On 10 November the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media published the third edition of its Safety of Journalists Guidebook, authored by William Horsley, Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) co-founder and International Director.
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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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The new book entitled “A Mission to inform: Journalists at risk speak out”, authored Prof. Marilyn Clark from the University of Malta and William Horsley, International Director of the Centre for Freedom of the Media, is based on first-hand in-depth interviews with 20 journalists from 18 Council of Europe member states, and narrates their experiences of persecution.
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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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The Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) is participating in a global research project examining the incidence and impacts of online violence against women journalists, and effective measures to combat the problem. The project is led by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and involves a consortium of scholars and researchers from around the world.
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