U.S. Embassy Celebrates Press Freedom
More than 500 students attended U.S. Embassy Manilaβs βBroadcast Journalism Discussions with Jiggy Manicad,β a lecture and film screening promoting press freedom in honor of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl. The lecture was held at the University of the Philippines Los BaΓ±os New College of Arts and Sciences.
Daniel Pearl was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal who was abducted and killed by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. Since then, Daniel Pearl has become a symbol of the journalist at risk, and is commemorated annually through events that encourage tolerance and press freedom.
