In his first four years as president, President Trump tried to put journalists in jail, weaken libel laws, ban pesky reporters from the White House, and pressure media owners to back off of critical c...
Joel Simon
founding director Journalism Protection InitiativeWhat is journalism for? A conversation with Jon Allsop and Joel Simon
Taken hostage: how journalists should respond to the threat of unlawful detention
Amidst an immensely challenging environment for independent journalism around the world, a new threat has emerged. Increasingly international journalists are being arrested and jailed on false charges...
Around the world, risks to journalists are rising while newsroom budgets are shrinking. Risk assessments are a simple and cost effective strategy that if universalized and incorporated into the assign...
Freedom of the press is considered a fundamental pillar of successful democracies, yet trust in independent media is being eroded by the nefarious application of political power to manipulate public o...
As the war on journalism rages on, the weapons used to attack journalists and undermine free speech are rapidly expanding and evolving. Increasingly, the law is being weaponised around the globe to co...
The law plays a key role in protecting freedom of speech. However, at the same time, laws ranging from anti-terrorism to criminal defamation and cybercrime are increasingly being used to silence journ...
The role of journalism as a check on power is being tested all over the world, even in counties that have traditionally enjoyed a high degree of press freedom. In this panel, we’ll speak to those on...