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The need for enhanced source protection in the Digital Age recognised in UNESCO conference statement

The official Outcome Document from this week’s major UNESCO conference on the future of the internet has put the need to enhance protection for journalists’ sources firmly on the table. Julie Posetti reports that the conference, staged in Paris, was designed to engage governments, media, internet intermediary companies, and civil society on the preliminary findings of a global study on freedom of expression, access, privacy and ethics online.

How local news is faring in the Digital Age

A new report from Pew Research Center on shows nine in ten residents in the three diverse cities across the U.S. follow local news.

UNESCO considers protection of journalists’ sources in the digital era

The impact of the digital era on journalistic source protection is under consideration at a major UNESCO conference on the future of the internet being staged in Paris this week. The conference is designed to engage governments and civil society on the preliminary findings of a global study on freedom of expression, access, privacy and ethics online. Julie Posetti is there.

2015 Golden Pen honours Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty

2015-03-03. Behind the ceremony and the award, the lives of the laureates are ones of extraordinary personal courage and self-sacrifice, with stories of imprisonment, beatings, bombings, censorship, exile and murder.

2015 Golden Pen honours Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty

Each year, WAN-IFRA awards the Golden Pen of Freedom to recognise the outstanding action, in writing or deed, of an individual, a group or an institution in the cause of press freedom. The award is traditionally presented during the opening ceremony of the World News Media Congress, which this year will take place in Washington, D.C., 1-3 June.

Francophone and Eastern European media landscapes summon whistleblowers

Whistleblowing platforms are rapidly expanding outside the anglophone world, boosting investigative journalism and exposing corruption. Source sûre, Bivol and Balkanleaks are francophone and Bulgarian websites that allow whistleblowers to download secret documents anonymously. In an interview their cofounders Atanas Tchobanov and Yves Eudes reveal exclusive insights into investigative journalism practices and source protection.

World’s Press Condemns Attack on Freedom of Expression in Denmark

WAN-IFRA condemns this weekend’s attacks in Copenhagen that left two people dead and several others injured. “We denounce in the strongest possible terms this latest attempt at silencing free speech and stand in solidarity with the Danish people during this tragic moment.”

International press community condemns ‘spurious’ closure of The East African

The Tanzanian government’s closure of The EastAfrican newspaper has been broadly condemned by international press organisations, writes Jake Evans.

The fight to #FreeAJStaff continues and Australia’s press freedom credentials are challenged, as Peter Greste heads home

While the world celebrates the long-overdue release of Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste from an Egyptian jail, the campaign to release his imprisoned colleagues must continue. And it is worth noting that while Australia eagerly awaits Greste’s return, there is a press freedom ‘elephant in the room’, writes Julie Posetti.

Hungary’s new investigative journalism project combats mounting censorship

Ex-investigative journalists from Hungary’s largest newspaper Origo have launched a new project after facing censorship on their work, but their refusal to bow to government pressure puts them in difficult territory to finance their project.