Professor Jackie Harrison holds UNESCO inaugural lecture
Inaugural lecture on ‘Diminishment and Resistance: The Civil Power of Journalism’ marks the start of Professor Jackie Harrison’s term as UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety & the Issue of Impunity. The inaugural, which was held on November 7th as part...
The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
Regional seminar: “Strengthening regional cooperation to end impunity for crimes and attacks against journalists in the Arab world” Beirut, Lebanon 2 November 2018 Where better to hold this year’s regional seminar to mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes...
CFOM conference on ‘The role of the factual mass media in post-conflict reconstruction’
CFOM is very pleased to have hosted a CFOM conference and a 2-day academic workshop on the role of the factual mass media in civil society building in post-conflict settings in June 2018. Professor Jeffrey Alexander gave the keynote ‘Civil Sphere and Transitions to...
CFOM and UNESCO organises joint Journalism Safety Research Network panel at IAMCR in Oregon
The Journalism Safety Research Network panel ‘Attacks on journalists and the issue of impunity: The fight for sustainable journalism against its civil diminishment’ was held on June 22 at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)...
CFOM participates in technical consultation on UNESCO’s monitoring of safety of journalists
On May 24, 2018, CFOM PhD Researcher Sara Torsner participated in a technical consultation on UNESCO’s monitoring of safety of journalists in Paris. The meeting was a follow up to the meeting on monitoring the safety of journalists under SDG indicator 16.10.1 (which...