Press freedom
Documentary's legal battles reveal ugly truth about UK media culture
In yet another self-preserving news blackout, mainstream media prove central point of Starsuckers documentary
Posted by Judith Townend on 08/04/10'Oborne's outstanding piece of journalism that put country before party'
Anthony Barnett, founder, openDemocracy
Posted by Anthony Barnett on 07/04/10International media groups call for investigation after leaked video shows US military killing Reuters' journalists
International Federation of Journalists and Committee to Protect Journalists back news agency's call to probe US military
Posted by Laura Oliver on 07/04/10Newsweek's Maziar Bahari calls for freedom of Iran's imprisoned journalists
Speaking at the Index on Censorship Awards, former prisoner criticises regime currently holding 47 journalists captive
Posted by Laura Oliver on 26/03/10Twitter recognised alongside campaigning journalists in Index on Censorship Awards
Microblogging site takes prize, as Heather Brooke and international press freedom campaigners recognised
Posted by Laura Oliver on 26/03/10Jack Straw to pledge Labour support for libel law reform; will support single publication rule
Libel Reform campaign puts pressure on Conservatives to join
Posted by Judith Townend on 23/03/10South African journalists found new trade union
New organisation for working journalists ProJourn is first in three years, since demise of the South African Union of Journalists
Posted by Laura Oliver on 17/03/10Azerbaijani bloggers lose appeal against jail sentence for 'donkey' press conference
Amnesty International accuses Azerbaijan government of 'stifling dissent'
Posted by Judith Townend on 11/03/10Only 27 per cent of media workforce is female in Middle East and Arab world
International Federation of Journalists meets in Bahrain for regional discussions
Posted by Judith Townend on 09/03/10'Unanswerable' case for PCC reform, argues IFJ in new report
Specially-commissioned report calls for overhaul of Press Complaints Commission
Posted by Judith Townend on 01/03/10CMS Report: Committee condemns 'collective amnesia' at News International over phone hacking
Inquiry concludes PCC phone hacking report 'simplistic and surprising'
Posted by Judith Townend on 24/02/10Half of world's jailed journalists were working online, says CPJ
Local reporters and bloggers are increasingly at risk as foreign media rely on them for information, says survey
Posted by Laura Oliver on 16/02/10Leading press freedom groups back campaign against Iranian regime
International organisations aim to increase pressure on Iran to release jailed journalists
Posted by Laura Oliver on 12/02/10Phone hacking, privacy and libel findings due out on 24 February
Result of year-long CMS committee inquiry will be released shortly
Posted by Judith Townend on 12/02/10World Press Freedom Review reports 110 journalists killed during 2009
Past 12 months most lethal for journalists in whole decade
Posted by Judith Townend on 11/02/10Journalists launch campaign to challenge BNP in run-up to election
EXPOSE aims to reveal "undemocratic and racist nature" of British National Party
Posted by Judith Townend on 09/02/10Q&A: Aye Chan Naing, chief editor, Democratic Voice of Burma
"Millions of Burmese people are depending on us," DVB's chief editor tells Journalism.co.uk
Posted by Laura Oliver on 08/02/10Iran becomes world leader in imprisoning journalists, say new CPJ figures
Number of imprisoned journalists in Iran doubles since 1 December
Posted by Laura Oliver on 04/02/10Radio project for local journalists shut in Afghanistan
UN-backed scheme had trained almost 100 local journalists in programme making
Posted by Laura Oliver on 11/01/10< Previous Next >
#wef12 - WAN-IFRA publishes 'report on violence against Mexico's press'
WAN-IFRA has this week published a report called “a death threat to freedom”, which looks at “violence against Mexico’s press”. The report was published on Tuesday (4 September), a day after the organisation’s World Editors Forum presented the Golden Pen of Freedom to Mexican journalist Anabel Hernandez. The report calls on the government to “take [...]
