Year of the paywall, once again?
The migration to e-books is happening faster on tablets, but owners of e-readers still read more.
2011-10-13. Dawit Isaak, who left Sweden for Eritrea to help build the country’s independent press — and was imprisoned for his efforts – has been awarded the 50th anniversary Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
2009-12-17. Ahmad Zeidabadi, an imprisoned Iranian journalist, has been awarded the prestigious Golden Pen of Freedom award for 2010 by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
2005-05-30. The World Association of Newspapers today awarded its annual press freedom prize, the 2005 Golden Pen of Freedom, to Mahjoub Mohamed Salih, a Sudanese editor, who has been fighting for press freedom for over half a century.
2001-11-27. One of Africa’s most prominent press freedom advocates, Geoffrey Nyarota, Editor of the Daily News in Zimbabwe, has been awarded the 2002 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers.
2000-11-28. Two Burmese editors have been awarded the 2001 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers. San San Nweh and U Win Tin both serve long prison sentences for advocating freedom of expression and democracy.
