Safety of Journalists CFOM Sheffield

The Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) at the University of Sheffield (UK) is an interdisciplinary research centre with global outreach on issues of media freedom, journalism safety, editorial standards and impunity. During the 2022 Academic Consultation on the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, CFOM conducted a literature stocktake to scope out academic literature published in the area of media freedom, journalism safety and impunity. CFOM collated this information and produced a literature database organised by themes or countries for accessibility. The collection is especially strong on country- and region-specific safety issues and on surveys of emotional wellbeing of journalists. This special collection is curated by gemma.horton@sheffield.ac.uk.

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Anticipating the Struggle against Everyday Impunity in Myanmar through Accounts from Bangladesh and Thailand

Nick Cheesman, Bina D'Costa, T. Haberkorn

Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, volume 3, issue 1 (2016), pp. 48-61

"Work done internationally to address impunity concentrates on removing blanket amnesties and establishing commissions of inquiry into past atrocities. Everyday impunity—the impossibility of bringing state officers to account for routinized violent crimes against other individuals—gets less atte ... more

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The Role of the United Nations Organization to Ensure the International Protection of Journalists in Non-International Armed Conflicts

Zeyad M. S. Jaffal

International Journal of Arts & Sciences, issue 1 (2016), pp. 95-110

"The non-international armed conflicts prevailing in the Middle East nowadays, have been witnessing a large number of atrocities committed against journalists. The study examined the extent to which international humanitarian law is able to provide special protection for Non-embedded (independent) j ... more

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Reporting is Becoming a Life Threatening Profession in Pakistan

Urooj Khan

Ma’arif Research Journal, volume 12 (2016), pp. 103-116

"The study is focusing ‘Reporting is becoming a life threatening profession in Pakistan’ as a topic for research. International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) declared Pakistan as one of the most dangerous countries for Journalists. Amnesty International called Khuzdar ‘a graveyard for Journa ... more

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The safety of Al Jazeera English journalists in Egypt

Andrea Baker

Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 10, issue 2 (2016), pp. 68-91

"The imprisonment of Al Jazeera English (AJE) journalists (Australian Peter Greste, Egyptian-Canadian national Mohamed Fahmy, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed) in Egypt between 2013 and 2015 reflected the recent ten agenda items of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNES ... more

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Donkor: A case study of the safety of journalists in Ghana

Africanus L. Diedong

Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 10, issue 2 (2016), pp. 92-120

"This paper argues that the safety of journalists in Ghana can no longer be taken for granted given the available evidence of physical attacks on journalists (Joint Statement NMC et al., 2016 and MFWA, 2016). The overarching objective of the study is to portray Donkor’s case as typical of similar ... more

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On the Need to Amend Chapter XV of the Special Section of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

Lyudmila Mostepanyuk

Journal of Eastern European Law, volume 24 (2016), pp. 57-61

"The article deals with the issue of establishing criminal liability for crimes against journalists. Areas of research on this subject are identified. The basic research and publications on issues are reviewed. The need for introducing such liability is investigated. It is indicated that several spe ... more

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Committee of Ministers: New Recommendation on Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists and Other Media Actors

Tarlach McGonagle

IRIS Merlin (Council of Europe), volume 5, issue 1/3 (2016), 2 pp.

"On 13 April 2016, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted its Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)4 on the protection of journalism and safety of journalists and other media actors. This is a continuation of the Committee of Ministers’ engagement with the topic, following its adoption of ... more

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The practice and study of journalism in zones of violence in Latin America: Mexico as a case study

Jeannine E Relly, Celeste González de Bustamante

Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2016), pp. 51-69

"In Latin America in the twenty-first century, journalists face daily professional and societal constraints and pressures when attempting to fulfill their role to inform the public. Concerns include a lack of press freedom, robust and growing social movements critical of the news media, and personal ... more

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Reporting Dangerously: Journalist Killings, Intimidation and Security

Simon Cottle, Richard Sambrook, Nick Mosdell

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), ix, 224 pp.

"Examines the statistics and looks at the trends in journalist killings and intimidation around the world. It identifies what factors have led to this rise and positions these in historical and global contexts. This important study also provides case studies and first-hand accounts from journalists ... more

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Social Media Use, Journalism, and Violence In The Northern Mexico Border

Jeannine E Relly, Celeste González de Bustamante

In: The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies

Scott A. II Eldridge, Bob Franklin (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2016), 10 pp.