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 5 September 2012Hugh Grant: Leveson inquiry has shone 'disinfectant sunlight' into 'infected corners'
Hugh Grant, Tom Watson MP and president of the National Union of Journalists Donnacha Delong speak at a rally calling for media reform
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 18 May 2012Voice of America: China's Foreign Ministry questioned on Al Jazeera journalist visa issue
Voice of America has published what it says is a transcript of questions put to the spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, in relation to Al Jazeera English's report that its China correspondent Melissa Chan had her visa renewal application 'refused'
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 9 May 2012Index: Hungary faces squeeze on freedoms
Sándor Orbán, the director of the South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media, reports for Index on Censorship on the raft of new laws passed by the ruling Fidesz party and the threat to civil liberties and media freedom
Posted by Joel Gunter on 6 January 2012Pakistan tops another 2011 journalist death toll
The International Federation of Journalists describes 2011 as "another bloody year for media"
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 3 January 2012Journalists shot dead in Somalia and Russia
The founder of independent Russian newspaper Chernovik has been killed, as has a journalist working for a TV station in Somali
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19 December 2011Reporters Without Borders secretary-general to step down in new year
Press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders announced this week that its secretary-general Jean-François Julliard will step down on 31 January
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14 December 2011Two-year anniversary of massacre of 30 journalists in Philippines
Today is also the inaugural International Day to End Impunity
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 23 November 2011'Silencing the messenger is all too often the name of the game': Mark Austin speaks at St Bride's
The address given by ITV News at Ten presenter Mark Austin at St Bride's Church yesterday (Wednesday), for the service to commemorate journalists who have died while covering conflicts across the world.
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 10 November 2011Index: Take action to end impunity
This coming 23 November will be the second anniversary of the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre in the Phillippines, in which 34 journalists were murdered during election related violence in the country. Last year, on the first anniversary, there was a “global day of action” to commemorate the killings. This year, the second anniversary will also be [...]
Posted by Joel Gunter on 9 November 2011#wef11: 'News industry is in the vortex of a fast changing world'
WAN-IFRA's new president calls for self regulation of the press to maintained in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13 October 2011BBC news chief calls for pressure on Iran after threats to journalists' families
BBC issues public statement after journalists' families arrested and harassed in Iran
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 5 October 2011Guardian: How Luke Harding became the reporter Russia hated
The Guardian’s former Moscow correspondent Luke Harding has a lively piece up on his time as the city’s harassed-western-journalist-in-chief. Ahead of the publication of a book by Harding on his quarrels with Russia’s security forces, he describes being intimidated and having his flat regularly broken into, and his deportation and Russia’s u-turn in letting him [...]
Posted by Joel Gunter on 26 September 2011New York Times: No Justice for Anna Politkovskaya
Yesterday’s New York Times editorial was devoted to the case of murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Politkovskaya, who became known for her fearless investigative reporting of social issues in Russia and human rights abuses in Chechnya, was killed in her apartment building in 2006. Five years on, no one has been convicted of her murder. [...]
Posted by Joel Gunter on 14 September 2011BBC: Detained reporter is 'physically and psychologically frail'
BBC Central Asian Service journalist Urunboy Usmonov has been detained by Tajikistan authorities since June 13
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 29 June 2011Index on Censorship: Russian journalist defeats libel claim
Kommersant's political correspondent Oleg Kashin, who spent five days in a coma after an attack, defeated a libel claim after speculating on the identity of his attackers
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 28 June 2011Reporters Without Borders: Life sentence for Bahraini blogger
Two Bahraini bloggers handed long jail sentences, according to Reporters Without Borders
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 23 June 2011BBC and CPJ: Mexican journalist, wife and son shot dead
It believed Mexican journalist Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco, who wrote for Notiver, has been shot dead along with his wife and son
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 21 June 2011Index: Polish journalist faces four years in prison for 'insulting the president' of Belarus
Andrey Pochobut of Polish newspaper GazetaWyborcza, faces a prison sentence for defamation and 'insulting the president' of Belarus
Posted by Joel Gunter on 17 June 2011Reporters Without Borders: Journalist killed in Brazil on World Press Freedom day
Press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reports that a journalist, Valério Nascimento, was shot and killed in Brazil on Tuesday. The day of the shooting was also the day the world shone a light on the dangers and issues facing journalists across the world, for World Press Freedom day. “Nascimento’s murder, which took place [...]
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 5 May 2011Freelancers for hire
- Advertise here: Contact
- John Thompson
Jobs board
Featured recruiter: click to view its vacancies
Job of the week
Financial Times-backed publication covering technology and startups in Europe seeks an editorial assistant to assist with every aspect of its journalism
Subscribe to our newsletter for latest news, tips, jobs and more
End that deadline stress today and find help in our freelance directory
- Advertise here: Contact
- John Thompson
PressGo: our press release distribution service
PR of the week
Steven Smith, founder of multi-billion Poundland business backs initiative to support UK entrepreneurs and grow franchising
Featured PRs from PressGo
Our next Newsrewired conference will be on 27 November 2024 at Events @ No6, London.
Society of Editors' report calls on MPs to act on media freedom
Dossier reviews current state of media freedom in the UK, highlighting libel and data protection as areas for change
Posted by Laura Oliver on 28/04/10