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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The UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity, held by Professor Jackie Harrison, joins UNESCO, the University of Nambia and OsloMet in the organising committee of the 6th Academic Conference on the Safety of Journalists held during the 2021 World Press Freedom Day celebrations.
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Professor Jackie Harrison, Chair of the Centre for the Freedom of the Media and UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity has been conferred the prestigious award of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences alongside University of Sheffield, Faculty of Social Sciences colleagues, Damian Hodgson (Management School) and Kate Reed (Sociological Studies).
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Focusing on the right to information in times of crisis, this year’s International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) foregrounds the fact that access to reliable and trustworthy information has become a matter more urgent than ever due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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On 10th September Jackie Harrison UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity participated in a Seminar on media freedom hosted by the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union at the Palace of Westminster, London.
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