Journalists' Safety & Resilience
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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Harassment & Intimidation of Journalists
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Journalists Dealing with Risks & Threats, Resilience & Wellbeing of Media Workers
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Female Journalists & Media Workers
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Safety of Journalists: Law & Public Policies
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Violence Against Journalists & Media Personnel
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Killings of Journalists & Media Personnel
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Self-Censorship
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Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists & Media Personnel
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Working Conditions of Journalists & Media Personnel
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War Reporting
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Media Assistance: Freedom of Expression & Safety of Journalists
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Journalism Education & Training
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Press Freedom & Communication Rights Violations
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Foreign Correspondents
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Investigative Journalism
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Humanitarian Law
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Gender-Based Online Harassment & Sexual Threats
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Human Rights Protection
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Censorship
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
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Crime & Violence Reporting
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Media Law & Regulation: International Standards & Practices
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Media Law & Regulation
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Freedom of Expression
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Election Reporting
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Cyberbullying, Cyberharassment
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Countering Defamation & Harassment
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COVID-19 Communication
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Local Journalism
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Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
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United Nations (UN)
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Photojournalism
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Editorial Independence
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Foreign Conflict Reporting, International War Reporting
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Journalism Ethics
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Emergency Medical Aid
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UNESCO
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Freelance Journalists & Media Workers
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Access to Public Information, Freedom of Information, Right to Information
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Advocacy
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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Exile Journalism, Exile Media
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Freedom of Expression Principles
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Trauma: Media Representation & Reporting
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Journalistic Social Media Use
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Council of Europe
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Journalism Education Curricula
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Stringers & Fixers (Journalism)
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Human Rights Violations
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Police
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Research in Media & Communication
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Open Data
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Freedom of Expression Lobbying & Communication Rights Campaigning
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Indirect Censorship, Soft Censorship
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Military: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Community Radios
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Iraq War (2003)
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Extremism & Terrorism Reporting
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Trauma, Coping with Trauma, Trauma Therapy
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Transnational Journalism Cooperation & News Exchange
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Journalism
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Media Reporting, Reporting on Journalism & Communication Issues
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Television Journalism
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Caruana Galizia, Daphne (1964-2017)
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Corruption & Combating Corruption
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Media Advocacy, Media Activism
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Political Cartoons & Comics
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Film Actors, Directors & Producers, Filmmakers
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Data Protection: Law & Regulation
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Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP)
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Crisis Communication
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Genocides
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Minority Journalists
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Defamation Law & Regulation
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Good Practice Examples
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Indigenous Journalists & Communicators
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Transnational & Comparative Communication Research
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European Union (EU)
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UNESCO & IPDC Media Assistance
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Associations & Networks of Journalists
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Reporters Sans Frontièrs
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Journalists
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Exiled Journalists
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Local Communication & Media
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Migration & Refugees Reporting & (Social) Media Representation
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Conflict & War Photography
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Populism
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Research Methods
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Crimes, Criminality, Organized Crime
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Disappeared People, Missing People
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Networks & Networking
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User-Generated Contents
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Access to Information Laws, Right to Information Regulation
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Advocacy Campaigns
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Film & Video Advocacy / Activism
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Authoritarian Regimes: Transnational Repression
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Independent & Oppositional Media in Authoritarian Regimes
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Election Campaigns
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Documentaries, Television Documentaries, Web Documentaries
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Media / Communication Control
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Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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OSCE Representative of Freedom of the Media
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Alternative Communication & Media
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Storytelling
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Conflicts: Victims' Perspectives
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Perpetrators
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Terrorism
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Boko Haram
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Gaza War (2023-)
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War Crimes
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Human Rights Protection & Violations: Media Representation & Reporting
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Violence in the Media
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Discourse & Discourse Analysis
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Media Criticism
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Theatre
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Financing Nonprofit Organizations
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International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
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Digital Platform & Intermediaries Regulation
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Prisoners & Communication / Media
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Romani People
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
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Earthquakes, Floods, Tsunamis, Natural Disasters
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Disinformation & Misinformation Law & Regulation
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Identifying & Researching Disinformation
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Media Commercialisation
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Public Goods, Commons
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Sports Reporting
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Environmental Journalism
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Defamation, Libel, Slander
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Defamation: Effects on Victims
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Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Indicators
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Self-Assessment, Self-Evaluation
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Feminism & Communication
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence: Media Representation & Reporting
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Gender Discrimination, Gender Inequalities
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Media Assistance: Gender Focus
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Mental Health (General)