"The chapter describes how social media is utilized in an environment of heightened violence and indicates that numerous journalists from 18 cities often use social media to forge cross-border relationships with colleagues. It focuses on a study of social media use by journalists and bloggers report ... more

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Journalistic Role Performance: A New Research Agenda in a Digital and Global Media Environment

Claudia Mellado, Lea Hellmueller

In: Journalistic Role Performance

Claudia Mellado, Lea Hellmueller, Wolfgang Donsbach (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2016), 18 pp.

"Global press freedom declined to its lowest point in 12 years in 2015, mainly due to political, criminal, and terrorist forces that sought to co-opt or silence the media in their struggle for power (Freedom House, 2016). As of 2015, only one in seven people around the world lived in a country that ... more

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Women in war: Challenges and possibilities for female journalists covering wars and conflicts

Kristin Skare Orgeret

In: Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition: Studies and Reflections in the Digital Age

Ulla Carlsson (ed.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), pp. 165-176

"The chapter takes as its starting point the notion that journalists’ safety is a precondition for free expression and free media. Based on interviews and discussions with experienced female war and conflict journalists from seven countries worldwide, the discussion evolves around questions linked ... more

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The Kidnapping of Journalists: Reporting from High-Risk Conflict Zones

Robert G. Picard, Hannah Storm

London: Tauris (2016), vii, 100 pp.

"This book explores the complex organisational issues surrounding the capture or kidnapping of journalists in areas of conflict and risk. It explores how journalists 'becoming news' is covered and the implications of that coverage, how news organisations prepare for and respond to such events, and h ... more

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World Press Freedom Day and Safety of Journalists: Implication for People’s Freedom of Expression

Oyewo Ayanfeoluwa, Oyewo Olusola Oyeyinka

New Media and Mass Communication, volume 54 (2016), pp. 34-38

"Every 3rd of May in the year, the world celebrates the freedom of the press. The celebration often serves as a reminder on the need for the protection of the Fundamental Human Rights and Freedom of Expression as embedded in the universal declaration of Human Rights as well as the constitution of co ... more

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Periodismo muerto: Más de mil periodistas asesinados en América Latina (1970-2015)
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México, DF: Editorial Planeta Mexicana (2016), 389 pp.

"Más de 1050 periodistas asesinados y desaparecidos (unos 22,8 casos al año) hicieron de América Latina el escenario más peligroso del mundo para el ejercicio profesional, entre 1970 y 2015, incluso en países sin guerras oficialmente aceptadas. Desde las dictaduras hasta el narcopoder, desde M� ... more

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Shape shifting in the conflict zone: The strategic performance of gender in war reporting

Lindsay Palmer, Jad Melki

Journalism Studies, volume 19, issue 1 (2016), pp. 126-142

"The war journalist is often portrayed as a ruggedly masculine individual who survives on hard work, self-sufficiency, and heroic dedication to the truth in a stoic culture and dangerous environment. Yet, the growing number of female war journalists subtly complicates this traditional narrative. Fem ... more

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Supporting Journalism in Conflict Societies

Ines Drefs, Barbara Thomass

Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2016), 23 pp.

"Media development organisations regard polarisation and a lack of ethical standards as the main problems in conflict societies. Our interviews with both Europe-based and local media development actors show that their support programmes address journalists as enablers of an inclusive public discours ... more

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Programa de protección para periodistas: Guía práctica

Caracas: Espacio Público (2016), 59 pp.

"La finalidad de este texto es que pueda servir para tener un protocolo rápido de acción para los casos que se describen, para la protección de los profesionales de la comunicación. Sin embargo, es necesario subrayar la importancia de contactar a una organización de derechos humanos ante cualqu ... more

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Damaging and daunting: Female journalists’ experiences of sexual harassment in the newsroom

Louise North

Feminist Media Studies, volume 16, issue 3 (2016), pp. 495-510

"Female journalists’ experiences of sexual harassment are barely documented in the literature about Australian news journalism despite evidence of its ongoing prevalence. There have been some stories of harassment detailed in autobiographies by female journalists and the occasional article in the ... more

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Gender, risk and journalism

Nicholas Mosdell Janet Harris, James Griffiths

Journalism Practice, volume 10, issue 7 (2016), pp. 902-916

"Are female journalists more at risk in covering conflict than their male colleagues? Beck states ‘risk is the anticipation of the catastrophe – so it is existent and non-existent’. Is the contention that female journalists are more at risk, knowledge, or a construction of knowledge? Are Edito ... more

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