RSF receives France’s 2026 Jean-Marie Drot Prize

"The SCAM applauds RSF's editorial team for their commitment to press freedom. Throughout the world, the growing number of threats against journalists and press freedom makes their work more essential than ever. Through this award, the SCAM affirms its solidarity with those who, everywhere in the world, defend creativity, press freedom and the fundamental right to inform and be informed.

"In its 40 years of existence, RSF has learned a lot. In particular, that journalists no longer simply 'die' but are now 'killed.' That from collateral victims of conflicts, they have become targets. That press freedom goes beyond the mere safety of journalists and depends on the social, political, legal and economic context in which the media operate. And that sometimes it is journalists who are killed, but at other times it is journalism itself that is dying. RSF is an organisation that defends press freedom, understood both as journalists' ability to act and the public's right to information. And today, to wage these battles, it is essential to have allies such as the SCAM, with whom we share the same ethical approach to observation, writing and reporting.