CFOM Panel at International Journalism Week
Every year CFOM and the School of Information, Journalism and Communication at the University of Sheffield organise International Journalism Week (IJW). IJW aims to reinforce CFOM’s educational goals by inviting young and future journalists from within the department...
New CFOM Podcast Episode: CFOM at the Media Freedom Rapid Response Summit
Episode 7 of the CFOM podcast was recorded to mark the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) Summit. The summit, held this year in Brussels, Belgium, in October, is organised by the MFRR, a consortium of organisations engaged in media freedom work. The Europe-wide...
Special Issue: Threats to Media Freedom
Following CFOM’s workshop in October 2023 that focused on threats to media freedom in the United Kingdom, a special issue has been published in the Journal of Media Law that highlights the key legislative issues that journalists and journalism is facing. In...
COMMONWEALTH RESEARCH REPORT SAYS PUNITIVE LAWS IMPEDE FREE SPEECH; AND SEEKS SWEEPING REFORMS
National laws in many of the 56 Commonwealth member countries severely impede press freedom and unduly restrict the right to freedom of expression. That is the damning finding of a research report published on 9 September 2025 by the Commonwealth Human Rights...
New report on journalist safety in Cambodia applies human rights-based monitoring framework developed by CFOM researcher
A new report documenting threats and attacks against journalists in Cambodia applies a human rights-based monitoring framework developed by CFOM-researcher Sara Torsner. Covering the first quarter of 2025, the report is published by the Cambodian Journalists Alliance...