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Can Journalists Be Safe in a Violent World?

Silvio Waisbord

Journalism Practice, volume 16, issue 9 (2022), pp. 1948-1954

"The safety of journalists is one of the most formidable challenges for press freedom and democracy around the world. The problem is the result of the juxtaposition of various forms of violence that break journalists’ sense of security and autonomy – the ability to control and decide the paramet ... more

Security Considerations When Engaging Sensitive Sources

Lukasz Król, Harlo Holmes

Internews (2022), 5 pp.

"These recommendations are targeted towards individuals working with sensitive sources on high-level projects that uncover government or corporate misdeeds. We have drafted a few additional steps you should keep in mind if you will be communicating with sensitive sources. Following the below steps w ... more

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Risks and Resilience in the Case of Brazilian Female Journalists: How Women Perceive Violence Against Media Professionals and Cope with its Effects

Gisele Barão da Silva, Giulia Sbaraini Fontes, Francisco Paulo Jamil Marques

Journalism Studies, volume 24, issue 7 (2022), pp. 956-975

"The article examines how Brazilian women journalists claim gender-related issues influence the risks they experience in their professional routines and private life. Data was collected through 31 semi-structured interviews with female professionals who experienced episodes of violence during the co ... more

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Modelling journalists’ coping strategies for occupational hazards in their coverage of protests against police brutality (ENDSARS protests) in Nigeria

Blessing Chinweobo-Onuoha, Elif Asude Tunca, Felix Olajide Talabi, Ayodeji Boluwatife Aiyesimoju, VVictor Oluwole Adefemi, Verlumun Celestine Gever

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, volume 28, issue 4 (2022), pp. 2439-2446

"Although journalism practice exposes media workers to different levels of occupational hazards, research on the coping strategies is limited. This study made an effort to extend literature in this direction by providing a model that explains the coping strategies of Nigerian journalists who covered ... more

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Protecting journalists from harassment: Comparing existing protection mechanisms and the effects on democracy

Alice Baroni, Leen d’Haenens, Wai Han Lo

In: Success and failure in news media performance: Comparative analysis in the Media for Democracy Monitor 2021

Josef Trappel, Tales Tomaz (eds.)

Gothenburg: Nordicom (2022), pp. 59-77

"There is a quickly increasing body of studies and reports on harassment and intimidation of journalists around the world. These series of acts have a chilling effect on media freedom and journalists’ freedom of expression. The research literature on the topic has mostly focused on intimidation an ... more

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Aggravating circumstances? The COVID-19-related situational threats against the press in Portugal

Rui Alexandre Novais

Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, volume 13, issue 3 (2022), pp. 337-357

"This study aims to fill the gap of the practical impediments for journalists properly doing their work during the COVID-19 pandemic over a single country. It is achieved by mapping the situational threats faced by the press in Portugal, as one of the best countries that grant media a free environme ... more

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Save the Journalist: News Media in Time of Crisis

Artan Grubi, Aurora Karameti

Vizione, volume 38 (2022), pp. 291-305

"Along the first lockdown of the world because of covid 19 pandemic, the professional media regained their monopoly of reliable information linked to the health crisis of all kinds: political, social and economic thanks to the journalism of quality. Journalists were on the front lines to ensure the ... more

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Multi Donor Special Account on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists: Programme Strategy

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 45 pp.

"The Multi Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists focuses on two thematic areas with the objective of enabling a free and safe environment for a free, independent and pluralistic media, freedom of expression, access to information and the safety of journalists – what UN ... more

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Journalists, harassment, and emotional labor: The case of women in on-air roles at US local television stations

Kaitlin C. Miller, Seth C. Lewis

Journalism, volume 23, issue 1 (2022), pp. 79-97

"At a time of growing threats to the press worldwide, including in supposedly ‘safe’ developed democracies, this article explores the nature of harassment perpetrated by strangers, one-time sources, and viewers against women broadcast journalists working at US local television stations. The stud ... more

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Reset Required? Evaluating the Media Freedom Coalition After its First Two Years

Mary Myers, Martin Scott, Mel Bunce, Lina Yassin, Maria Carmen Fernandez, Rachel Khan

University of East Anglia (UEA); City University of London; University of the Philippines-Diliman (2022), 69 pp.

