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UNESCO calls for contributions for flash talks on safety of journalists
The 30-minute session will be held on 29 April from 5.30 to 6 pm CAT as part of the World Press Freedom Day Academic Conference on the Safety of Journalists.
Participants will be invited to prepare a two-minute flash talk based on one of the below options:
- a research idea/question, which can be based on ongoing research or an idea for future research, and a discussion on how this research idea addresses concrete problems related to the safety of journalists;
- an existing knowledge gap related to issues of the safety of journalists alongside ideas for what kind of research would be needed to address said knowledge gap.
Presentations on any matter relevant to the safety of journalists are welcome. Topics could for instance include legal and other forms of protection mechanisms, gender dimensions, online aggressions and attacks, psychological, practitioner and educational issues. For examples of more possible topics please see
The deadline for submitting a proposal for a two-minute flash talk is 25 April. Selected participants will be informed on 26 April.
To submit a proposal please use this .
Participants will also need to register (registration is free) for the WPFD conference (mandatory):
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Please contact:
- Silvia Chocarro, Head of Protection at ARTICLE 19 and member of the JSRN, and
- Sara Torsner, Coordinator of the Journalism Safety Research Network
* The JSRN was launched during the World Press Freedom Day celebrations in and is hosted by the (CFOM) at the University of Sheffield. With the support of , the JSRN aims to advance academic research and multi-stakeholder collaboration in the area of journalism safety. If you are interested in joining the JSRN please sign up .
