Journalism is not a crime. This hashtag has made frequent and recurrent headlines in the past decade. Regardless of the hemisphere, the practice of silencing this medium of information has seeped into the core of the state’s modus operandi. From the oligarchic grip on the world’s leading magazines, such as The Economist, to the tremors felt in the once unquestioned and trusted voices, the BBC, The New York Times, and the Washington Post, a pattern of control through authorities and acts is becoming the quiet weather of our times.A time when credible and reliable journalism is needed the most in the noise of misinformation, deep fakes, the echo chambers of ‘WhatsApp universities’, it is jeered at, battered, and worn down like never before. Most importantly, the real test of freedom of journalism is not in calm places but in the contested zones, in spaces where it is not only an industry or a commercial enterprise, but a means of visibility. A blanket of silence imposed on such places is synonymous with........

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