Category: News

In partnership with computer scientists from the University of Sheffield and the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM), ICFJ’s research division will lead a major project designed to identify key indicators and metrics signalling escalation of online violence against women journalists. They will study the two-way trajectory between online and offline attacks before developing open-source digital tools to detect, monitor and alert key responders to high-risk cases.

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.