Romania's press freedom index in 2024 was 68.45, a drop when compared with the previous year when it was 69.04, however, it moved up in the ranking to the 49th place. The index presents an overview of the plurality and independence of the media and how safe and free it is for journalist to do their job, with lower scores indicating a better situation for the press and higher scores a worse one. During this time period, Romania's press freedom index has increased by approximately two index points overall, suggesting that the situation for journalists has gotten worse in recent years.
According to the source, the Index ranks 180 countries and regions according to the level of freedom available to journalists. It is a snapshot of the media freedom situation based on an evaluation of pluralism, independence of the media, quality of legislative framework and safety of journalists in each country and region. It does not rank public policies even if governments obviously have a major impact on their country’s ranking. Nor is it an indicator of the quality of journalism in each country or region.
The countries surveyed were scored between 0 and 100, with 100 being the best possible result and 0 the worst.
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