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Foreign Countries: Reporting & Media Representation
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International Media Associations / Organizations
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Transnational Media Corporations, International Media Companies
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OSCE
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International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
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Journalism Studies & Research
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Journalism Studies: Research Projects
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Journalistic Quality
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Journalistic Skills
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Journalistic Style & Language
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News Agencies
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Newsroom Management
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Business & Economics Journalism
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Corruption Reporting & Role of Media in Curbing Corruption
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Court Reporting & Media Representation of Judicial System
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Political Reporting
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Service Journalism, Consumer Information, Lifestyle Journalism
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Metaphors
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Local Television
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Media Assistance
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Media Assistance: Elections
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Media Assistance: Implementing Organizations
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International Media Support (IMS) (Media Development NGO, Denmark)
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Media Assistance: Journalists' Associations, Media Associations
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Media Assistance: Law & Regulation, Media Policy Consultancies
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Media Assistance: Media & Information Literacy
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Media Development Indicators
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Media & Communication Policies
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Media & Information Literacy
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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Transition Countries: Media Systems & Media Landscapes
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Criminal Law & Criminal Prosecution
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Law, Legislation, Judiciary (General)
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Law & Regulation: Protection of Confidential Sources & Whistleblowers
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Forced Migration, Forced Displacement
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Khashoggi, Jamal (1958-2018)
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Photographers
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Military
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Hindu Nationalism
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Political Extremism
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Right-Wing Extremism
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Security
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Personal Safety
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Media Capture, Vested Political & Other Interests in the Media
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Kompas (Newspaper, Indonesia)
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Public Media, State Media
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Memory, Memorizing
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Mental Stress
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Fundamentalisms (Religious)
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Islamist Communications & Media
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Communication & Media Indicators
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Communication & Media Research Associations & Networks
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Digital Sources
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Political Indicators
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Assassination
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Human Security
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Rohingya
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Resilience
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Blockchain Technologies
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Open Source Software
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
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Al-Jazeera
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Theories of Communication & Media
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"A survey was conducted on 446 newspaper journalists working in Karachi, who do journalism in Sindhi, Urdu, and English languages, to understand the reasons for their job quitting. The findings revealed that low salaries, job insecurity, and inconvenient administrative policies are why journalists l ... more
"Based on interviews with Syrian media practitioners, this article uses the notion of affective proximity to make sense of local media practitioners’ reporting and witnessing of suffering in their country and community. I argue that the life-risking, and sometimes deadly, media practices of local ... more
"In this article, we examine how journalists address and tackle online harassment by connective practices that involve joint action with peers and editors that we find are particularly effective in addressing the emotional effects of harassment. Theoretically, we bridge community of practice researc ... more
"This article examines how online abuse is experienced and tackled by journalists in Portugal, and addresses the prevalence of online harassment and violence against women journalists and their perceptions of the issue. Theoretically, the article bridges the research on online harassment and gender ... more
"This study examined journalists' perceptions regarding the legal system's ability to protect them against online harassment. By utilizing open-ended survey responses from respondents with varying levels of trust in the legal system, the findings suggested a need for increased technical proficiency, ... more
"Para que el periodismo pueda realizar su función democrática, es preciso que el contexto político, social y económico le permita su desarrollo en toda forma. Aunque en el pasado estuvo caracterizado por la cooptación y la censura, el periodismo mexicano reciente ha mostrado prácticas innovado ... more
"In Mexico and Honduras, journalists face violence from state and non-state actors and almost complete impunity. Given a lack of effective state protection, some resort to alternative means of (self-)protection and justice-seeking. Via analysis of 67 interviews with journalists and protection actors ... more
"Journalists in democratically “free” countries have faced harassment from those external to the newsroom for decades, though that has recently increased in the United States by many accounts. To assess the effects of such harassment in the United States, 32 journalists were interviewed and more ... more
"Overall, our study found that many journalists and media workers from minority backgrounds were experiencing online harassment and abuse from members of the public, and that often, this behaviour was considered ‘part of the job’ in the modern, digital environment. While we found some employers ... more
"Australia and New Zealand have reputations as countries prone to catastrophic and frequent natural and man-made disasters. Therefore, it is no surprise that antipodean academics want trauma-informed education for their journalism students. This study presents the Australian-New Zealand results of a ... more
"Journalists confront terror and war to report and document what is happening. Covering traumatic events is dangerous for the reporters on the scene and may leave them with distress responses. The aim of this study is to investigate the coping strategies journalists use to deal with danger and traum ... more
"Background: A current need in journalistic frontline work is to understand the potential psychological and physical traumatic consequences that may result from on-duty appointments. Journalists are active in frontline zones to report on conflicts, crises, and natural disasters. In the Middle East a ... more
"Literature notes that most journalists will witness trauma and human suffering during the course of their careers, yet journalism education is lagging behind in preparing students to cope with the effects of exposure to traumatic events. This paper examines the attitudes of journalism educators/tra ... more
"The article outlines an evidence-informed approach for enhancing resilience, one of the key personal resources in labor, and explores the viability of this training for increasing journalists’ ability to manage everyday work-related stressors. The suggested pedagogy is in the form of a microinter ... more
"Research shows that emotional management is often part of journalists’ decision-making in the news creation process and when dealing with attacks, insults, or harassment, which we describe by the umbrella term hostility. Some emotional management strategies can lead journalists to self-censorship ... more
"This article utilizes theoretical concepts of sensemaking and affective events theory to analyze and interpret what type of harassment events journalists experience from readers, viewers, and strangers, and their subsequent emotional responses. Findings indicated journalists experience three forms ... more
"This study aims to identify the challenges of women journalists in Afghanistan and their impact on the intention to leave the job. To achieve the objectives of this study, a mixed-method (qualitative and quantitative) has been used. In the qualitative section, 15 in-depth interviews were conducted ... more

Weaponising the Law: Attacks on Media Freedom

Thomson Reuters Foundation; Tow Center for Digital Journalism (2023), 50 pp.
"The purpose of this report is to provide the first step towards a global overview of the weaponization of the law as a prominent threat to media freedom. In doing so, we offer a resource that can be used to empower those seeking to navigate the shifting legal environment and support those working t ... more
"Killings, as the most extreme form of violence against journalists, receive considerable attention, but journalists experience a variety of threats from surveillance to gendered cyber targeting and hate speech, or even the intentional deprivation of their financial basis. This article provides a co ... more
"The protection of journalists' rights is critical for the preservation of freedom of expression, the rule of law, and democracy. International organizations play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and well-being of journalists worldwide. This article examines the international legal framework th ... more