"The purpose of this report is to evaluate the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) in its first two years of operation, from 2019 to 2021. The MFC is a partnership of 50 countries working together to advocate for media freedom and the safety of journalists. Our independent report is based on over 100 inte ... more

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What Will it Take for Newsroom Leaders to Support and Defend Journalists?

Tracy Everbach

Journalism & Communication Monographs, volume 24, issue 3 (2022), pp. 229–232

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An Intersectional Analysis of U.S. Journalists’ Experiences With Hostile Sources

Kelsey Mesmer

Journalism & Communication Monographs, volume 24, issue 3 (2022), pp. 156-216

"Given rising hostility toward journalists in the United States, this monograph illuminates how journalists experience hostility from news sources. Drawing on 38 in-depth interviews with U.S. journalists, this project uses the theory of intersectionality to understand how journalists experienced hos ... more

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Digital (In)Security in Latin America: The Dimensions of Social Media Violence against the Press and Journalists’ Coping Strategies

Summer Harlow, Ryan Wallace, Lourdes Cueva Chacón

Digital Journalism, volume 11, issue 10 (2022), pp. 1829-1847

"As the journalism industry faces increasing risk and insecurity in the digital environment, there is still much to know about how journalists are reacting to and internalizing online harassment, and what the consequences are for their routines. Approaching the problem from a socio-technical perspec ... more

Beijing's Global Media Influence: Authoritarian Expansion and the Power of Democratic Resilience

Sarah Cook, Angeli Datt, Ellie Young, BC Han

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2022), 79 pp.

"This report offers the most comprehensive assessment to date of Beijing’s global media influence and the ways in which democracies are responding. Drawing on media investigations, interviews, scholarly publications, Chinese government sources, and on-the-ground research by local analysts, it cove ... more

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Perception of journalists reporting in conflict zones: Labour situation, working conditions and main challenges in information coverage in contexts of violence

Santiago Tejedor, Laura Cervi, Fernanda Tusa

Media, War & Conflict, volume 15, issue 4 (2022), pp. 530–552

"A total of 324 journalists have been killed in the world in the last decade. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the situation is alarming. Based on these statistics, this work presents an investigation with journalists from 10 countries. Based on in-depth interviews and the Delphi method, the stud ... more

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Embedded authoritarianism: The politics of poor press freedom in Indian Kashmir

Tawseef Majeed

Media, Culture & Society, volume 44, issue 3 (2022), pp. 613–624

"The current article explores journalism practice amid waning press freedom in Indian Kashmir. Contextualising the recent renovation and introduction of authoritative new media policy 2020, the article maps the constant struggles of the journalists in the region. I consulted five working journalists ... more

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The Chilling: A Global Study of Online Violence Against Women Journalists
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Julie Posetti, Nabeelah Shabbir (eds.)

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ); UNESCO (2022), 325 pp.

"This ground-breaking three-year global study on gender-based online violence against women journalists represents collaborative research covering 15 countries. It is the most geographically, linguistically, and ethnically diverse scoping of the crisis conducted up until late 2022. The research draw ... more

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Telling the Story: Remembering Elisabeth Blanche Olofio

Jules Swinkels

Free Press Unlimited; Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ); Reporters Without Borders (2022), 33 pp.

"Elisabeth Blanche Olofio’s reporting exposed local corruption and human rights abuses in the Central African Republic, providing her community with crucial information on the ongoing rebel advance at the time. On 5 January 2013, she was severely beaten, tortured and raped by Séléka rebels in he ... more

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“Suddenly We Were the Story”: Women Journalists, the #MeToo Movement, & Online Misogyny in India

Paromita Pain

In: Gender Violence, Social Media, and Online Environments

Lisa M. Cuklanz (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2022), 17 pp.

"This study looks at how online misogyny is impacting the work of women journalists in India. Journalists here are encouraged to have a social media presence and publicize stories online, but organizations do little to protect them from the relentless trolling and misogyny that characterizes the onl ... more

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