Category: News

A new UNESCO Research Discussion Paper entitled “The Chilling: Global trends in online violence against women journalists” finds that online violence has become the new frontline in journalism safety – and that women journalists sit at the epicentre of risk.

The Journalism Safety Research Network (JSRN) launches a new Research Repository with research presented during the 2020 World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) Academic Conference in The Hague. The conference was organised by UNESCO, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and Leiden University.

New Internews research study by CFOM Research Fellow Rachael Jolley finds that a global COVID-19 vaccine rollout must be coupled with funding and strategies to support trusted local media worldwide. 

On the occasion of the publication of the Reporters Without Borders’ 2021 World Press Freedom Index, UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison and UNESCO Chair Coordinator Sara Torsner discuss how the index findings raise serious concerns about the lasting impact of the COVID-19 crisis on press freedom globally in a piece for the Conversation. 

New research released on March 8, which marks International Women’s Day, provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of the online violence against a prominent women journalist. The research which was published by the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) and conducted by Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) members Julie Posetti, Diana Maynard and Kalina Bontcheva consists of a big data analysis “of the torrent of social media attacks on internationally celebrated digital media pioneer Maria Ressa over a five-year period (2016-2021)”.