Publisher’s Commentary on World News Day: Why Our Feminist Media Platform Exists

Today is World News Day, which coincides with the United Nations International Day for Universal Access to Information. More than a thousand newsrooms from more than 100 countries are today pointing out the value of a free press, including Minnesota Women's Press. Here is our essay on the subject.

By: Mikki Morrissette

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: September 28, 2026

Words: 1,660

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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September 28 is World News Day, which coincides with the United Nations International Day for Universal Access to Information.

Commentators on behalf of World News Day include Natalia Antelava, whose father was a journalist in the Soviet Union. She writes that in the U.S., overt censorship might not be as apparent as it was for her father, but “the institutions capable of assembling the larger picture are becoming more …

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