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Inspiring Practice
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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Harassment & Intimidation of Journalists
180
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 Online Harassment & Sexual Threats
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Human Rights Protection
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Censorship
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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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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Law Enforcement, Litigations, Legal Practice, Case Law, Jurisdiction
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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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Legal Threats to Media Freedom
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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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Emergency Medical Aid
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UNESCO
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Freelance Journalists & Media Workers
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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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Chilling Effects (Discouragement of Legitimate Exercise of Legal Rights)
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Exile Journalism, Exile Media
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Freedom of Expression Principles
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Trauma: Media Representation & Reporting
4
Journalistic Social Media Use
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Journalism Ethics
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Council of Europe
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Journalism Education Curricula
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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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
4
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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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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Countering Press Freedom Violations by Legal Actions
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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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Trauma, Coping with Trauma, Trauma Therapy
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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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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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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 & 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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Legal Protection
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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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Une personne attaquée, tous concernés: Initiatives exemplaires de protection des journalistes et de lutte contre l'impunité
Inspiring Practice
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 98 pp.
"Ce rapport met en lumière une sélection de voies et moyens novateurs et efficaces grâce auxquels des entreprises de presse, des journalistes et des organisations de la société civile se regroupent pour améliorer la sécurité des journalistes. Ce sont des cas de gens qui prennent des initiati
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"[...] This is a guide to provide support and advice based on shared experience of others worldwide and includes handy links to other research and IFJ resources. With courage, wit and sheer determination, we’ve seen many journalists demonstrate how to take on trolls, call them out, respond to pate
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Prevent – Protect – Prosecute: Acting on UN Human Rights Council Resolution 33/2
London: Article 19 (2017), 38 pp.
"In September 2016, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) broke new ground with the unanimous adoption of HRC Resolution 33/2 on the safety of journalists. The HRC is the world’s highest human rights body and its resolutions are a strong collective commitment from States to act on priority human right
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Security and Safety Awareness among Journalist in Nigeria
In: Proceedings International Conference on Media Studies 2017
Sintok: Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), School of Multimedia Technology and Communication (2017), pp. 389-394
"Concern on safety and security of journalist is a global phenomenon. This gave rise to security and safety policy documents and protocols for journalists and the need for journalists to know about them to better safeguard themselves while on duty. Studies were conducted on the state of journalist
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The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Top Insights
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), 363 pp.
"To support joint efforts to protect journalism, there is a growing need for research-based knowledge. Acknowledging this need, the aim of this publication is to highlight and fuel journalist safety as a field of research, to encourage worldwide participation, as well as to inspire further dialogues
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Defending Journalism: How National Mechanisms Can Protect Journalists and Address the Issue of Impunity. A Comparative Analysis of Practices in Seven Countries
Top Insights
International Media Support (IMS) (2017), 250 pp.
