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 Defence of Tabloids
By Sara McConnell “And to you, the press, I say, shame, shame on all of you”. The words of the coroner at the recent inquest into the suicide of transsexual primary school teacher Lucy Meadows sum up what many people clearly feel about this country’s press. They...
Tim Luckhurst writes that Self-regulation without statutory underpinning is possible and desirable
By Tim Luckhurst Britain’s newspaper industry has responded to the Leveson Report with commendable speed and intelligence. Brian Leveson took hearings for eight months before he started to write. But journalists understand that a job worth doing well must be done...
A Lawyer’s Comment on the Leveson Report
By Eric Barendt The Leveson Report provides a compelling case for radical reform of press law and regulation. Only the most hard-hearted of journalists, for whom in Paul McMullan’s words ‘[p]rivacy is for paedos…privacy is evil’ could fail to be shocked by the...
Tunisia: Old and New Problems
By Angela Martinez Read more: Tunisia: Old and New Problems About the author Angela Martinez studied journalism at the University of Salamanca, Spain, and International Relations at the University of Birmingham. She has professional experience in both Spain and the...
The Freedom to Report: A Message From Global News Media
To the UN Inter-Agency meeting on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity in Vienna on 22-23 November 2012 This is a transcript of the video from the symposium “Media responses to matters of life and death” held in BBC new broadcasting house on 18 october...