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The Media at Protests: Official Attitudes - Legal Resources

Covering protests and demonstrations is part of the core function of journalism of disseminating public interest information. However, often media workers are subjected to intimidations and attacks, also by police

2018 World Press Freedom Index - Monitoring tool

The 2018 World Press Freedom Index highlights that political leaders are openly encouraging hostility towards the media, not only in authoritarian countries

Safety protocol with 16 points for journalists covering conflict zones - Manuals

A Safety Protocol for journalists covering conflict zones that was issued at the end of a two-day workshop in Diyarbakir (Southeast of Turkey) co-organised by the Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) in partnership with the European and International Federation of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ)

Monitoring Media Pluralism in Europe: Application of the Media Pluralism Monitor 2016 in the European Union, Montenegro and Turkey - Monitoring tool

The 2016 report by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom raises significant concern for media pluralism in the 28 European Union member states under examination and in two candidate states, Montenegro and Turkey

The Assault on Journalism - Reports

Drawing on the contributions to a UNESCO’s conference held in connection with World Press Freedom Day 2016, this Nordicom publication provides a thorough overview of worldwide research in the field of journalists’ safety

CPJ database on jailed journalists - Datasets

Since 2000, CPJ compiles detailed records on journalists being held in custody by government authorities across the world

Global Media Freedom Dataset - Indexes

The Global Media Freedom Dataset ranks the media environment in each country on the basis of the capability of journalists to express criticism and to keep those in power accountable 

Fighting for recognition: Online abuse of women bloggers in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States - Academic Sources

This study argues that democratic potential of social media in democracies remains haphazard because online abuse is not fully recognized as entangling online and offline communication, constituted and constructed through technological, legal, social, and cultural factors. It is based on interviews with 109 bloggers who write about feminisms, family, and/or maternity politics. According to the findings 73.4% had negative experiences due to blogging and/or social media use

#EndImpunity for crimes against journalists - HTML5 video

2 November has been proclaimed the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalist by the United Nations General Assembly. It serves as a reminder of what we must do every day to bring issues of criminal impunity to light

  

Call for Participants for Cyber Threats Masterclass - Opportunities

A new specialised course for media professionals within the UNICRI will take place at the United Nations Campus in Turin, Italy. Applications until the 2nd of October