Editing Freedom of the press (section)

=== Annual report on journalists killed and Prison Census ===
Each year, [[The Committee to Protect Journalists]] produces a comprehensive list of all working journalists killed in relation to their employment, including profiles of each deceased journalist within an exhaustive database, and an annual census of [[Incarceration|incarcerated]] journalists (as of midnight, December 1). The year 2017 reported record findings of jailed journalists, reaching 262. [[Turkey]], [[China]], and [[Egypt]] account for more than half of all global journalists jailed.<ref name=":2" />

As per a 2019 special report by the Committee to Protect Journalists, approximately 25 journalists were murdered on duty in 2019.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://cpj.org/data/killed/2019/?status=Killed&motiveConfirmed%5B%5D=Confirmed&type%5B%5D=Journalist&start_year=2019&end_year=2019&group_by=location|title=Explore CPJ's database of attacks on the press|website=cpj.org|access-date=2020-03-07|archive-date=2020-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411055558/https://cpj.org/data/killed/2019/?status=Killed&motiveConfirmed%5B%5D=Confirmed&type%5B%5D=Journalist&start_year=2019&end_year=2019&group_by=location|url-status=live}}</ref> The figure is claimed to be the lowest since 2002, a year in which at least 21 journalists were killed while they were reporting from the field.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cpj.org/data/killed/2019/?status=Killed&motiveConfirmed%5B%5D=Confirmed&type%5B%5D=Journalist&start_year=2002&end_year=2002&group_by=location|title=Explore CPJ's database of attacks on the press|website=cpj.org|access-date=2020-03-07|archive-date=2020-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731205259/https://cpj.org/data/killed/2019/?status=Killed&motiveConfirmed%5B%5D=Confirmed&type%5B%5D=Journalist&start_year=2002&end_year=2002&group_by=location|url-status=live}}</ref> Meanwhile, [[Reporters Without Borders]] (RSF) reported 49 killings, the lowest since 2003, when almost 36 journalists were killed. Leading press watchdogs fear persisting danger for the life of journalists. The drop in the murder of in-field journalists came across during the "global attention on the issue of impunity in [[journalist]] murders", focusing on the [[Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi|assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi]] in October 2018 and [[Daphne Caruana Galizia]], a Maltese blogger in October 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cpj.org/reports/2019/12/journalists-killed-murdered-syria-mexico-impunity.php|title=Number of journalists killed falls sharply as reprisal murders hit record low|access-date=17 December 2019|website=Committee to Protect Journalists|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923044431/https://cpj.org/reports/2019/12/journalists-killed-murdered-syria-mexico-impunity/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Press_freedom_2023.svg|thumb|400x400px|'''2023 [[World Press Freedom Index]]'''<ref name=":02">{{cite web |year=2023 |title=2023 World Press Freedom Index |url=https://rsf.org/en/index |work=Reporters Without Borders}}</ref> {{legend|#005f9a|Good: 85–100 points}} {{legend|#8eb0d6|Satisfactory: 70–85 points}} {{legend|#ffb035|Problematic: 55–70 points}} {{legend|#ff3022|Difficult: 40–55 points}} {{legend|#83000b|Very serious <40 points}} {{legend|#dcdcdc|Not classified}}]]
Every year, Reporters Without Borders establishes a subjective ranking of countries in terms of their freedom of the press. The [[Press Freedom Index]] list is based on responses to surveys sent to journalists that are members of partner organizations of the RWB, as well as related specialists such as researchers, jurists, and human rights activists. The survey asks questions about direct attacks on journalists and the media and other indirect sources of pressure against the free press, such as non-governmental groups.

In 2022, the eight countries with the most press freedom are, in order: [[Norway]], [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[Ireland]], [[Portugal]], and [[Costa Rica]]. The ten countries with the least press freedom are, in order: [[North Korea]], [[Eritrea]], [[Iran]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Myanmar]], [[China]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cuba]], [[Iraq]], and [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2022 World Press Freedom Index {{!}} Reporters Without Borders|url=https://rsf.org/en/index|access-date=2020-12-05|website=RSF|archive-date=2022-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427230843/https://rsf.org/en/ranking|url-status=live}}</ref>