The RSF 2018 Press Freedom Index

April 25 2018

Reporters without borders (RSF) and its partners, the Norwegian Press Association and the Fritt Ord Foundation, are pleased to invite you for the unveiling of the RSF 2018 Press Freedom Index.

Wednesday 25 April 2018 – 12:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.. Doors open at 11:45 a.m.

Hosted by the Fritt Ord Foundation Uranienborgveien 2, 0258 Oslo – (entrance from Parkveien)

Opening remarks by Knut Olav Åmås, Executive Director, Fritt Ord Foundation
Moderated by Elin Floberghagen, Secretary General, Norwegian Press Association

With speakers including
Antoine Bernard, Deputy General Director, Reporters Without Borders
Harlem Desir, Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE
Erol Onderoglu, Representative in Turkey, Reporters without Borders

RSVP before Friday, April 20

CONFIRM

Press contact :
Emilie Boulay / eboulay@rsf.org / +33 (0)6 77 92 16 77

About Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is the largest press freedom organization in the world with more than 30 years of experience. Thanks to its unique global network of 150 local correspondents investigating in 130 countries, 11 national offices (Austria, Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taïwan, Tunisia, UK, USA) and a consultative status at the United Nations and UNESCO, Reporters Without Borders is able to have a global impact by gathering and providing on the ground intelligence, and defending and assisting news providers all around the world.

About The Norwegian Press Association
The Norwegian Press Association (Norsk Presseforbund) is an organization for free media and editors, journalists and publishers. Our members are Norwegian newspapers, magazines, online media, radio and TV-stations. Our main task is to work for press freedom and independence, a joint code of ethics, and an open and transparent society.

About The Fritt Ord Foundation
The Fritt Ord Foundation is a private non-profit foundation working to protect and promote freedom of expression and the environment for freedom of expression in Norway and internationally, particularly by encouraging lively debate and the dauntless use of the free word. The Foundation also supports other aspect of arts and culture.

About the OSCE
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has the mandate to monitor media freedom issues in the 57 states of the OSCE, to alert governments on difficulties and to offer them assistance. Harlem Désir has been appointed in July 2017.

News

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The Fritt Ord Foundation and the ZEIT Stiftung Bucerius hereby announce that the Free Media Awards for 2025 will be presented to media outlets and journalists from Ukraine, Georgia, Hungary, Russia, Belarus and Azerbaijan

Greater diversity among journalists results in greater diversity among sources

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A recently published report reveals biases in who is allowed to participate in the public debate. According to a new report from Retriever commissioned by the Fritt Ord Foundation, men who have Nordic names dominate both as sources and journalists in Norwegian media. Women, younger people and people with foreign names are less likely to be included. This is true both as interviewees and as authors of articles. That being said, greater diversity among journalists results in greater diversity among sources.

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“Farouk tells me something in this film that he has not talked about before, because he has always told the version he feels Norway wanted to hear,” recounts Mustafa, who has Iraqi roots himself.

Read the interview with the director and see the list of grants awarded by Fritt Ord in June 2025.