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.
Hamid Mir: “Reducing the dangers of journalism”
By Hamid Mir, Executive Editor of Geo News TV, Pakistan’s most popular private TV channel When I got my first death threat almost two decades ago, I did not take it too seriously. It was an exciting time to be a journalist. Since then, I have lost several jobs, mainly...
Peter Horrocks’ speech on 29 September 2012 to the Saudi Broadcasting Forum in Riyadh
On 29 September 2012, in a speech to the Saudi Broadcasting Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the BBC’s Head of Global News Peter Horrocks voiced his urgent concerns about the “unprecedented threat” to independent news from around the world which arose, he said, from...
The sacking of anti-austerity journalists is part of a worrying trend for press freedom in Spain
In recent months a number of high profile dismissals have been made at RTVE, the body which manages public TV and radio services in Spain. This follows criticism from the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) and other left-wing parties in the country over the...
Trepidation. Why do we struggle to defend WikiLeaks and its problematic founder?
By Scott Eldridge II Through this paper, Eldridge looks at a number of challenges that both WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, confront in gaining public support to defend the activities carried out by the whistleblower website. Read more: - Paper 4....
Freedom of information and media plurality. A tool against inequality
by Andrés Cañizalez Cañizalez, director of the Venezuelan chapter of the Press and Society Institute (IPYS), examines in the paper the links between media freedom and poverty, and the way mass media should work to decrease social inequalities. In...