Task: Evaluate the valence intensity of the sentence, providing a numerical assessment from 0 (very negative) to 1 (very positive), indicating the emotional orientation expressed.
Sentence: A final statement yesterday said: "While some advances are being made in nations throughout the hemisphere, the state of press freedom in the Americas still must be regarded as grim as long as journalists and their families are subject to the crudest form of censorship: death by assassination."
Intensity score: 