 The United States is advocating press freedom and access to factual and accurate information by independent media. Speaking at an event to mark World Press Freedom Day, the public affairs officer of the U.S. consulate Stephen Ibelli explained that the United States considers a free press to be a foundation of democratic governance. A correspondent Uyume Afia reports. It's a gathering of media professionals and students. The U.S. consulates in collaboration with Media Career Development Network, put together this event to mark this year's World Press Freedom Day. The discussion panel focuses more on the important role that free and responsible media plays in shaping and maintaining a democracy. And immigrants who became more American than the native-born American. What I found very touching about or very instructive about the documentary is understanding of what needs to be in a newspaper or a magazine. At the reach and the powerful, he also made sure that he paid a lot of attention to the everyday people. Beyond all of that, he understood that mass media meant to be something that people can use. He said that he was a man who could not be bribed or bullied. How many publishers or CEOs of media houses in our contemporary world can actually be that strong enough if something is wrong is wrong, he was actually looking for wrongdoing. If there was a wrongdoing somewhere, if there was corruption anywhere, he was happy to expose it. We are present in very harsh environment and that is why I tell people, if you complain that the journalists are not doing much, you probably are not feeling the heat as much as they do. People who sacrifice their time, their family, and take their life for others, when you say because you believe that if both the society saw you, and what is the society that decides using your craft to better that society? The practice of the job that got into my subconscious, there are times when we get information. We have, let me give an example, you have state house corresponded and something happens, the state house corresponded calls to say, this has happened. You still cannot use until you get the official statement because you work for government. If you find something you think is looking like the truth, I have a few people who I know are very good at jettas, no matter how truthful it looks, it should learn how to match it. And then, like he said, take away emotions, when to emotional. In all, the access to honest information and the dissimulation of same without prejudice, no doubts remain the strength of a democratic setting. We may have your plus TV news.