UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity, Professor Jackie Harrison, took part in a panel discussing trends in journalism safety at the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights.
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Members from CFOM are set to take part in the Safety of Journalists: Protecting media to protect democracy High Level Conference in Vienna, Austria on the 3-4 November 2022.
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On 13 September UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity, Professor Jackie Harrison, joined discussion on how to end impunity for crimes against journalists at the 2022 Forum for Media and Development Symposium “Dealing with the past and preparing for the future- Media Assistance in Conflict Mitigation, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding” (held on 13-14 September).
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Zsombor György has a Catch 22 problem. The editor in chief of Magyar Hang, Hungarian Voice, has declared that the newspaper will go out of business this summer unless it finds a fresh injection of income. In Hungary’s modest-sized domestic market, Magyar Hang is one of the two top-selling political weeklies, with over 10,000 subscribers. The editor believes if he could just cover 20 or 30 percent of its costs through advertising the publication would survive. But that looks beyond reach because every source of those much-needed funds is closed.
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As part of the 2022 International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference, the Centre for Freedom of the Media co-hosted the second Academic Consultation on UN Action Plan on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity on the occasion of its 10th Anniversary.
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