Ethics_of_journalism

Sexual Harassment Toolkit

The toolkit offers guidelines for media employers and employees on dealing with and preventing sexual harassment in media organisations

A Structured Response to Misinformation: Defining and Annotating Credibility Indicators in News Articles

This study suggests a way to determine the credibility of newspaper articles by developing collectively agreed indicators. The aim is to allow credible content to lead to greater collaboration and data-sharing across initiatives. As proof-of-concept, it presents a dataset of 40 articles of varying credibility annotated with these indicators

Countering Online Harassment in Newsrooms: Strategies and Best Practices implemented in Finland

The report addresses issue of online harassment in Finnish newsrooms by a series of interviews with editors-in-chief, managing editors, web and social media editors, and staff and freelance journalists to better understand online harassment and how it is dealt with in Finland, as well as presenting an overview of situation of online harassment against journalists based on a survey by the Union of Journalists in Finland

Three tips for reporting on gender-based violence

20/08/2018

A short video by IJNet (International Journalists' Network) on how to avoid stereotypes and sensationalism when portraying violence against women and girls in media

Major questions about Journalism in Portugal

A survey delivered by ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa to almost 1500 journalists highlights an increasingly precarious profession and a significant gender gap

Commercial pressures in Spanish newsrooms

A study based on 50 interviews with Spanish journalists examines how they respond to commercial pressure from newspapers’ advertisers

Reporting Atrocities: A Toolbox For Journalists Covering Violent Conflict and Atrocities

A toolbox for journalists covering extremely violent conflicts in other countries, but especially in their own communities

Words that matter: a Glossary for Journalism in Cyprus

An OSCE trilingual guide that scrutinises which 'negative' expressions are commonly used by journalists in Cyprus, and their alternatives

Defending Free Speech

This report by the Swedish Government presents an action plan to safeguard and strengthen the democratic discourse against threats and hatred, with special regard to politically elected representatives, journalists and artists

Freedom in the World 2018

The report by Freedom House provides an evaluation of the state of democracy in the world in 2017, analysing trends in freedom including freedom of elections, freedom of the press and the rule of law