New report shows that UNESCO designations lead the way on sustainable development and create value for communities across the UK
New research on the National Value of UNESCO to the United Kingdom by the UK National Commission for UNESCO (released on 25 June 2020) shows that UNESCO projects can help build a greener, more equal and more peaceful world, while also creating financial value. It is...
New CFOM publication examines repressive and oppressive conditions for news journalism in pre- and post- coup Turkey
A new journal article entitled 'From repression to oppression: news journalism in Turkey 2013–2018' authored by Stefanie Pukallus (CFOM), Lisa Bradley (CFOM), Sarah Clarke (Article 19, UK) and Jackie Harrison (CFOM) has been published in the journal Media, Culture and...
CFOM fellow Sejal Parmar has worked as an expert consultant on new UN Guidance Note on Addressing and Countering COVID-19 related Hate Speech
Sejal Parmar, fellow at the Centre on Freedom of the Media and lecturer at the School of Law at the University of Sheffield, worked as an expert consultant with the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect to produce the UN...
New CFOM study compares editorial standards and complaints handling before and after IPSO
The Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM), University of Sheffield, has conducted a two-year comprehensive study of editorial standards of accuracy and complaints handling pre- and post-IPSO. At a time of intense political debate about disinformation in general, and...
World Press Freedom Day 2020 – free and independent journalism grounded in truth and fact is crucial to remedying COVID-19 disinformation crisis writes UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison
Every year, World Press Freedom Day (May 3) is a day when we celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom and the invaluable work journalists do to provide the public with reliable and accurate information. Confronted as we are with the current COVID-19...