Press Release

Vienna, 26 September 2006

IPI Honoured by U.S. National Television Academy at News Emmys

At the News and Documentary Emmys, on 25 September, the U.S. National elevision Academy (NTA) honoured the Vienna-based International PressInstitute (IPI) and two other organisations for their press freedom work.

After noting that 2005 had been one of the deadliest years on record for orking journalists, President/CEO of the NTA, Peter Price, said in histribute, "The oldest of the three groups we honor tonight is the nternational Press Institute. Over 55 years ago, 34 editors from 15countries gathered at Columbia University in New York to start a global rganization dedicated to fighting threats to press freedom worldwide. Nowbased in Vienna, the International Press Institute has members in over 120 countries.. We congratulate them for their important work."

Receiving the honour on behalf of IPI, Director Johann P. Fritz warmlythanked the NTA and said, "This is an honour for which all members of the nternational Press Institute can be proud."

Praising the media, he went on to say, "Courageous and dedicated journalistsstand on the frontline of the fight for freedom of expression and they lay the groundwork for democratisation."

Also honoured were two other press freedom organisations: the New York-basedCommittee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders, which has its headquarters in Paris.

The annual event was held in the Broadway Ballroom at the Marriott MarquisHotel, New York, and attended by some 950 television and new media industry executives, and news documentary producers and journalists.

Founded in 1950, IPI is committed to supporting the rights of the media andthe free flow of news and information.

IPI defends freedom of the media and freedom of expression in accordance with Article 19 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and otherinternational instruments.

To achieve this, IPI publishes the annual World Press Freedom Review, a document highlighting press freedom violations all over the world, regularlyundertakes press freedom missions to countries where journalists are endangered, meets with the heads of governments and inter-governmentalorganisations, and analyses draft legislation infringing the rights of the media.