May 3, 2011

Think about how much we all relied on reporters and journalists last night as the election results rolled in. Whether online, on TV or the radio, the reports were prompt, accurate and constant. May 3 is a day to recognize that this is still not a luxury is many parts of the world...

World Press Freedom Day is about assessing how free the world press really is and acknowledging where there is still injustice.

It's about standing up for free speech. And it's about paying tribute to the journalists around the world who have been killed, arrested, jailed, tortured and injured simply for having the courage to do their jobs.

According to Reporters Without Borders, 145 journalists were imprisoned and 57 killed in 2010. And while the numbers for 2011 aren't clear yet, the latest example came just last week.

Dorothy Parvaz, a Canadian-American-Iranian journalist with Al-Jazeera arrived in Syria's airport on Friday for a reporting assignment. She has not been seen or heard from since...