Press freedom: how governments are using COVID as an excuse to crack down on the public’s right to know
On the occasion of the publication of the Reporters Without Borders' 2021 World Press Freedom Index, UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison and UNESCO Chair Coordinator Sara Torsner discuss how the index findings raise serious concerns about the lasting impact of the COVID-19...
International Women’s Day 2021: new research details the torrent of social media attacks targeting Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa
New research released on March 8, which marks International Women’s Day, provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of the online violence against a prominent woman journalist. The research which was published by the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ)...
New Pod Academy podcast discusses the dangerous business of journalism in the pandemic
The worrying trend of escalating violence against journalists as they battle to report on vital public interest stories during the COVID-19 pandemic is the theme of a new Pod Academy podcast by CFOM Research Fellow Rachael Jolley. The podcast which is entitled “The...
Just published: a global snapshot of findings from the UNESCO/ICFJ Online Violence Against Women Journalists Project
On 10 December, 2020 the first substantial findings from a global survey about online violence against women journalists conducted by UNESCO and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in collaboration with the Centre for Freedom of the Media was published....
2020 World Press Freedom Day Conference: Can Media and Information Literacy (MIL) protect journalists?
This piece is authored by Silvia Choacrro and was originally published on the website of Article 19. The paper was presented at the 2020 World Press Freedom Day Academic Conference on the Safety of Journalists on the 9th of December. Can Media and Information Literacy...