Press Freedom Index: Press Freedom at a Record Low, Norway Number One

Press Freedom Index: Press freedom at a record low, Norway number one

For the first time in the 25-year history of the Press Freedom Index, more than half of the world’s countries are in the “difficult” or “very serious” categories when it comes to press freedom. The average score for the 180 countries and territories included in the ranking has never been so low. Norway retains the top spot for the tenth consecutive year, and all Nordic countries are in the top 12. Since 2001, increasingly comprehensive and restr…