2020 World Press Freedom Day Conference: Can Media and Information Literacy (MIL) protect journalists?
This piece is authored by Silvia Choacrro and was originally published on the website of Article 19. The paper was presented at the 2020 World Press Freedom Day Academic Conference on the Safety of Journalists on the 9th of December. Can Media and Information Literacy...
New Research: Alarming Evidence of Online Attacks on Women Journalists Leading to ‘Real World’ Violence
By Julie Posetti, Jackie Harrison and Silvio Waisbord The insidious problem of online violence against women journalists is increasingly spilling offline, with potentially deadly consequences, a new global survey suggests. Twenty percent of women journalists and media...
New landmark report calls on Media Freedom Coalition States to create an emergency visa for journalists at risk
A new advisory report published today by the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom chaired by Lord Neuberger and Amal Clooney finds that journalists face unprecedented risks to their safety and makes a number of key recommendations to States, including...
CFOM endorses report on Providing Safe Refuge to Journalists at Risk by the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom
The Centre for Freedom of the Media welcomes and endorses the Report being published today by the independent High-Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom on Providing Safe Refuge to Journalists at Risk. The Centre fully supports the Panel’s key message to State...
New edition of the OSCE Safety of Journalists Guidebook authored by William Horsley now published
On 10 November the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media published the third edition of its Safety of Journalists Guidebook, authored by William Horsley, Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) co-founder and International Director. The Guidebook...