FaxNews journalist obstructed from pandemic reporting by ministry media adviser in Albania
01.02.2021
Date:
01.02.2021
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Europe: Albania
Alert types:
Restrictions on access to information: Access restricted to officials / press conferences
Fjona 脟ela, a journalist with Fax News television, a Tirana based informational TV station, was barred from interviewing medical and public health professionals by the media advisor and spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MHSP), depriving her of the right to access information and conduct interviews about the spread of the virus and hampering her outlet鈥檚 reporting on the pandemic.