Reports and papers

Analyses on specific aspects related to press and media freedom, performed and published by research centres, non-governmental organizations and public bodies

Legal harassment and abuse of the judicial system against the media

This special report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media focuses on three of the most poignant and current topics related to legal harassment: “extremism” and terrorism related charges under public law; defamation claims under public law; and abusive private lawsuits against journalists and other media workers. The report aims to provide general guidance to the OSCE participating States regarding their related commitments

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Threats that Silence: Trends in the Safety of Journalists

A discussion paper by UNESCO about the World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development

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Changing Newsrooms 2021: hybrid working and improving diversity remain twin challenges for publishers

This report, published in November 2021, explains on how news organisations are responding to the challenges of attracting talent, increasing gender and ethnic diversity, and managing the transition to hybrid work

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The impact of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) on the news media sector

A collection of the findings of News Media Europe interviews with press publishers, in-house lawyers, journalists and editors-in-chief about the impact of such lawsuits on the news
media sector

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Journalists working from home? A labour right perspective for a hybrid future

A survey by the European Federation of Journalists aimed at mapping out the existing practices and gather information to develop better policy to ensure the fail and safe working conditions for journalists when telework/home office practices continue to exist after the pandemic

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Europe heats up on risk map for press violations: The Eastern region a serious concern

Women journalists are increasingly attacked around Europe, and appear to be more vulnerable in the Eastern region, as documented by this report. For this reason, CFWIJ calls on European countries to take measures against those interfering with media freedom

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Freedom on the Net 2021

The yearly report by Freedom House confirms that the global internet freedom has declined for the 11th consecutive year

read more Digitalisation Digital rights Digital safety Online news Online media Cybersecurity

The Resilience Report 2020: How Europe’s independent media dealt with the coronavirus pandemic in 2020

This report published by the European Journalism Centre in partnership with Evens Foundation is based on the Resilience Reports, a series of in-depth studies looking at how dozens of news organisations across Europe dealt with the pandemic during the first wave

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The Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Selected OSCE Participating States

The report provides an analysis of findings of ODIHR's assessment visits to the Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy, Mongolia and Montenegro, undertaken as part of the first country-specific assessment cycle focused on human rights defenders

read more Human rights Czech Republic Italy Montenegro Georgia

MFRR Monitoring Report III

A 4-month-snapshot produced by the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), covering the reporting period between November 2020 and February 2021 representing the final four month period of the first 12 months of the MFRR

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