Hytiris greets INSI debate on the safety of journalists

“The journalists’ right to do their job is society’s right to speak and be heard,” Alternate Culture Minister Tylemachos Hytiris, responsible for mass media, stressed on Wednesday while greeting the International News Safety Institute (INSI) convention in Athens entitled “Live to tell: debate on the safety of journalists”.

 

Underlining the importance of the journalist being identified with society, Hytiris pointed out “the journalists have only one asset, their signatures; namely, their credibility.”

He added that “democracy and culture identify with free information and dialogue. The journalists should feel and be free.”

INSI director Rodney Pinder stressed that “the institute’s mission is to help journalists survive to tell the stories, we all have to listen.”