Collaborative research project between CFOM and Free Press Unlimited seeks to improve monitoring of violence against journalists
Acknowledging the crucial role that accurate data plays when it comes to understanding the complex nature of safety threats to journalists and to ensure the effective protection of media workers, the Centre for Freedom of the Media and the press freedom organisation...
Dr. Lada Trifonova Price on the state of information in Bulgaria
In January this year Bulgaria took up the EU presidency, 11 years after becoming a full member of the European Union. Despite government assurances and stern warnings from Brussels, media freedom in the country has steadily deteriorated. Last week Reporters Without...
Professor Jackie Harrison awarded UNESCO Chair
Professor Jackie Harrison, CFOM Chair and Joint Head of the Department of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield, has been awarded the first UNESCO Chair in Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity. Professor Harrison, who is attending...
Three CFOM members participated in World Press Freedom Day 2018 in Accra
CFOM members, Jackie Harrison, Sara Torsner and William Horsley attended and participated in World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2018 in Accra, Ghana. CFOM hosts the Journalism Safety Research Network of around 200 members and is an official partner with UNESCO and the...
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists 2017
In 2013, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2nd November as the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’. The date was chosen in commemoration of the assassination of two French journalists in Mali on 2 November 2013. The need to...