Media Responses to Matters of Life and Death
The Centre for Freedom of the Media and the BBC College of Journalism jointly hosted a Symposium on Media Responses to Matters of Life and Death on 18 October in the BBC’s new London Headquarters at New Broadcasting House. Senior figures from leading international...
Presentations and texts delivered at the 2nd UN Inter-Agency meeting
The second UN Inter-Agency meeting took place on 22 November. CFOM International Director, William Horsley, presented on Safety of Journalists, at the Opening Session. Opening Session, 22 November: Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO on the...
29 November 2012 Reporting 21st Century conflict: a panel discussion and book launch
The political and technological changes which have reshaped the world since the end of the Cold War have brought new challenges for those who report on conflict. This panel discussion will consider what those challenges are, and how they can best be met. Those taking...
22 November 2012 What are we going to do about journalism? The role of higher education in the ‘crisis’, City University, London
Inaugural Lecture by Michael Bromley, Professor in International Journalism. Journalism is confronting a multi-faceted crisis of the declining viability of its major vehicle, the mass media; falling levels of public trust, and deficiencies in its practices. The...
21 November 2012 NGO/civil society pre-meeting in Vienna
This pre-meeting on Nov. 21st, the day before the UN Inter-Agency Meeting on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, is for those concerned with journalist safety, to identify common goals, increase coordination and clarify the principles we will...