Around the world, democratic norms are declining, putting journalists in increasing danger. The past year has been the deadliest on record for the number of journalists killed. The number of media in ...
Jon Williams
Jon Williams is Executive Director of the Rory Peck Trust – a UK based non-profit which works to support freelance journalists around the world. A three-time Emmy Award winning journalist, Jon was previously Managing Director of Ireland’s public broadcaster RTE and spent more than a decade, first as Foreign Editor of BBC News before joining ABC News as Director of International Coverage. Jon is a board member of the Committee to Protect Journalists where he leads the Board’s Journalists Assistance Task Force and serves as a Trustee of the UN Refugee Agency’s UK fundraising foundation. He is currently trying to erect the UK’s first permanent memorial to journalists killed in service of the truth.
Turning accountability into an asset: implementing RSF’s Journalism Trust Initiative
Turning accountability into an asset: implementing RSF’s Journalism Trust Initiative. How it’s going and why it matters. Holding others to account is what journalism is all about. But who is hold...
