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State capture of public media: the case of “Wiadomości” (the News), Polish public television main daily newscast

Michael Quinn Jul 18, 2019 Commentaries 0

by Andrzej Krajewski “Addressing Global Challenges to Journalism and Press Freedom” was the theme of the International Summer School hosted by Sheffield Hallam University in cooperation with the University of Sheffield in the last week of July 2019. On 28 July CFOM’s...

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Lies, damned lies, and the state capture of Polish public television

Michael Quinn Feb 26, 2019 Commentaries 0

By Andrzej Krajewski Andrzej Krajewski is a former TVP Washington correspondent; and was the adviser on freedom of expression in Poland’s National Broadcasting Council, KRRiT, 2012-2016. On a snowy February 2019 evening over 150 demonstrators gathered in front of the...

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Japan’s blurred vision of media freedom

chrysadag Oct 28, 2018 Commentaries 0

By Dr Sanae Fujita, Fellow of the Human Rights Centre, School of Law, University of Essex New research and analysis supports the UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye's findings from his 2017 Japan report and presents fresh cases pointing to need...

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Fake news has always existed, but quality journalism has a history of survival

chrysadag May 3, 2018 Commentaries 0

Professor Jackie Harrison, CFOM Chair, writes about the long history of media manipulation and fake news, and the staying power of quality journalism. This piece for The Conversation, published on the World Press Freedom Day 2018, marks also...

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Can a Free Press Survive in Russia? The scorecard so far

chrysadag Apr 24, 2018 Commentaries 0

By Nadezda Azhgikhina, vice president of the European Federation of Journalists and board member of the Free Word Association.   In 2017 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation handed down an exceptionally important decision. It struck down a series of...

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Ahed Tamimi: father speaks of his pride as Palestinian activist prepares for trial

chrysadag Feb 28, 2018 Commentaries 0

Emma Heywood, a Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Sheffield’s Department of Journalism Studies, wrote this article which has been published on The Conversation based on her first-hand experience of life in the West Bank, where her research is focused on the...

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Wanted: clear criteria for news organisations when dealing with hate speech and extremist content

chrysadag Oct 16, 2017 Commentaries 0

By Chris Elliott There are clear signs that hate speech is on the increase, often turbo charged by social media. The London Bridge attacks in July triggered a big spike in hate crimes with a significant amount of them being attacks in the street directed at British...

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The flawed role of the media in international justice and reconciliation in former Yugoslavia

chrysadag Oct 3, 2017 Commentaries 0

By Dejana Radisavljević In 1993 the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY’) was established to deal with the war crimes committed during the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.  In over two decades, the ICTY has convicted and...

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