How much freedom should reporters have?

When Raymond Davis got arrested in Pakistan for shooting to death two guys on motorcycles, the mainstream U.S. media stepped on the story for a time that Davis was CIA. I learned about Davis's CIA connection from an independent media website a week before it became general news in the U.S. Our media in the U.S. sometimes forgets that journalists ideally "watch" government, not be a mouthpiece for it. Sterling Greenwood/AspenFreePress

Reporters worldwide should be given freedom to report on all what makes NEWS new and not just unfair coverage but everyone who is in the political arena. This will give people a free will and choice to make when it comes to elections without interference and no need to remind the people that vote for us. we the people will be able to judge who has delivered and who has not. so please let the reporters operate independently without any threats.
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The Freedom of Information Law now in place in Nigeria is a key component of the pillars in any democratic society. However Until Nigerian Media address critical issues such as,
1. Obstacles to domestic information
2. Illegal arrests and imprisonment
3. Junk journalism, corruption in the media and invasion of piracy
4. Journalists as victims of Human Rights Violation
5. Attacks and physical violence against journalists
6. Threats and harassment of journalists
7. Administrative and legal pressures
8. Responsibilities of the press in conflict situations
9. The Mass media and the Democratization in Nigeria, and
10. Investigative Reporting

Nothing can ever change if Nigerian Media continue to do business as usual. Training and retraining could help the media to be professional. But the Key is fundamental structural changes in all aspects of media enhancement and capacity building, and to de-emphasise the profit motiff which has led to promote so much corruption in the industry.

Press freedom is much more free in Uganda than in US, so am amazed when I here all those complaints from our journalists. The main problem is that they want lies to be accepted as press freedom!

The press is only free when the event to be covered is in favor of the incumbent leader.eg.i witnessed during the last elections in Sudan where the incumbent governor in one of the States ordered the local Fm radio not to broadcast any information about the campaign of the opponent.

Reporters are an eye to the people, they see and inform.
It is sad that my country Eritrea is far from having free press. Journalists are jailed, killed and tortured with a lot of other political and other people. What a bad history to a nation which was once called an example to Africa now to be called African North Korea. I remember my lovely journalist Petros who died fleeing the country. I remember all the Journals, which were the voice of the people and disappeared since 2001.
Now only government controlled media exist in the country and You can't understand whether they are speaking for the people or against the people.
Generally speaking yes reporters shoud have freedom and respect as they are from the people to the people by the people.
Long live journalists and let their voice be louder than the thunder in the skies.
Thank you.