William Horsley is CFOM’s International Director. He has a leading role to promote CFOM’s global mission to strengthen international protections for free and independent media and freedom of expression through research and analysis, advocacy, topical public events and seminars and policy advice to governments and media. He also engages with inter-governmental organisations, such as UNESCO and the Council of Europe.
His International Director’s Column focuses on issues of media freedom across the world alongside providing a snapshot of the advocacy work that William does. You can find his pieces below.
Russian Union of Journalists
Nadezda Azhgikhina, Secretary of the Russian Union of Journalists, responds to questions from William Horsley for the political aspects study of the initiative on impunity and the rule of law (received 21/4/2011) Reference material for the Working Conference on Safety...
Political Study: Professor Bill Bowring, EHRAC
Bill Bowring responds to questions from William Horsley for the political aspects study of the initiative on impunity and the rule of law (received 8/5/2011) Bill Bowring is Chair of the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) and Professor of Law at Birkbeck...
European External Action Service’s (EEAS) Response to questions from our International Director
Reply from the European External Action Service (EEAS) to questions from William Horsley for the working conference on “Safety and Protection of Journalists: A Responsibility for the World.” -- Political Aspects Study of the Initiative on Impunity and the Rule of Law...
A Ten-point London Guide to journalism’s chances of survival
London the soon-to-be Olympic capital can also claim to be the world capital of jaw-jaw about the future of journalism. Especially about the survival chances of something called "good" or "high-quality" or "investigative" journalism. What lies ahead for this...
Reporting barriers in East and West – subtle, obvious, sometimes fatal. How media freedom shapes politics everywhere.
Spending ten days in East Asia prompts me to these thoughts about the variety of methods that governments and other powerful forces employ to stop journalists from reporting things they are determined to suppress. It's the same the whole world over. The irony is that...