V Združenju novinarjev in publicistov od svetovnem dnevu svobode medijev ugotavljamo, da v Sloveniji na splošno velja svoboda medijev, na kritični točki pa je v veliko primerih njihova avtonomija. Načeloma je možno svobodno ustanavljati medije, zagotovljena je svoboda njihovega delovanja in novinarskega dela. Težave pa se pojavljajo v praksi, kje je svoboda pogosto okrnjena; kar se vleče še iz desetletij bivšega nedemokratičnega režima. Stališče Združenja novinarjev in publicistov je, da kljub formalni medijski svobodi medijska ponudba kot celota ne zagotavlja uravnoteženosti in potrebne opore razvoju demokracije.

Position of the Association of Journalists and Publicists (ZNP) regarding the official government dispatch on the state of affairs in the Slovenian media space and the assessment of the situation of the media in Slovenia

The official government letter of explanation about the state of affairs in the Slovenian media space, published on the Council of Europe's online Platform for Freedom of Expression 1in response to alarming reports of the present government’s pressures on journalists - has provoked a strong backlash from dominant media and some policymakers. However, regardless of the political (in)appropriateness of such an approach of the government, the content of the government’s dispatch is, according to an assessment of ZNP, accurate. It highlights certain key problems of the Slovenian media space to which ZNP has often warned in its reports.