Reporters Without Borders board member Roy Greenslade’s speech to the British Journalism Awards at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms.

I am sorry to say that this has been a terrible year for press freedom around the world. Perhaps I should say: another terrible year.

Too many journalists have died. According to the figures compiled by our organisation, 65 journalists have been killed since January 2017. And there are far too many in jail as well. It’s a sad fact that the numbers of journalists now in prison are greater than ever before.