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The Cost of Freedom of Expression

28/01/2016

In 2014, UNESCO launched an Infographic Competition on the topic Raising Awareness to End Impunity.This was the entry selected as the best one to represent challenges and consequences of attacks against journalists and impunity.

The infographic presents data referring to the period 2006-2013, providing detailed information about the number of journalists killed, their professional position, gender and type of media for which they were working.

World Press Freedom Index 2015: Decline on all fronts

22/01/2016

The Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index ranks the performance of 180 countries according to a range of criteria that include media pluralism and independence, respect for the safety and freedom of journalists, and the legislative, institutional and infrastructural environment in which the media operate.

The Rise of Digital Repression: a PEN Interactive Report

22/12/2015

An interactive infographic by PEN America about the impact of governments imprisoning and persecuting writers for what they write, blog, and post online.

Digital media enable greater space and potential of expression around the globe, but this opportunity is counterbalanced by governments imprisoning and persecuting writers for what they write, blog, and post online. With this interactive infographic, PEN America reveals statistics from PEN's caselists over the past 12 years, showing a dramatic increase in the number of writers imprisoned and on trial for use of digital media.

Web metrics: basics for journalists

This booklet for journalists is a basic guide for understanding web metrics and aims to help media organizations use digital measurement tools more effectively

YouTube basics for journalists

This booklet for journalists provides the reader with tools to build successful YouTube channels and measure those channels’ effectiveness over time

Who makes the news? Global Media Monitoring Report 2015

Since 1995, the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) at five-year intervals, has measured the pace of change in women’s media representation and participation. In 2015, evidence from over 100 countries confirms that progress has been glacially slow

World trends in freedom of expression and media development: Special digital focus 2015

Since 2011, UNESCO increased its activity in monitoring the status of press freedom and safety of journalists, with emphasis on cases of impunity for violence against journalists. This Special Digital Focus 2015 devotes specific attention to selected digital-era trends such as Online hate speech, Digital security and digital rights

Media accountability systems

This booklet on media accountability systems is written by Professor Claude-Jean Bertrand of French Press Institute, University of Paris. It is a practical list of various tools for media professionals, their outlets and associations, in improving journalistic standards and regaining the trust of the public

Speaking of terror. A survey of the effects of counter-terrorism legislation on freedom of the media in Europe

A survey of the effects of counter-terrorism legislation on freedom of the media in Europe, drafted by David Banisar for the Council of Europe