Professor Jackie Harrison’s inaugural lecture published on UNESCO website
The inaugural lecture given by Professor Jackie Harrison to mark the beginning of her term as UNESCO Chair in Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity has been published on the UNESCO UK website. Jackie gave the address last November, during...
International Journalism Week 2018
This year CFOM co-organises the seventh annual International Journalism Week together with the Department of Journalism Studies. The programme will take place from 5 to 9 November 2018 and will offer a fascinating programme of discussion about media research and...
CFOM conference on ‘The role of the factual mass media in post-conflict reconstruction’
CFOM is very pleased to have hosted a CFOM conference and a 2-day academic workshop on the role of the factual mass media in civil society building in post-conflict settings in June 2018. Professor Jeffrey Alexander gave the keynote ‘Civil Sphere and Transitions to...
CFOM and UNESCO organises joint Journalism Safety Research Network panel at IAMCR in Oregon
The Journalism Safety Research Network panel ‘Attacks on journalists and the issue of impunity: The fight for sustainable journalism against its civil diminishment’ was held on June 22 at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)...
CFOM participates in technical consultation on UNESCO’s monitoring of safety of journalists
On May 24, 2018, CFOM PhD Researcher Sara Torsner participated in a technical consultation on UNESCO’s monitoring of safety of journalists in Paris. The meeting was a follow up to the meeting on monitoring the safety of journalists under SDG indicator 16.10.1 (which...