Ukraine overtakes #US, 6 EU countries in Press #Freedom Index

#Ukraine & #Moldova scored above #UnitedStates & several #EU countries in 2026 #Press #Freedom Index by #Reporters Without Borders

Both countries improved their score amid worsening global outlook for media

The 2026 index, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that Ukraine’s improved score — a climb of seven places to 55th worldwide — "stands out as a relative exception."

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-overtakes-united-states-on-press-freedom/

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On April 15, unionized staffers at EdSource, a nonprofit outlet covering education in California, held a lunchtime rally, demanding that their contract include protections against AI use, such as the right of #reporters to remove their bylines from stories that involved the use of AI without their consent, and that the union, in addition to management, needs to approve the use of generative AI tools in the newsroom.

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/fighting-the-machine-contracts-artificial-intelligence-ai-use-bylines.php

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Donald Trump is constantly subverting expectations, the most thrilling performance artist / TV entertainer in all world history. Sellers of memes and journals are all on a media rush to the latest Trump notifications. Constantly stimulated by Trump content.

READ: There is compelling evidence that the Israeli military killed Lebanese reporter Amal Khalil. Why is the U.S. media ignoring the story?

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https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/the-mainstream-media-is-ignoring-israels-role-in-the-killing-of-journalist-amal-khalil/

White House reporters became the story as Correspondents’ Dinner turned into breaking news | The Independent

>In the aftermath, personal safety and professional duty blurred. The nation's most powerful reporters and editors grappled with events unfolding before, and often above, them. Many, in tuxedos and gowns, instinctively ducked for cover, driven by fear, bewilderment, or pure instinct.

>"We were under the table before we knew what was happening," wrote The Atlantic's Missy Ryan, Matt Viser and Michael Scherer of their experience.

>Emerging from cover, their mobile phones became essential tools. They captured images, recorded interviews and maintained open lines to describe the scene to off-site colleagues.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-journalists-b2965286.html

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