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Media Freedom made in Scandinavia: six examples of best practices - Reports

This report of a fact-finding mission to Scandinavia organised by ECPMF with the participation of EFJ and OBCT shows policies and approaches that can inspire change for the better, suggesting what governments and media actors can do to defend media freedom

Advice concerning the introduction of anti-SLAPP legislation to protect freedom of expression in the European Union - Academic Sources

The paper analyses the current EU legal framework and recommends that the European Union adopt with urgency a series of measures to limit the abuse of defamation laws and the chilling effect on press freedom

Hands Off Press Freedom: Attacks on Media in Europe Must Not Become a New Normal - Reports

2020 Annual Report by the partner organisations to the Council of Europe Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists

Internet Freedoms in the Western Balkan Region - Reports

Developed in cooperation with the SHARE Foundation, the report presents in-depth research on the state of internet freedoms in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Albania. It provides a comparative overview of specific indicators – according to the European Convention on Human Rights – and develops a set of recommendations for governments of these countries to improve the state of citizens’ freedoms online

Call for Europe’s leaders to protect free flow of information to tackle COVID-19 - Article

ECPMF joins with press freedom partners in call to EU leaders

IJF18: Going digital. A roadmap for digital transformation - HTML5 video

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s senior research fellows Lucy Kueng and David Levy dig into the main findings of the report “Going Digital. A roadmap for organisational transformation” at the 2018 International Journalism Festival with Renée Kaplan, head of digital editorial development at the Financial Times, and Inga Thordar, executive director at CNN Digital Worldwide.

Protocol for newsrooms to support journalists targeted with online harassment - Manuals

IPI’s protocol outlines a four-step framework that newsrooms can take to more effectively protect targeted journalists from the professional and emotional impact of online abuse

Freedom in the World 2020 - A Leaderless Struggle for Democracy - Reports

2019 was the 14th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. Some highlights from Freedom House's annual report on political rights and civil liberties

Journalists and Online Harassment - Reports

The report provides a definition of online harassment and identifies ways for journalists to respond

Fighting Words: Journalism Under Assault in Central and Eastern Europe - Reports

The report examines the state of press freedom in Central and Eastern Europe. Based on the results of a survey of almost a hundred journalists, the paper suggests possible measures to support independent journalism