JSRN Hub Launch
At a UNESCO research conference on the safety of journalists during the celebrations of World Press Freedom Day in Helsinki, Finland on 3 and 4 May 2016, UNESCO declared ‘that the Safety of Journalists paved the way for academic research cooperation’. To advance such...
CFOM Annual Lectures so far
In anticipation of 2016's annual lecture from Guy Berger, here are details of all the previous CFOM annual lectures. In 2015 we hosted a Question Time style event called Journalism in Danger. The panelists were, Ellen Manning, Former Chief Reporter for Press...
International Day to End Impunity 2016 – UNESCO Director General’s Report
UNESCO has today released key findings from its Director General’s Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity, focussed on the years 2014-2015. The report shows that the year 2015 had the second highest number of journalist's killed in the past ten...
CFOM Annual Lecture 2016
To mark the International Day to End Impunity, the Centre for Freedom of Media will host a special event focused on justice for victims of crimes against journalists for students and staff, during our International Journalism Week on Wednesday, 9th November. Guy...
Academics urged to study safety of journalists
A group of 40 researchers took part in a UNESCO workshop held this week at the 2016 conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research at the University of Leicester, UK. The occasion also served to publicise a new network for sharing...