TOKYO -- Concerns about the erosion of press freedom -- including in the U.S. -- were front and center at the International Press Institute's annual World Congress in Vienna last month.
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From left, former Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron, Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz and director Ben Loeterman spoke about the state of press freedom in the U.S. (Nikkei collage. Source photos by Akio Fujii and Elisabeth Mandl)
TOKYO -- Concerns about the erosion of press freedom -- including in the U.S. -- were front and center at the International Press Institute's annual World Congress in Vienna last month.