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DEMOCRACY ON DEADLINE


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 A white woman wearing a black shirt and a red necklace writes in a notebook standing next to four boys in front of a building A film crew consisting of five men hold microphones and video cameras, standing on a dirt embankment near a parking lot
We're supposed to be watchdogs. We're supposed to be aggressive. We're supposed to be out there championing the public good… –– Ken Silverstein, investigative reporter Shedding light on the pivotal role journalists play around the globe, DEMOCRACY ON DEADLINE: The Global Struggle for an Independent Press follows a courageous group of reporters into the often dangerous field to show how their struggles are essential to making—and keeping—societies free.

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