Leid Stories host Utrice Leid discusses the role of journalism in a democratic society, and troubling signs that journalism is an endangered institution.

Haiti is in a state of utter chaos, with the daily deterioration of internal order due to strife among political parties vying for power, a general breakdown of governmental systems and pervasive poverty that continues to plague most of its people.

Recently, the situation has become more dire, with predictions by Haitians of imminent national collapse.