Category: Events

Our eighth annual International Journalism Week, taking place from 11 to 15 November 2019, addresses issues related to media research and practice from a global perspective, focusing on media freedom, journalism safety, issues of impunity, propaganda and fact. The week provides journalism students with a wide range of expertise and insights from frontline journalists and acknowledged experts concerning seen and unseen threats to free, independent journalism today.

Precis of Teaching at Sheffield Hallam University’s Journalism Summer School.

At the 2nd Global Constructive Journalism Conference in Geneva on 18 January 2019, Jackie Harrison (CFOM) and Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob (RUNMAPP) participated alongside Caroline (Fondation Hirondelle, CFOM collaborative partner) in a panel on Journalism in Post-Conflict societies defending the importance of professional and accountable journalism.

RUNMAPP participated in an expert workshop together with United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO), the UN Department of Public Information (UNDPI), academics, peace building practitioner, media development organisations, diplomats and journalists.