Webinar: Safety and independence of journalism
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Ahead of the second Global Conference on Media Freedom, the event will address physical and digital attacks on journalists and media professionals, as well as the deteriorating environment for independent journalism. The webinar will provide a regional focus on Central and Eastern Europe and will address how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing challenges to media freedom, while identifying opportunities to help reverse these trends.
The event will consist of a high-level opening session and two panels, one on safety of journalists and media workers and one on independence of journalism, with a regional focus on Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans. The latter topic, in particular, would seek to look at the effects of COVID-19 on journalistic independence.
The webinar will contribute to the work of the Media Freedom Coalition, a partnership of currently 37 countries working together proactively to advocate for media freedom, online as well as offline, and for the safety of journalists and media workers. The Media Freedom Coalition aims to hold to account those who harm journalists or severely restrict them from doing their job, as well as support the work and initiatives of the Global Campaign for Media Freedom. The outcomes of the event will feed into the second Global Conference on Media Freedom, which will be co-hosted by Canada and Botswana on 16 November 2020.
For more information on the event, please contact Julia Haas, julia.haas@osce.org.
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