World must guard against threats to free press: Nobel chief

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists this year is an attempt to focus the world's attention on protecting a free and independent press, the chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee says.In a recent interview with Kyodo News following the decision Friday to give the honor to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia, Berit Reiss-Andersen warned, "freedom of expression is an endangered species in the world today."The lawyer and member of the committee since 2012 said this year's decision reflected the fact that an impartial media is a corne…READ FULL ARTICLE