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.
Wanted: clear criteria for news organisations when dealing with hate speech and extremist content
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...
The flawed role of the media in international justice and reconciliation in former Yugoslavia
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...
The Hungarian laboratory for limiting press and civic freedoms
By András Dési The Hungarian parliament recently adopted a new law forcing NGOs to register as ‘‘foreign-supported organization” if they receive more than 24,000 Euros from foreign donors per year. With this legislation the Hungarian government and the ruling...
Points of view on media freedom in the Balkans: the cases of Macedonia and Serbia
By Petar Milin and Xhevahire Pruthi Zajazi Media is in the grip of ‘soft-censorship’ and must break free for a democratic future After Macedonia was thrown into political turmoil in 2015, journalism there suffered an unprecedented crisis of integrity. Citizens no...
Journalists’ Safety Research Network will increase research capacity and knowledge exchange among the community of journalism safety experts
By Sara Torsner Journalistic safety has long been a relatively unexplored topic by academia, but as NORDICOM Professor Ulla Carlsson said at the book launch of The Assault on Journalism, we can now begin to see the emergence of a new academic research field where...