On May 3rd, during the Word Press Freedom Day celebrations in Accra, a network meeting with members of the Journalism Safety Research Network (JSRN) was held to gather ideas for continuing to develop the network and building research driven knowledge and capacity related to issues of journalism safety.
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Acknowledging the crucial role that accurate data plays when it comes to understanding the complex nature of safety threats to journalists and to ensure the effective protection of media workers, the Centre for Freedom of the Media and the press freedom organisation Free Press Unlimited are currently carrying out research into improving the monitoring of attacks against journalists.
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World Press Freedom Day in Africa meant loud drums and a gathering of almost a thousand people – including Ghana’s president, senior African judges, hundreds of West African journalists and a keen circus of press freedom advocates from all corners of the world.
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In January this year Bulgaria took up the EU presidency, 11 years after becoming a full member of the European Union. Despite government assurances and stern warnings from Brussels, media freedom in the country has steadily deteriorated.
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Professor Jackie Harrison, CFOM Chair and Joint Head of the Department of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield, has been awarded the first UNESCO Chair in Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity.
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