Photo Speak: World Press Freedom Day 2011

World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2011- May 1st to 3rd Washington DC, brought together about 500 journalists from all over the world to participate in the conference themed "21^st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers."

Here is a photo report of some of the sessions-

For more report please visit WPFD's website



Day 1 and 2: World Press Freedom Day was held at Newseum, Washington DC
Day 3 of World Press Freedom Day was held at The National Press Club

Journalists arriving at Newseum Washington D.C

Censorship without Borders- Moderator: Dainius Radzevicius, Panelists: Clothilde Le Coz, Drew Sullivan, John Kamfner, Omoyele Sowore, Danny O'brien

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Timothy E. Wirth, United Nations Foundation; Irina Bokova, UNESCO; David Drummond, Google

Timothy E. Wirth, United Nations Foundation; Irina Bokova, UNESCO; David Drummond, Google

New Frontiers: Transforming Media in the 21st Century

Jen (my humble self!), David Kobia co-founder Ushahidi; Chinyelu Odunze, student America University

Omoyele Sowore, founder SaharaReporters.com and I

Representing youths live- Chinyelu, Adesuwa and Jen

World Press Freedom Prize sponsors

Youth leaders speaker on "Digital Natives: New Media Generation"

Ahmad Zeidabadi 2011 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize winner

Irina Bokova, Director-General UNESCO