“The health of a strong democracy is entirely dependent on a free and open media. It plays a vital role in safeguarding democracy because it holds those in power to account.” Andrew Sollinger

“I think that was a very powerful statement, one that should be taken by all of us as an understanding that we can compete on headlines, we can compete on traffic, but the very essence of the work that we do and protecting those who do that work has to be something that we're in lockstep on.” Jason Rezaian

“When we look at the geopolitical impact of not only misinformation but active disinformation that is now ensuing across all media platforms, this is one of perhaps the greatest challenges that we're facing—not only in this upcoming presidential election, but this is a generational challenge.” Caroline Rose

“One of the points that I would like to make is the fact that press freedom, of course, is about the safety of journalists not being in jail, not being targeted or killed, but in many countries that we're talking about like Hungary, nobody dies or very few people die—it's actually journalism that dies.” Thibaut Bruttin

“Some governments are responding to disinformation by enacting restrictive laws that end up harming press freedom, while others are working with civil society to address the issue. It's important to consider how we can support governments that are taking the right approach and maybe encourage those that are not to rethink their strategies.” Adrian Shahbaz