Freedom House, an independent organization that promotes freedom around the world, will announce changes in the state of world press freedom as the Newseum unveils the newly updated world press freedom map located in the Newseum's World News Gallery.

Immediately after the unveiling, the Newseum will host a special "Inside Media" program in the Knight TV Studio assessing the state of press freedom throughout the world.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Jim Sciutto, CNN's chief national security correspondent. Guests are Scott Shane, national security correspondent for The New York Times; Sue Turton, correspondent for Al Jazeera; and Karin Karlekar, project director of Freedom House's Freedom of the Press annual index, who coordinates the research and ratings for the index.

The program is free with regular paid admission. Seating is on a space-available basis.

Assistance (e.g. ASL interpretation, assistive listening, description) for programs/tours can be arranged with at least seven business days notice. Please contact AccessUs at AccessUs@newseum.org or by calling 202/292-6453.

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Inside Media: World Press Freedom Day