CFOM Researchers contribute to ground-breaking study on violence against women journalists published by the ICFJ
Last week The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and UNESCO published The Chilling: A global study of online violence against women journalists. The report which has been a collaboration with the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) is a groundbreaking...
UN conference hears lawyer’s call for the Commonwealth to “give teeth” to protections for journalists at risk
By William Horsley, International Director of CFOM, University of Sheffield The Role of Commonwealth Governments in Journalism Safety Years of inaction by Commonwealth governments in response to violent assaults and excessive restraints on the work of independent...
UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison presents findings and recommendations from the UN Action Plan Academic Consultation at the High Level Conference in Vienna
UNESCO Chair, Professor Jackie Harrison (second right in image), presented the findings and recommendations from the academic consultation that took place on occasion of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Action Plan on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue...
UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison discusses trends in journalism safety at the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights
On 26 October, 2022, UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity, Professor Jackie Harrison, took part in a panel discussing trends in journalism safety at the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights. The panel consisted of...
CFOM to take part in Safety of Journalists: Protecting media to protect democracy High-level Conference in Vienna
Members from CFOM are set to take part in the Safety of Journalists: Protecting media to protect democracy High Level Conference in Vienna, Austria on the 3-4 November 2022. CFOM was asked to lead the academic consultation on the implementation of the UNPA on the...