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.
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...
Calling out Kashmir’s media silence
Rachael Jolley talks to Kashmiri journalist Bilal Hussain about why the international community needs to act. “The moment you talk about it, it makes a difference. It does make a difference. It does put a pressure on, because if nobody talks about it, they think that...
The debate on crucial future issues takes place online – is media law ready?
By Jan Kalbhenn, the Department of Information, Telecommunication and Media law, University of Münster. A series of new laws in Germany addresses the impact of the platform economy on public discourse I. The debate on societies’ future is decided online Societies...
Research study “Legal systems: friend or foe for the safety of journalists”: advancing the holistic approach and proposing a new tool to explore the role of law in safeguarding journalism
By Bojana Kostić Bojana Kostić is a legal researcher and practitioner specialised in information and media law. In 2019, Bojana with her team of researchers -- Dr. Abdelkrim Hizaoui, a researcher on media regulation, Manijza Aziz, a knowledge and quality officer at...