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CFOM endorses report on Providing Safe Refuge to Journalists at Risk by the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom

CFOM endorses report on Providing Safe Refuge to Journalists at Risk by the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom

Posted by | Nov 23, 2020 |

The Centre for Freedom of the Media welcomes and endorses the Report being published today the independent High-Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom on Providing Safe Refuge to Journalists at Risk. The Centre fully supports the Panel’s key message to State authorities that they must take proactive and effective actions to implement the Recommendations set out in the Report to be in compliance with their legal and political obligations.

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Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences awarded to CFOM and UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison for outstanding research contributions and impact

Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences awarded to CFOM and UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison for outstanding research contributions and impact

Posted by | Oct 20, 2020 | ,

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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Experiences of persecution by frontline journalists across Europe analysed in new Council of Europe publication co-authored by CFOM’s William Horsley

Experiences of persecution by frontline journalists across Europe analysed in new Council of Europe publication co-authored by CFOM’s William Horsley

Posted by | Oct 14, 2020 |

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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International Day for Universal Access to Information 2020: UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison writes on media and information literacy as a means to safeguard journalism’s capacity to serve the public’s right to know

International Day for Universal Access to Information 2020: UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison writes on media and information literacy as a means to safeguard journalism’s capacity to serve the public’s right to know

Posted by | Sep 28, 2020 | ,

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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