Overview

• Regional and national outlets across the UK, Ireland and the USA, including the Mirror, Express, Manchester Evening News, Liverpool Echo, Birmingham Mail, Belfast Live, Irish Mirror and Irish Star, published synchronized editorials.
• The campaign cites 2025 global figures of 48 journalists killed, more than 70 missing and over 350 imprisoned for their work.
• Reach reports that online threats of violence and efforts to discredit or intimidate its journalists have more than doubled year on year.
• Editors warn that UK reporters increasingly face threats, stalking and harassment, with some accounts of police surveillance.
• Sector pressures highlighted include cuts to journalism courses and the distorting effects of social media and big tech, paired with a call to “Choose Truth. Choose Facts. Choose Journalism.”