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Why do we have to search for a line here and there on safety for women journalists?

Nonee Walsh, Abeer Saady, Fiona Martin

Australian Journalism Review, volume 40, issue 2 (2018), pp. 67-71

"1,010 journalists have been killed in the last decade, according to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, with nine out of 10 cases remaining unresolved (Guterres, 2018). Imprisonments alone total more than three times the annual death toll, and the number of journalists in jail across the globe i ... more

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EU Statement in response to the presentation of the OSCE Rapporteur’s Report under the Moscow Mechanism on alleged Human Rights Violations and Impunity in the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation

European Union (2018), 3 pp.

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Journalist safety trainings: Effective for all?

Autumn Slaughter, Elana Newman, Bradley Brummel, Susan Drevo

Australian Journalism Review, volume 40, issue 2 (2018), pp. 53-65

"Safety trainings (STs), also known as hazardous or hostile environment trainings, are evolving as a worldwide industry practice designed to keep journalists safe. However, little is known about the effectiveness of STs, particularly how men and women journalists respond to them. In order to better ... more

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‘Being the bridge’: News fixers’ perspectives on cultural difference in reporting the ‘war on terror’

Lindsay Palmer

Journalism, volume 19, issue 3 (2018), pp. 314-332

"This article examines some of the cultural differences between news ‘fixers’ and foreign reporters, focusing specifically on the expectations and experiences of the fixers, rather than the correspondents whose own perspectives have already been fruitfully explored. Drawing upon qualitative, sem ... more

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The Future of Investigative Journalism in an Era of Surveillance and Digital Privacy Erosion

Julie Posetti

In: Digital Investigative Journalism: Data, Visual Analytics and Innovative Methodologies in International Reporting

Oliver Hahn, Florian Stalph (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), pp. 249-261

"While the digital era has delivered unprecedented opportunities for big-data based investigative journalism—from the Snowden Files to the Panama Papers—it has also thrown up a host of new threats to the sustainability of journalism based on confidential sources. These include: mass and targeted ... more

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Women in Israeli Journalism Israel Affairs

Einat Lachover, Dafna Lemish

Israel Affairs, volume 4, issue 3 (2018), pp. 500-518

"This article presents findings from investigations of acclaimed gender employment changes in Israeli journalism, focusing on two main questions: Is the feminisation process of Israeli journalism continuing? Is it improving women’s employment and occupational status? Data were gathered from two in ... more

Changing Forms and Platforms of Misogyny: Sexual Harassment of Women Journalists on Twitter

Richard Rego

Media Watch, volume 9, issue 3 (2018), pp. 472-485

"Across time, in a variety of forms and spaces -from homes and workplaces to digital domains of social media- women have become victims of male dominance. So also are the other vulnerable sections that suffer multi-layered abuse, and endure sexual harassment in social media. Yet, this phenomenon is ... more

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Why Populism is Troubling for Democratic Communication

Silvio Waisbord

Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 11, issue 1 (2018), pp. 21-34

"In this article, I argue that populism has a troubling relationship with democratic communication. As illustrated by contemporary Latin American cases, populism’s illiberalism is contrary to the existence of the communication commons—a public space characterized by diversity, tolerance, reason, ... more

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Khashoggi case and the issue of human rights protection of journalists

Migel Apriliyanto, Made Maharta Yasa

Kertha Patrika, volume 40, issue 3 (2018), pp. 131-140

"Jamal Khashoggi is known for his very sharp critics to Saudi Arabian Governments. He was murdered at the Consulate facility of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul-Turkey. The case has become a concern of international society, put the questions of freedom of expression and press as well the security of journa ... more

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Social Media in Turkey as a Space for Political Battles: AK Trolls and Other Politically Motivated Trolling

Erkan Saka

Middle East Critique, volume 27, issue 2 (2018), pp. 161-177

"This article focuses on AKTrolls, defined as pro-government political trolls in Turkey, while attempting to draw implications about political trolling in the country in general. It examines their methods and effects, and it interrogates whether (and how) Turkish authorities have attempted to shape ... more

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UNESCO's safety of journalists agenda: What impact?

Guy Berger

Australian Journalism Review, volume 40, issue 2 (2018), pp. 29-35

"Mention journalists' safety in a conversation, and the spontaneous mental image is often that of a war correspondent. However, in 2017 at least, 55 per cent of the killings of journalists registered by UNESCO were not in countries with significant armed conflict (UNESCO, 2018a). In addition, and as ... more

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Uganda: Press Freedom Attacked by State Bodies

Eva Namusoke

Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, volume 107, issue 2 (2018), pp. 221-223

"On 16 October 2017, the editors of two popular Ugandan newspapers—the Daily Monitor and Red Pepper—were summoned to the Criminal Investigations Directorate in Kampala following the publication of stories revealing the allocation of a Ugandan Shillings 715 m (almost £150,000) budget for a plann ... more

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Tackling gendered violence online: Evaluating digital safety strategies for women journalists

Fiona Martin

Australian Journalism Review, volume 40, issue 2 (2018), pp. 73-89

"While many reporters regularly experience online violence, women journalists are more likely than their male counterparts to be targeted for abusive comments and image focused, violently sexualised aggression. With such gendered violence having serious implications for media freedom, diversity and ... more

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How Journalism Responds to Right-wing Populist Criticism

Benjamin Krämer

In: Trust in Media and Journalism: Empirical Perspectives on Ethics, Norms, Impacts and Populism in Europe

Kim Otto, Andreas Köhler (eds.)

Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2018), pp. 137-154

"Right-wing populists often criticise the established media for being untruthful or censoring what critics consider to be important information—for instance, the ethnic background of perpetrators—and for being biased against right-wing populist actors. That hostility towards journalism can be un ... more

Challenges to Media Freedom: A view from Europe

Eugenia Siapera, Chiara Sighele

Infoamérica: Iberoamerican Communication Review, volume 11 (2018), pp. 129-146

"The ability of the media and especially journalism to operate freely is crucial in order on the one hand to hold governments and other institutions accountable for their actions and on the other to allow citizens to make informed decisions. To discuss the current state of affairs for media and jour ... more

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Journalistic practices on the professional safety among journalists in Oyo State

E. Hajara, U Sanda, A Msughter

International Journal of Research and Scholarly Communication, volume 1, issue 4 (2018), pp. 43-59

"Journalists' safety as well as media workers has become a subject of discussion on press freedom and the working condition of reporters following dangerous development on the media scene which has become a preoccupation with journalism professional bodies. As such, in order to achieve the objective ... more