The index was compiled on the basis of answers given by journalists, researchers and legal experts to 50 questions covering the whole range of press freedom violations - arrests and killings of journalists, censorship, pressure, state monopoly ownership, legal restrictions and media regulation.
Indeks je napravljen na osnovu odgovora novinara, istraživača i pravnih eksperata na 50 pitanja koja se odnose na širok spektar kršenja slobode medija - hapšenja i ubistva novinara, cenzuru, pritisak, državni monopol, zakonska ograničenja i medijska pravila.