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.
Commission should invoke Article 7 when media freedom is trampled
By Professor Jackie Harrison and Dr Stef Pukallus. It is time for the European Commission to make sure that the EU lives up to its Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Treaty on European Union (TEU) Of course there is nothing new to the idea that a state censors...
The Effect of Modern Marketing Trends on Free Media
The changing face of online media is leaving traditional news outlets behind. Newspapers are struggling to fund their print editions. The Independent recently stopped printing and the Guardian is expected to make a £53 million loss by the end of March. News media must...
The Dynamics of Impunity
By Iakovos Iakovidis On November 2, 2013, two French journalists, Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, died outside Kidal, in Northern Mali from the bullets of yet-to-be identified killers. Unfortunately, they were neither the first nor the last journalists who died...
Think pieces by leading commentators
A selection of think-pieces by William Horsley, Nicholas Jones, and Masha Lipman "Euro elections: newspaper websites break new ground in challenging radio and television" (PDF ) By Nicholas Jones 15.6.2009 Political journalism: the perils of writing to a...
Keynote speech by Judge Sanjo Mmasenono Monageng, First Vice-President of the International Criminal Court
Can the ICC offer legal protection to targeted journalists? On April 7 2014, Judge Sanji Mmasenono Monageng spoke at the BBC-CFOM Symposium on the protection of journalists and the issue of impunity held at BBC Broadcasting House in London. She delivered the most...