Collaborative research project between CFOM and Free Press Unlimited seeks to improve monitoring of violence against journalists
Acknowledging the crucial role that accurate data plays when it comes to understanding the complex nature of safety threats to journalists and to ensure the effective protection of media workers, the Centre for Freedom of the Media and the press freedom organisation...
Three CFOM members participated in World Press Freedom Day 2018 in Accra
CFOM members, Jackie Harrison, Sara Torsner and William Horsley attended and participated in World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2018 in Accra, Ghana. CFOM hosts the Journalism Safety Research Network of around 200 members and is an official partner with UNESCO and the...
11 December 2017 Meeting of experts: Impunity of Murders of Journalists, A Challenge to Freedom of the Media, Vienna
On 11 December CFOM’s international director, William Horsley, will speak on ‘Freedom of the Media and impunity of murders of journalists’ at a meeting of experts in Vienna convened by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Harlem Desir, and the...
Colombo meeting tackles a core issue for free and independent journalism in Asia: the prevalence of impunity for past killings of journalists
UNESCO’s regional seminar held in Sri Lanka on 4 December to mark the UN’s International Day to End Impunity for crimes against Journalists was the occasion for a highly significant pledge by the Sri Lankan government. Prime minister Ranil Wickreesinghe made a...
Professor Jackie Harrison to deliver keynote speech on ‘Journalism Safety in the Context of Impunity’ in Oslo
Professor Jackie Harrison, chair and co-founder of CFOM, is going to deliver the keynote speech at the 'Safety of Journalists Covering Conflict and Sensitive Issues' conference, that will take place on November 2nd and 3rd in Oslo. The speech will focus on the topic...