and restrictions related to laws related to the may expose them to danger. Journalism is the eyes of
press that suffers from some breaches that restrict freedom citizens.
of opinion,
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