Finland's press freedom under pressure from politicians and lack of transparency
by Fred Krull
Finland holds the presidency of the council of the EU for the next six months.To find out what this means for press and media freedom in Europe, the ECPMF talked to Salla Vuorikoski, a leading Finnish investigative journalist who reported on the "Sipilägate"scandal in 2017 and later resigned from the Finnish public broadcaster Yle after disagreements over journalistic integrity.
Salla Vuorikoski. Photo: private, reproduced with her permission
ECPMF: What is it in your opinion that makes Finland one of the world's leading nations for press freedom ?
SV: It has to do with the high level of reliable and transparent public governance. And of course we made good…
