Editing Freedom of the press (section)

====Romania====
[[File:Simion, Digi 24.jpg|thumb|[[Alliance for the Union of Romanians|AUR]] leader [[George Simion]] answering a question from a [[Digi24|Digi 24]] reporter in [[Cluj-Napoca]], 2025]]
Until 1989, [[Romania]] was part of the [[Communist Bloc|communist bloc]] as the [[Socialist Republic of Romania]]. The communist regime heavily restricted freedom of the press and other civil liberties. [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]], though available to the Romanian citizenry, was highly illegal and severe repercussions for existed for listening. Directly following the [[Romanian Revolution]], post-communist corruption was largely the subject of investigative reports. At the same time, widespread violence against journalists began. During the [[June 1990 Mineriad]], a series of protests against the [[National Salvation Front (Romania)|National Salvation Front]], counter-demonstrators assaulted reporting journalists.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pirvulescu |first=Christina |date=14 June 1990 |title=Journalists Clubbed, Newspaper Occupied as Miners Aid Iliescu |url=https://apnews.com/article/e7d5de06d089fc6aca0452fca19e1da7 |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=AP NEWS |language=en |archive-date=2022-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408183712/https://apnews.com/article/e7d5de06d089fc6aca0452fca19e1da7 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1992, President [[Ion Iliescu]] had a nervous meltdown when called journalist [[Paul Pârvu]] asked him if he felt guilt over Romanian deaths during the revolution.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anton |first=Christian |date=1 February 2022 |title=Ziaristul pe care Ion Iliescu l-a făcut "Măi, animalule!" a murit răpus de Covid-19. A fost înmormântat chiar de ziua lui |url=https://stirileprotv.ro/divers/ziaristul-pe-care-ion-iliescu-l-a-facut-mai-animalule-a-murit-rapus-de-covid-19-a-fost-inmormatat-chiar-de-ziua-lui.html |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Stirileprotv.ro |language=ro |archive-date=2022-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803152317/https://stirileprotv.ro/divers/ziaristul-pe-care-ion-iliescu-l-a-facut-mai-animalule-a-murit-rapus-de-covid-19-a-fost-inmormatat-chiar-de-ziua-lui.html |url-status=live }}</ref> During the exchange, Iliescu referred to Pârvu as an "animal". Modern, major media outlets were founded during the mid-1990s, such as [[Antena 1 (Romania)|Antena 1]] in 1994 and [[Pro TV|ProTV]] in 1995. In 1999, the editor of a ''Ora'', a local newspaper, Tiberiu Patru, was arrested<ref name="ifex">{{Cite web |title=Editor-in-chief arrested |url=https://ifex.org/editor-in-chief-arrested-2/ |last=International Federation of Journalists |date=1999-08-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309001313/https://ifex.org/editor-in-chief-arrested-2/ |archive-date=2022-03-09 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=[[IFEX (organization)|IFEX]] |author-link=International Federation of Journalists}}</ref> before being able to publish an investigation of corruption in [[Dolj County]] under. In response, ''Ora'' moved its newsroom in front of the National Theater of Craiova to protest Patru's arrest.

The 2000s saw the creation of many new media outlets across television, radio, and the traditional press. In 2023, [[Reporters Without Borders]] identified safety as a concern for Romanian journalists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Romania {{!}} RSF |url=https://rsf.org/en/country/romania |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=rsf.org |date=17 February 2023 |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516083306/https://rsf.org/en/country/romania |url-status=live }}</ref>