New landmark report calls on Media Freedom Coalition States to create an emergency visa for journalists at risk
A new advisory report published today by the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom chaired by Lord Neuberger and Amal Clooney finds that journalists face unprecedented risks to their safety and makes a number of key recommendations to States, including...
CFOM endorses report on Providing Safe Refuge to Journalists at Risk by the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom
The Centre for Freedom of the Media welcomes and endorses the Report being published today by the independent High-Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom on Providing Safe Refuge to Journalists at Risk. The Centre fully supports the Panel’s key message to State...
New edition of the OSCE Safety of Journalists Guidebook authored by William Horsley now published
On 10 November the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media published the third edition of its Safety of Journalists Guidebook, authored by William Horsley, Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) co-founder and International Director. The Guidebook...
Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences awarded to CFOM and UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison for outstanding research contributions and impact
Professor Jackie Harrison, Chair of the Centre for the Freedom of the Media and UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity has been conferred the prestigious award of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences alongside University of...
Experiences of persecution by frontline journalists across Europe analysed in new Council of Europe publication co-authored by CFOM’s William Horsley
The new book entitled "A Mission to inform: Journalists at risk speak out", authored Prof. Marilyn Clark from the University of Malta and William Horsley, International Director of the Centre for Freedom of the Media, is based on first-hand in-depth interviews with 20...