CFOM Researchers host panel at World Press Freedom Day 2025 Academic Conference
As part of World Press Freedom Day 2025, CFOM Researchers and the UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity, travelled to Brussels, Belgium, to take part in the Academic Conference. They hosted a panel focusing on their research on...
New ESRC-funded research project on impunity for human rights violations against journalists
CFOM’s Sara Torsner has been awarded an Economic Social Research Council (ESRC) grant for the project Profiling impunity for human rights violations against journalists: A systematic account of state-based harm and practices of resistance. The project will run for 2...
CFOM publishes new report on legislative threats to media freedom
In October 2023, CFOM hosted a workshop with attendees from academia, journalism organisations, and civil society organisations to discuss the legislative threats to journalism in the United Kingdom. The one-day workshop, held in person at the University of...
CFOM Team Awarded Funding to Work on Monitoring Non-Lethal Human Rights Violations against Journalists
Following a research secondment, hosted by the Centre for Freedom of the Media, a team from the University of Sheffield, UK has been awarded £35,000 to work on a collaborative project with UNESCO and Free Press Unlimited, entitled: "Influencing policy work on human...
New CFOM Podcast episode released: SLAPPS – the “chilling” law suits activists say are restricting journalism and limiting freedom of speech
The fifth episode of the CFOM podcast has just been launched on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. In this episode of the podcast, we talk to three experts about the impact that Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are having on press freedom in the...