"The research documents how, despite immense ongoing challenges, in Afghanistan, Iraq, Nepal and Pakistan, some important advances have been made to develop joint structures and innovative approaches to defend the practice of journalism. It examines the long road Colombia has followed in the establi
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The Dangers of Sports Journalism
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 205-220
"According to The Committee to Protect Journalists, 2 per cent of all journalists killed since 1992 worked on the sports beat. At present, however, we have limited knowledge of the specific dangers faced by sports journalists. This chapter presents findings from exploratory research on 78 reports of
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Risk and Resilience among Journalists Covering Potentially Traumatic Events
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 235-240
"Journalists covering crises are at high risk of experiencing potentially traumatic events. This chapter presents a study with 375 journalists who covered the 2011 terror attack in Norway. The purpose was to investigate whether social support (SS) was related to psychological distress (posttraumatic
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Murders, harassment and disappearances. The reality of Latin American journalists in the XXI century
Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, issue 72 (2017), pp. 1418-1434
"Introduction: journalists in Latin America continue to face numerous threats in the exercise of their journalistic profession, which has increased the concern of the international community over its protection in recent years. Methodology: The objective of this research is to analyse nearly 500 cas
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Setting a New Research Agenda: The establishment of a journalism safety research network
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 109-112
"At a UNESCO research conference on the safety of journalists during the celebrations of World Press Freedom Day in Helsinki, Finland on 3 and 4 May 2016, UNESCO declared “that the Safety of Journalists paved the way for academic research cooperation”. To advance such cooperation the Centre for
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Tribal Journalists under Fire: Threats, impunity and decision making in reporting on conflict in Pakistan
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 147-158
"This study investigates the challenges faced by local journalists caught between the global “war on terror” and its local consequences in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Threats and impunity are commonplace in this buffer zone bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, compell
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Assessing Indonesian journalist threats: Cases, actors and motives
Media Asia, volume 44, issue 1 (2017), pp. 25-32
"This paper serves as a review of crimes committed against journalist in Indonesia within the past six years (2010–2015). This work draws primarily on the annual reports made by the Alliance of Independence Journalist (AJI), the prominent association of journalists in Indonesia. The first part int
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Internal Threats and Safety of Journalists: A Study from India
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 227-230
"Journalists face numerous threats from different stakeholders. In developing countries, internal threats coming from inside media organizations – threats that have a serious impact on the professional, economic and psychological lives of journalists – are less researched. This research is an at
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Atentar contra uno es atentar contra todos: Iniciativas exitosas para proteger a los periodistas y combatir la impunidad
Inspiring Practice
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 98 pp.
"Este informe presenta una selección de las formas innovadoras y exitosas por las cuales los medios de comunicación, sus profesionales y las organizaciones sociales se están agrupando para mejorar la seguridad de los periodistas. Estos son casos de personas que han tomado la iniciativa, en nombre
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Violence against Indigenous Journalists in Colombia and Latin America
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 191-204
"This chapter explores mechanisms and causes that put indigenous journalists at risk in Latin America. It seeks to explain the nature of “indigenous journalism” as well as the differences and similarities between “indigenous journalism” and the journalisms found in mainstream media in Latin
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Australian News Photographers, Safety and Trauma
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 231-234
"This chapter illuminates new understanding about the dangers experienced by Australian news photographers on international and domestic assignments. Using oral history methodology, the interviews with 60 present and former Australian newspaper photographers revealed a litany of psychologically and
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The ghost in the news room: The legacy of Kenya’s 2007 post-election violence and the constraints on journalists covering Kenya’s 2013 General Election
Journal of Eastern African Studies, volume 11, issue 4 (2017), pp. 649-669
"Domestic journalists covering Kenya’s 2013 General Election worked in an exceptionally challenging media environment; one which was significantly shaped by the 2007 election and post-election violence (PEV). Rooted in literature on peace journalism (PJ), we examine how the PEV of Kenya’s 2007 p
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Collaboration is the future: Doing research in the network era
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 71-80
"The study of journalists’ safety around the world is one of the areas that clearly require international collaboration. This chapter highlights three distinct models of scientific collaboration: the centralized, the correspondent, and the coordinated cooperation model. The Worlds of Journalism St
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All the news that's worth the risk: Improving protection for freelance journalists in war zones
Boston College International & Comparative Law Review, volume 40, issue 1 (2017), pp. 141-166
"Although war journalism has existed for centuries, changes in the nature of armed conflict and its coverage have put the danger for modern journalists at an all time high. The traditional war correspondent has been replaced in recent years by the independent freelance journalist. While the former r
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Journalists not spies. The importance of the legal distinction for the protection of journalists during armed conflicts
Journalism Education, volume 6, issue 2 (2017), pp. 48-55
"International Humanitarian Law (IHL) has long-claimed that recognition as a civilian is critical to a journalist's safety during war, but the new US Manual blurs that line and says journalists must better understand the distinction between civilians and combatants. Given the fact that journalists m
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