CFOM publishes commentary pieces focused on media freedom, journalism safety and the issue of impunity from researchers across the globe on areas that they study. If you are interested in writing a commentary for us please email cfom@sheffield.ac.uk.
In praise of fixers
Janet Harris, ex- BBC Freelance Documentary film maker, writes about her experience in working with fixers and why we can't overlook the role they play Many people have not come across the term ‘fixer’ before. The Cambridge Dictionary states that a fixer is ‘someone...
The Role of Academic Research to Global Media Freedom and Journalism Safety
By Gemma Horton, Impact Fellow, Centre for Freedom of the Media In recent years, the threats that journalists face have grown considerably. 2022 witnessed a rise in the number of journalists killed worldwide following a decrease over the past three years. 86...
CFOM attends UNESCO’s Internet for Trust Conference
By Stef Pukallus and Jackie HarrisonCFOM attended UNESCO’s Internet for Trust Conference from 21-23 February in Paris. It was a multi-stake holder conference to discuss the current version of UNESCO’s draft guidelines on how to regulate the Internet. The over 4000...
A Ukrainian journalist’s record of 9 months of war
Sergiy Tomilenko (pictured left), head of Ukraine’s National Union of Journalists, tells how he and his colleagues risk their lives to report the realities of Russia’s aggressive war: the bombardment of cities and hateful Russian propaganda; how Russian troops try to...
Anti-Coup Journalists Winning Myanmar’s Information War at Great Cost
By Tina Burrett, Associate Professor of Political Science at Sophia University, Tokyo and co-editor of Press Freedom in Contemporary Asia (Routledge 2019). Since the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February, more than 600 pro-democracy protesters have been killed and...