Update on a previous post Professor Jackie Harrison, Chair of CFOM, participated in two key events related to the “Consultation on Strengthening the UN Action Plan on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of...
Read MoreA 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...
Read MorePosted by chrysadag | Apr 29, 2016 | Commentaries |
By Professor Jackie Harrison Access to information either as a journalist, or as a citizen through the products of journalism, lies in the crossfire of what Michael Schudson calls ‘the rise of the right to know’ and the stark...
Read MorePosted by chrysadag | Mar 30, 2016 | Commentaries |
By Professor Jackie Harrison and Dr Stef Pukallus. It is time for the European Commission to make sure that the EU lives up to its Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Treaty on European Union (TEU) Of course there is nothing...
Read MoreAccording to UNESCO, at least 800 journalists and media producers have been killed between 2006 and 2016. This threat to the physical safety and security of journalists, their families and their media is the most direct threat...
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