World Press Freedom Day: Protecting Journalists and the Vital Flow of Information

by: Richard Stengel | Huffington Post

Before I went to work at the State Department, I spent more than 30 years as a journalist. But I cannot remember a time when journalists and journalism were under greater threat. Once, journalists were sacrosanct and protected; now they are targeted and hounded and imprisoned with impunity. So far this year, 27 journalists have been killed, including the grisly beheadings of James Foley and Steven Sotloff, who once worked for me at TIME.