Index on Censorship’s Jemimah Steinfeld writes in Eurozine on the importance of mapping media freedom violations during the coronavirus crisis
Mapping violations of free speech under the cloak of coronavirus (Eurozine)
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CATEGORY: Index in the Press
The regimes using coronavirus as an excuse to attack press freedom (New Statesman)
Index on Censorship’s Rachael Jolley writes in the New Statesman about the recent attacks on media freedom and why it’s crucial to record them.
Listen to Index editor-in-chief on the future of local journalism
Rachael Jolley speaks about initiatives such as CG Net Swara in India and the La Voz de Galicia as well as the rise of Facebook Groups in hyperlocal journalism
Index deputy editor on the decision by Hachette to drop Woody Allen memoir (TalkRadio)
Index on Censorship’s Jemimah Steinfeld talks to TalkRadio’s Matthew Wright about Woody Allen’s controversial autobiography
Free speech is for everyone — even if we don’t like it (The Times)
“The assertion that ‘I believe in free speech, but . . .’ has become depressingly familiar,” said Index on Censorship chief executive Jodie Ginsberg in the Thunderer column in The Times today. Read the full article
Journalist Carole Cadwalladr appeals for support battling SLAPP lawsuit (The Shift)
British co-founder of the Leave.EU campaign Arron Banks is refusing to drop the final two SLAPP lawsuits against journalist Carole Cadwalladr who now started a crowdfunding campaign to cover the massive legal costs. ... She also thanked Reporters...
Arron Banks drops two parts of libel claim against Carole Cadwalladr (The Guardian)
Arron Banks, the insurance businessman who co-founded the pro-Brexit Leave.EU campaign, has dropped two elements of his libel claim against the investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. ... A coalition of free press organisations, including...
Eastern Partnership must now improve media freedoms (EU Observer)
"It is better than nothing," replied Volha Siakhovich, legal expert for the Belarusian Association of Journalists, when asked about the Eastern Partnerships' (EaP) record of advancing media freedom in the country... Read the full article by Jessica...
Kerry Hudson & Rachael Jolley – Chasing Silver Darlings (Podcast from the Past)
Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are two award-winners: novelist and memoirist KERRY HUDSON (Tony Hogan Bought Me An Ice-cream Float Before He Stole My Ma, Thirst, Lowborn) and writer and editor of Index On Censorship,...
‘Push back against those who abuse the law to silence the media’ – Index on Censorship (The Shift)
In March last year, hundreds of journalists took the streets in Croatia. But they weren’t covering a news story, they were creating one: staging a rally to protest against the more than 1,000 lawsuits that have been brought against journalists in...
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